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Voyager Set to Enter Interstellar Space
More than 30 years after they left Earth, NASA's twin Voyager probes are now at the edge of the solar system.
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Cloud Computing and Internet se Suck Energy, Emit Co2, Says Greenpeace
If it were a country, the Internet would rank fifth in the world in electricity usage, according to a new report on cloud computing from Greenpeace.
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Caterpillars Inspire New Movements in Soft Robots
A strategy that caterpillars employ to escape predators could be used to improve the speed of soft-bodied search-and-rescue robots, say Tufts University researchers...
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a Engineers Win Patent For Protein-Based Electronic Circuits
University of Arizona researchers have patented a process for building microscopic wiring circuits made of copper insulated by proteins known as microtubules.
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Digging Deeper, Seeing Farther: Supercomputers Alter Science
Inside a darkened theater a viewer floats in a redwood forest displayed with Imax-like clarity on a cavernous overhead screen.
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Mars's Frozen Ocean of Carbon Dioxide
Mars is a dry, frigid, dusty, nearly airless place. A couple of billion years ago, though, it wasn't much different from Earth.
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Quantum Computer Scientist's Aim
University of Arkansas physicist Jak Chakhalian is seeking a new miniature building block for quantum computers, using a new class of nanomaterials known as topological...
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Chemical Computers Solve Shapely Puzzles
Chemical computers can solve certain problems in computational geometry, according to University of West England professor Andrew Adamatzky and colleagues.
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Apple, Google Leagues Ahead in Developer Survey
Google lost some ground in its effort to catch Apple's lead in the effort to attract mobile developer interest, but other rivals aren't even close, survey data...
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Designs With a Deeper Purpose
Microsoft software design specialist Bill Buxton wants developers to focus on innovations that can improve humans' quality of life.
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Car Computer Controls Could Be Vulnerable to Hackers
Researchers claim to wirelessly break into automobile networks to take control of brakes and steering as the automobile industry shores up defenses.
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Michigan Police Use Device to Download Cellphone Data; Aclu Objects
A high-tech gadget that can quickly download information from a cellphone is at the center of a controversy that's pitting civil liberties advocates against state...
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Web Science Meets Network Science
A pair of divergent scientific communities discusses their similarities and differences, and search for common ground.
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I, Domestic Robot
With recent advances in laser rangefinders, faster algorithms, and open source robotic operating systems, researchers are increasing domestic robots' semantic and...
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Csail Researcher Creates Customizable Buttons
New technology developed by a systems robotics engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory can...
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Nasa's Hubble Celebrates 21st Anniversary with 'rose' of Galaxies
To celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope's deployment into space, astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md...
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Got an Iphone or 3g Ipad? Apple Is Recording Your Moves
A hidden file in iOS 4 is regularly recording the position of devices.
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The Marketing Gadget That Tracks Brainwaves As You Watch Tv
Would you feel comfortable if market researchers could know your every thought? A headband designed by San Francisco firm EmSense can sense your brainwaves as...
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Hoops 2.0: Inside the Nba
Outside Oracle Arena, it’s a balmy 65-degree spring day. But up in the building’s rafters, 80-odd feet above the hardwood floor, the air is crisp and the view...
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