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A First for Quantum Physics: Electron Orbitals Manipulated in Diamonds
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A First for Quantum Physics: Electron Orbitals Manipulated in Diamonds

Researchers have demonstrated a technique for engineering optical properties of defects in diamonds,  providing a method of storing information that could be used...

Apps Make Sense of Social Media 'noise'
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Apps Make Sense of Social Media 'noise'

Researchers have developed two applications that could transform New Yorkers' social media activity into viable data. 

Project Euclid's Mathjax Displays 'beautiful Math' Online
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Project Euclid's Mathjax Displays 'beautiful Math' Online

Project Euclid, an online information community for mathematicians, has implemented MathJax, new technology that presents math attractively and reliably on the...

Collaboration With IBM to Speed Up 'the Cloud'
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Collaboration With IBM to Speed Up 'the Cloud'

Cornell University professor Hakim Weatherspoon and IBM researchers are studying the causes of data distortions and are developing ways for cloud computing applications...

Crash, Bang, Rumble! Bringing Noise to Virtual Worlds
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Crash, Bang, Rumble! Bringing Noise to Virtual Worlds

Cornell University computer scientists have developed a method for generating the crashing and rumbling noises of objects made from thin harmonic shells such as...
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