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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Making Cloud Computing More Efficient
DBSeer could alleviate cloud computing inefficiencies that arise from the overprovisioning that occurs with database-intensive applications.
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Nasa Rover Finds Conditions Once Suited For Ancient Life on Mars
An analysis of a rock sample collected by NASA's Curiosity rover shows ancient Mars could have supported living microbes.
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Curiosity Rover's Recovery Moving Forward
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity continues to move forward with assessment and recovery from a memory glitch that affected the rover's A-side computer.
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Disentangling Photons and Atoms to Keep Quantum Systems Clean
In quantum physics, the divisions between object and observer—the systems and environment—become blurred.
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Moore's Law Is Not Just for Computers
Predicting the future of technology often seems a fool's game.
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Attacks Hit, but Don't Break, New Sha-3 Candidate
Depite a recent collision attack, the SHA-3 Secure Hash Algorithm implementation is still a long way from being broken.
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New Spec Tool to Id Most Energy-Efficient Servers
A new toolkit can help guide the selection of the most energy-efficient server to meet specific needs.
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Training Next-Gen Data Superheroes
Data science programs are gaining popularity as colleges and universities focus on preparing a new generation of data specialists to handle big data.
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How Two Volunteers Built the Raspberry Pi’s Operating System
When you buy a Raspberry Pi, the $35 computer doesn't come with an operating system.
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How Much Does a Botnet Cost?
The cost of a botnet is contingent largely upon the physical location of the malware-infected computers inside of it.
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'wet' Computer Server Could Cut Internet Waste
Researchers are testing a liquid-cooled computer server that they say could greatly reduce the carbon footprint of the Internet.
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Computer Swap on Curiosity Rover
The ground team for NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has switched the rover to a redundant onboard computer in response to a memory issue on the computer that had been...
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Connecting the Neural Dots
In setting the nation on a course to map the active human brain, President Obama may have picked a challenge even more daunting than ending the war in Afghanistan...
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And Now, From I.b.m., Chef Watson
I.B.M.'s Watson beat "Jeopardy" champions two years ago. But can it whip up something tasty in the kitchen?
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China Says .s. Routinely Hacks Defense Ministry Websites
Two major Chinese military websites, including that of the Defense Ministry, were subject to about 144,000 hacking attacks a month last year, almost two-thirds...
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After M.t.a. Setbacks, No-Swipe Fare Cards Are Still Stuck in the Future
For nearly 50 years, coins were the currency in New York’s subway and bus system. Tokens carried the next 40 years, until the MetroCard first slid into riders’...
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Stanford Researchers Build Complex Circuits Made of Carbon Nanotubes
Stanford University researchers say they have developed one of the most complex carbon nanotube circuits to date.
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Stuxnet Missing Link Found, Resolves Some Mysteries Around the Cyberweapon
As Iran met in Kazakhstan this week with members of the UN Security Council to discuss its nuclear program, researchers announced that a new variant of the sophisticated...
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The Art of Cyberwar
The New York Times’ front-page report last week that the Chinese army is hacking into America's most sensitive computer networks from a 12-story building outside...
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