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Three Scenarios For the Evolution of Exascale Computing
Sandia National Labs' Erik DeBenedictis outlines three scenarios for evolving supercomputers to the 1- to 50-exaflop range.
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Cassini Seeks Insights to Life in Plumes of Enceladus, Saturn’s Icy Moon
Where there is water, is there life?
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European Parliament Votes Against Net Neutrality Amendments
The European Parliament has voted against a set of rules intended to safeguard "net neutrality" in the EU.
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MIT ses Wireless Signals to Identify People Through Walls
MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab is developing a device that uses wireless signals to identify human figures through walls.
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Behind the Scenes of the Internet's First Football Game
At 5:05 AM Sunday, long before the rest of Sunnyvale, California, will wake up, Yahoo's control room is packed.
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The Computer System That Won Jeopardy Could Soon Help Nasa With Research
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration researchers want to use IBM's Watson to help improve their awareness of scientific and technical literature.
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Everything You Need to Know About the Vast ndersea Network that Makes the Internet Work
Russians submarines and spy ships are "ggressively operating" near the undersea cables that are the backbone of the global Internet—worrying some U.S. intelligence...
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Photons Open the Gateway For Quantum Networks
Researchers have created a photon contact, a key development in the effort to develop quantum computer networks.
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Dive of the Robobee
The RoboBee is smaller than a paperclip, and can flap its tiny wings 120 times per second.
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Seven Key Facts About Cassini's Oct. 28 'plume Dive'
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will sample the ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Wednesday, Oct. 28, when it flies through the moon's plume of icy spray.
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It's Not Just Vw: A Robust Market For Reprogramming Vehicles
Lawmakers want to know more about Volkswagen's massive cheat—how the automaker used software to crank up the power on a vehicle, and then hide the fact.
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Google Turning Its Lucrative Web Search Over to AI Machines
When Google-parent Alphabet Inc. reported eye-popping earnings last week its executives couldn’t stop talking up the company's investments in machine learning and...
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Drivers Push Tesla's Autopilot Beyond Its Abilities
Enthusiastic Tesla owners cheered last Wednesday when the company enabled the use of an automated driving system, called Autopilot, in its Model S all-electric...
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We Don't Need Humans on Mars
The two mobile robots Spirit and Opportunity were launched from Earth in 2003 and arrived on opposite sides of Mars in 2004. A suite of cameras, instruments, and...
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ltrathin Microlenses Could Boost Space Science and Tech
Researchers have created the first ultrathin, flat lens able to focus light just as well as its curved counterparts, potentially enabling big breakthroughs in camera...
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Settling the Controversy Over Photo of Lee Harvey Oswald
Dartmouth College researchers have used three-dimensional modeling to confirm the authenticity of a photo of Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle.
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Nasa-Noaa's Suomi Npp Satellite Sees Record-Breaking Hurricane Patricia
On October 23, a Hurricane Warning was in effect from San Blas to Punta San Telmo.
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Nsa Advisory Sparks Concern of Secret Advance shering in Cryptoapocalypse
In August, National Security Agency officials advised US agencies and businesses to prepare for a not-too-distant time when the cryptography protecting virtually...
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Sorry, Einstein. Quantum Study Suggests 'spooky Action' Is Real.
In a landmark study, scientists at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands reported they have conducted an experiment they say proves one of the most...
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