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FBI Set to Kill Secret-Stealing Russian 'Botnet.' Is Your Computer Infected?
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has seized control of a Russian botnet that commandeered millions of personal computers that may have penetrated U.S. diplomatic...
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Researchers Succeed in Quantum Teleportation of Light Waves
Like Schrödinger's cat, teleported light is both dead and alive.
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Mathematical Model Simulating Rat Whiskers Provides Insight Into Sense of Touch
Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a mathematical model that will allow them to simulate how rats use their whiskers to sense objects around...
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Technique for Letting Brain Talk to Computers Now Tunes in Speech
The act of mind reading is something usually reserved for science-fiction movies but researchers in America have used a technique, usually associated with identifying...
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A Glimpse of the Archives of the Future
The National Archives and Records Administration enlisted the Texas Advanced Computing Center to find innovative and scalable solutions to large-scale electronic...
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Diamond Could Store Quantum Information
Could be that diamonds are a geek’s best friend. Scientists have developed a new way to manipulate atoms inside diamond crystals so that they store information...
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Computer Chips Wired with Nerve Cells
Nerve cell tendrils readily thread their way through tiny semiconductor tubes, researchers find, forming a crisscrossed network like vines twining towards the...
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2010 Visualization Challenge
An "ocean" composed of a single layer of molecules; an intricate depiction of an HIV particle as a study in orange and gray; a phantasmagoria of fungi; a video...
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The Emergence of Holographic Video
Experimental networked display refreshes holograms every two seconds.
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Computer Model Helps Pakistan's Flood Disaster Efforts
New computer model software is being used to simulate Pakistan's flooding, estimate the drawdown of the floodwaters, and predict how long it will take the waters...
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Less Is More in the Fight Against Terrorism
Suffolk University's Philip Vos Fellman used tools for analyzing complex systems to study terrorist networks. Vos Fellman says his computer models offer clues...
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NSF Announces New Expeditions in Computing Awards
Three new $10 million awards continue the NSF's Expeditions program pursuing ambitious, fundamental research agendas that promise to define the future of computing...
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Customizing Science Instruction With Digital Libraries
Middle and high school teachers participating in the Curriculum Customization Service program use animations, images and interactive media to help engage Denver...
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Machine Science
Manually tracking all the published science relevant to a scientist's research is an impossible task, but it is predicted that computers capable of generating many...
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Roila, a New Spoken Language Designed For Robots
Eindhoven University of Technology researchers are developing the Robot Interaction Language (ROILA), a spoken language for robots that is meant to be easy for...
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Safety in Numbers
Mathematicians and computer scientists are working on equations and algorithms that exhibit potential as terrorism countermeasures. These include powerful algorithms...
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Algorithm Predicts Manhole Explosions in New York City
A team of Columbia University researchers have developed an algorithm that helps predict which of New York City's manholes might be the next to blow.
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Soccer Stars Ranked sing Statistics
Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a computer program that objectively measures player performance; the research method also could be used...
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'Twitter-Like' Technology Could Make Cities Safer
Researchers at the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council have developed technology that enables people to provide feedback, track their comments, see...
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