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Pulses of Light to Encrypt Data and Protect Security of Cryptocurrencies
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Pulses of Light to Encrypt Data and Protect Security of Cryptocurrencies

Researchers have developed a frequency comb they think could encrypt data and bolster the security of cryptocurrency.

No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behavior
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No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behavior

The results of experiments involving more than 3,000 participants demonstrates that increasing the realism of violent video games does not necessarily boost aggression...

Smart Buildings That Can Manage Our Electricity Needs
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Smart Buildings That Can Manage Our Electricity Needs

Researchers have developed a system to collect data on consumers' energy usage and comfort within buildings.

Big Bets on A.i. Open a New Frontier For Chip Start-­ps, Too
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Big Bets on A.i. Open a New Frontier For Chip Start-­ps, Too

For years, tech industry financiers showed little interest in start-up companies that made computer chips.

The James Webb Space Telescope Has Emerged from the Freezer
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The James Webb Space Telescope Has Emerged from the Freezer

After spending three months at a temperature of just 20 degrees Celsius above absolute zero, the massive James Webb Space Telescope emerged from a large vacuum...

Wavy Transistors That Vertically Gain Width Without Increasing Their On-Chip Footprint For Future Flexible Displays
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Wavy Transistors That Vertically Gain Width Without Increasing Their On-Chip Footprint For Future Flexible Displays

Researchers say they have developed a unique transistor architecture that improves the performance of display circuitry in next-generation mobile electronics.

Incorporating Social Media Reviews Can Improve Surveillance of Restaurant Health Problems
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Incorporating Social Media Reviews Can Improve Surveillance of Restaurant Health Problems

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has used a system that tracks food-borne illness via online Yelp restaurant reviews to identify instances...

Exascale a 'main Priority' For Doe
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Exascale a 'main Priority' For Doe

Exascale computing is a priority for the U.S. Department of Energy, which last year alloted $258 million to research the hardware, software, and applications needed...

Big Brother on Wheels: Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse. 
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Big Brother on Wheels: Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Spouse. 

Daniel Dunn was about to sign a lease for a Honda Fit last year when a detail buried in the lengthy agreement caught his eye.

How to See a Memory
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How to See a Memory

For someone who's not a Sherlock superfan, cognitive neuroscientist Janice Chen knows the BBC's hit detective drama better than most.

Nasa Test Proves Pulsars Can Function as a Celestial Gps 
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Nasa Test Proves Pulsars Can Function as a Celestial Gps 

From its perch aboard the International Space Station, a NASA experiment has shown how future missions might navigate their way through deep space.

Developing a Secure, ­n-Hackable Net
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Developing a Secure, ­n-Hackable Net

A team of researchers say they have developed a technique of securely communicating among three or more quantum devices, regardless of who made them.

Making the Internet of Things Possible With a New Breed of 'memristors'
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Making the Internet of Things Possible With a New Breed of 'memristors'

Researchers at Aalto University in Finland say they have designed and fabricated the building blocks of future components for neuromorphic computers.

'holostream' Allows High-Quality Wireless 3D Video Communications
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'holostream' Allows High-Quality Wireless 3D Video Communications

Holostream is a new platform enabling high-quality three-dimensional video communications on mobile devices.

New Discovery Could Improve Brain-Like Memory and Computing
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New Discovery Could Improve Brain-Like Memory and Computing

Researchers say they have demonstrated the existence of a new type of magnetoresistance involving topological insulators that could improve computing and computer...

Can We Make a Hack-Proof Internet with Quantum Physics?
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Can We Make a Hack-Proof Internet with Quantum Physics?

Is it possible to build a network that's impossible to hack? Quantum physicists believe it might.

Nasa Space Telescopes Provide a 3D Journey Through the Orion Nebula
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Nasa Space Telescopes Provide a 3D Journey Through the Orion Nebula

Astronomers and visualization specialists from NASA's Universe of Learning program have combined visible and infrared vision of the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes...

Silicon Gains Ground in Quantum-Computing Race
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Silicon Gains Ground in Quantum-Computing Race

In the next few weeks, a research group at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands expects to receive an important package. Its contents promise to...

Ornl Researchers ­se Titan to Accelerate Design, Training of Deep-Learning Networks
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Ornl Researchers ­se Titan to Accelerate Design, Training of Deep-Learning Networks

Combining artificial intelligence with high-performance computing yielded a peak speed of 20 petaflops in the creation and training of deep-learning networks on...

This AI Hunts Poachers
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This AI Hunts Poachers

Protection Assistant for Wildlife Security is an artificial intelligence program that uses machine learning algorithms to predict where poaching is likely to occur...
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