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Conquering the Digital Data Overload
University of Utah computer scientist Juliana Freire is working to find data that could be missed in the quagmire of technology available, and to manage and integrate...
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Invisibility Visualized: New Software For Rendering Cloaked Objects
Researchers at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a new visualization tool that will enable users to see what a cloaked object looks like...
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Algorithm Predicts Fate of Emergency Medical Service Callers
A computer algorithm that can predict the risk of dying for individuals who place calls for emergency medical service has been developed by researchers in Japan...
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Handheld Camera Brings 'invisible' Into View
A group of researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology has developed a handheld camera that uses microwave signals to non-destructively peek inside...
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Nsf's Cyber-Network Now Connects Half the Globe
The Taj network, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), has expanded to the Global Ring Network for Advanced Application Development (GLORIAD), and...
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Dispute Finder: Making the Call on Web 'facts'
Intel Labs researcher Rob Ennals has developed Dispute Finder, software that highlights inaccurate online information in pink with a link pointing toward a reliable...
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Dna Computation Gets Logical at the Weizmann Institute
Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have discovered a way to make biomolecular computers fashioned from DNA and other biological molecules more user...
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Report Offers Principles For Maintaining the Integrity and Accessibility of Research Data
Though digital technologies and high-speed communications have significantly expanded the capabilities of scientists — allowing them to analyze and share vast amounts...
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Futuristic Fibers Could Replace Camera Lenses
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new type of fiber that is capable of producing images without the need for a lens...
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Personal Discrimination on the Web
Researchers in India and Japan say they have discovered an automatic way of differentiating between Web sites that express personal opinions and corporate marketing...
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Mathematical Advances Strengthen It Security
A new cryptography approach based on the mathematical theory of elliptic curves is considered a leading candidate to replace the widely used RSA public key security...
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Examining Social Networking to Find People Behind Terrorist Attacks
Inderscience PublishersSocial Design Group's Yoshiharu Maeno and University of Tokyo professor Yukio Ohsawa have developed a new approach to analyzing social networks...
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'instant On' Computing
Researchers supported by the National Science Foundation have achieved a breakthrough in adding ferroelectric materials to silicon, without intervening reaction...
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