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Enigma: Up Close with a Nazi Cipher Machine
A black metal mechanical device resembling a typewriter sits in a wooden box.
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How Flashing Lights and Pink Noise Might Banish Alzheimer's, Improve Memory and More
In March 2015, Li-Huei Tsai set up a tiny disco for some of the mice in her laboratory. For an hour each day, she placed them in a box lit only by a flickering...
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Curiosity Tests a New Way to Drill on Mars
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has conducted the first test of a new drilling technique on the Red Planet since its drill stopped working reliably.
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GitHub Hit With the Largest DDoS Attack Ever Seen
Distributed Denial of Service attackers have found a new way of magnifying their attacks, with experts warning that bigger attacks are likely.
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'Memtransistor' Brings World Closer to Brain-Like Computing
Researchers say they have developed a "memtransistor" that can perform both memory and information processing while also using multiple terminals in a neural network...
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Hacker-Resistant Power Plant Software Shows Real-World Results in Hawaii
Researchers have developed an open source, intrusion-tolerant control system designed to keep power flowing even if part of the grid is compromised.
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Purdue's NEW LIMITS Center to Advance Computer Chip Parts
Purdue University is using funding from the Semiconductor Research Corp. and the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology for its NEW LIMITS facility...
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New Technique Allows Printing of Flexible, Stretchable Silver Nanowire Circuits
A new technique allows researchers to print circuits on flexible, stretchable substrates using silver nanowires.
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Tribal Broadband
Some Native American nations are betting their futures on the construction of broadband networks.
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New Algorithm Can Create Movies From Just a Few Snippets of Text
A new algorithm creates videos from text snippets.
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China's Internet nderground Fights for Its Life
For years, thousands of virtual private networks (VPNs) have allowed people in China to circumvent restrictions on internet access and visit Facebook, Google, YouTube...
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If There's Life on Saturn's Moon Enceladus, It Might Look Like This
Saturn's moon Enceladus has become an alien-hunting hot spot, and not just for the tinfoil hat crowd.
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Why .S. 'Cyber-Warriors' Can't Do Anything About Russian 'Cyber-Meddling'
In testimony before the US Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, National Security Agency Director and US Cyber Command Commander Admiral Michael Rogers told...
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How Do Teachers Integrate STEM Into K-12 Classrooms?
Michigan Technological University researchers conducted a study examining what makes science, technology, engineering, and math education integration practices...
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Private Browsing Gets More Private
The new Veil system is designed to improve private browsing by guaranteeing that any data the browser loads into memory remains encrypted until it is displayed...
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Edible Electronics Are Here Thanks to Researchers at Rice niversity
Researchers at Rice University say they have produced edible graphene.
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Augmented Reality Takes 3D Printing to Next Level
Researchers are using augmented reality to advance three-dimensional printing and three-dimensional modeling technologies
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Teaching Quantum Physics to a Computer
Researchers have used machine learning to teach a computer to predict the outcomes of quantum experiments.
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Justices Struggle with .S. Demands for Overseas Data
The Supreme Court appeared to be divided Tuesday as it struggled to interpret whether a three-decade-old federal law gives the U.S. government the right to access...
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