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Academic Supercomputer Seeks a Top 10 Ranking
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Academic Supercomputer Seeks a Top 10 Ranking

A second-generation academic supercomputer aims to break into the top rankings of the world's fastest supercomputers.

Radio Navigation Set to Make Global Return as Gps Backup, Because Cyber 
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Radio Navigation Set to Make Global Return as Gps Backup, Because Cyber 

Way back in the 1980s, when I was a young naval officer, the Global Positioning System was still in its experimental stage.

Gene Editing For 'designer Babies'? Highly ­nlikely, Scientists Say
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Gene Editing For 'designer Babies'? Highly ­nlikely, Scientists Say

Now that science is a big step closer to being able to fiddle with the genes of a human embryo, is it time to panic?

Pitt Researchers Control Supercomputers in Space
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Pitt Researchers Control Supercomputers in Space

Researchers are conducting high-performance computing operations in space.

Cosmic Map Reveals a Not-So-Lumpy ­niverse
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Cosmic Map Reveals a Not-So-Lumpy ­niverse

Cosmologists have produced the biggest map yet of the Universe's structure and they find it less lumpy than previous surveys have suggested.

The Ghostly Radio Station That No One Claims to Run
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The Ghostly Radio Station That No One Claims to Run

In the middle of a Russian swampland, not far from the city of St Petersburg, is a rectangular iron gate.

Clarifying Complex Chemical Processes With Quantum Computers
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Clarifying Complex Chemical Processes With Quantum Computers

Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland say they have demonstrated a concrete example of a future application for quantum computers.

Ever-Elusive Neutrinos Spotted Bouncing Off Nuclei For the First Time
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Ever-Elusive Neutrinos Spotted Bouncing Off Nuclei For the First Time

Neutrinos are famously antisocial. Of all the characters in the particle physics cast, they are the most reluctant to interact with other particles.

The Race to Reveal Antimatter's Secrets
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The Race to Reveal Antimatter's Secrets

In a high-ceilinged hangar at CERN, six rival experiments are racing to understand the nature of one of the Universe's most elusive materials.

Five Years Ago and 154 Million Miles Away: Touchdown!
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Five Years Ago and 154 Million Miles Away: Touchdown!

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, which landed near Mount Sharp five years ago this week, is examining clues on that mountain about long-ago lakes on Mars.

Robots Could Act as Ethical Mediators Between Patients and Caregivers
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Robots Could Act as Ethical Mediators Between Patients and Caregivers

Researchers hypothesize that robots that understand ethical issues would be able to observe interactions between patients and caregivers, and intervene when needed...

Wsu Physicists Write With Light, Turn Crystal Into an Electrical Circuit
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Wsu Physicists Write With Light, Turn Crystal Into an Electrical Circuit

Researchers at Washington State University have developed a method for writing an electrical circuit into a crystal.

Chip Technology Could Help the Blind, Robots, See
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Chip Technology Could Help the Blind, Robots, See

Bio-inspired designs that encode light as time are ushering in systems as efficient as human neurology.

Crispr Fixes Disease Gene in Viable Human Embryos
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Crispr Fixes Disease Gene in Viable Human Embryos

An international team of researchers has used CRISPR–Cas9 gene editing—a technique that allows scientists to make precise changes to genomes with relative ease—to...

Two Voyagers Taught ­S How to Listen to Space
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Two Voyagers Taught ­S How to Listen to Space

As NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft were changing our understanding of the solar system, they also spurred a leap in spacecraft communications.

Looking to the Future Through the First Autonomous Artificial Iris
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Looking to the Future Through the First Autonomous Artificial Iris

Researchers have created an artificial iris that can react to light to the same degree as a human eye.

Deception Tech Helps to Thwart Hackers' Attacks
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Deception Tech Helps to Thwart Hackers' Attacks

In World War II, the Allies employed all kinds of sneaky tricks to deceive their enemies into thinking they had more troops and weapons at their disposal than they...

These Radio Telescopes See Almost to the Beginning of Time
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These Radio Telescopes See Almost to the Beginning of Time

There are few places in the world that can accommodate a radio telescope.

­kraine Finally Battens Down Its Leaky Cyber Hatches After Attacks
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­kraine Finally Battens Down Its Leaky Cyber Hatches After Attacks

When the chief of Microsoft Ukraine switched jobs to work for President Petro Poroshenko, he found that everyone in the office used the same login password.

Living Computers: Rna Circuits Transform Cells Into Nanodevices
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Living Computers: Rna Circuits Transform Cells Into Nanodevices

Researchers have developed a method for harnessing living cells to perform computations using self-assembling designer RNA circuits.
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