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At 100 Gbps, Esnet Puts Network Research on Fast Track
The U.S. Department of Energy's 100 Gbps testbed provides a facility for researchers to solve the near-term challenges associated with deploying and operating science...
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Online Mentors to Guide Women Into the Sciences
Harvey Mudd College president Maria Klawe recently launched the WitsOn project, which organizes hundreds of prominent women working in STEM industries to become...
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Intel Seeks to Eliminate Computer Passwords With Wave of Hand
Intel researchers recently demonstrated a system that has the potential to do away with computer passwords.
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Iphone 5? Yawn. What Will the 'phone' of 2022 Look Like?
The near-term future of phones is fairly well-established. The iPhone 5 was released Wednesday and its similarity to every Apple phone since 2007 serves as a reminder...
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Software, Not Just Bullets, Puts Military At Odds
Military commanders, government officials and members of Congress have long wrangled over which weapon systems are needed. Now, there's an argument over what computer...
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Arab Spring: Tech As Tinder
The Internet tools of the Arab Spring have become the weapons of a new Arabian nightmare playing out at American diplomatic missions across North Africa and the...
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Computer Program Can Identify Rough Sketches
Brown University researchers have developed software that can identify simple sketches in real time, which they note is the first program that enables semantic...
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Open Source Education Software Unveiled By Google
Google has released Course Builder, open source software for creating online education courses.
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Optimizing Popularity Versus Similarity in Networks
UCSD researchers recently published a paper exploring the concept of popularity versus similarity and how it impacts the growth of networks.
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A Network to Guide the Future of Computing
The European Network of Excellence on High Performance and Embedded Architecture and Compilation aims to steer and increase European research in the area of high...
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Perfecting Email Security
City University of Hong Kong researchers have defined perfect forward secrecy for email and suggested a technical solution to enable email security to be independent...
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Ibm Images Molecular Bonds
IBM researchers who won the Nobel Prize for imaging individual atoms have gone a step further by imaging individual bonds between atoms.
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Microsoft Xbox 3D-Projected Games Outlined in Patent
Details of an immersive video games display system that projects images of the title's environment around a player's room have been revealed in a U.S. patent belonging...
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With Kinect-Like Gestures, Softkinetic Leads the Way to Intel's Perceptual Computing
The age of perceptual computing starts with devices that can be controlled with the wave of your hand or the sound of your voice rather than just a mouse, keyboard...
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Difference Engine: The Pc All Over Again?
What could well be the next great technological disruption is fermenting away, out of sight, in small workshops, college labs, garages, and basements. Tinkerers...
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Researchers Devise More Accurate Method For Predicting Hurricane Activity
North Carolina State University researchers report that their new method for forecasting seasonal hurricane activity is 15 percent more accurate than previous techniques...
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Collaborative STEM Programs at Rutgers-Camden Produce New Opportunities and Friendships
STEM students at Rutgers University-Camden have access to scholarship and academic support thanks to a $600,000 U.S. NSF grant that aims to support high-achieving...
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Nsf’s Cise, Oci Leadership Issue Letter to Community
The U.S. National Science Foundation recently announced an organizational realignment, including plans to integrate the Office of Cyberinfrastructure within the...
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Emv Flaw Allows 'pre-Play' Attacks on Chip-Enabled Payment Cards
University of Cambridge researchers have found that many automated teller machines and point of sale terminals do not properly generate random numbers, as required...
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