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Justices Consider Whether Patents on Genes Are Valid
The Supreme Court is poised to take up the highly charged question of whether human genes can be patented. But another question could trump it: Has the field of...
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Where Are the Best Windows Into Europa's Interior?
The surface of Jupiter's moon Europa exposes material churned up from inside the moon and also material resulting from matter and energy coming from above.
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New App Powers Better Sanitation in Developing World
The new Web and mobile application Taarifa could give millions of people in Africa the power to instantly report problems with poor sanitation.
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Scientists Develop Computer Games to Keep Miners Safe
Researchers are developing interactive computer games to train miners to avoid fatal accidents and potential emergencies while working in mines.
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Cloud's Real Ecological Timebomb: Wireless, Not Data Centers
A new report warns that the growing use of cellular and Wi-Fi networks to access cloud services is more of an ecological threat than the energy consumption of cloud...
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Wireless Smart Meter Measures How Much Power You Use
An inexpensive wireless device can monitor the power consumption of home appliances.
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Tiny Technology Could Spark Revolution in House Buying
A new near-field communication tag can be placed discreetly near the entrance of a property, and prospective buyers can touch it with their smartphone to access...
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Hacker Says Phone App Could Hijack Plane
Could this be the deadliest smartphone app ever?
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How Technology Is Slowly Developing Its Sense of Smell
Last week I attended what was, I think it is fair to say, the oddest conference I have been to yet. It was the first world congress of the Digital Olfaction Society...
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Mathematicians Predict the Future With Data From the Past
In Issac Asimov's classic science fiction saga Foundation, mathematics professor Hari Seldon predicts the future using what he calls psychohistory.
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Coming Soon: A Truly Chinese Internet
Replete with its own thriving news portals, social media, and gaming sites, the Chinese Internet could take a major step toward becoming fully Chinese by the end...
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Never Mind Facebook; Winklevoss Twins Rule in Digital Money
The Winklevoss twins, Cameron and Tyler—Olympic rowers, nemeses of Mark Zuckerberg—are laying claim to a new title: bitcoin moguls.
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Virtual Reality Creates Infinite Maze in a Single Room
A new virtual reality system enables users to step into a labyrinth and wander an endless maze of rooms and corridors, but without actually leaving their living...
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Mechanical Computer Flexes Its Muscle
An artificial, muscle-based computer could have significant potential for the field of robotics.
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New Kit Pumps Up 3D Feedback
Lancaster University scientist Eduardo Velloso is building on the technology behind his augmented reality-based feedback system to link computers to emotions.
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Advancing Secure Communications: A Better Single-Photon Emitter For Quantum Cryptography
Researchers say they have developed a more efficient single-photon emitter than can be made using traditional semiconductor processing techniques.
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A Smartphone to Verify Halal Products the Upm Way
The smartphone application MyHalal uses Android-based mobile devices to scan the barcode of a product to confirm its halal status from a database. I
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Tiny Chiplets: A New Level of Micro Manufacturing
Under a microscope, four slivers of silicon—electronic circuits called chiplets—perform an elaborate, jerky dance as if controlled by a hidden puppet master.
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Nasa 2014 Budget: More For Asteroids, Less For Planets and Education
The White House released its requested federal budget yesterday, which includes NASA funding.
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