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Bat Studies to Aid Roving Robots
Researchers at the University of Southampton, Leeds University, and the University of Strathclyde are studying the use of ultrasonic transducers that can be used...
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Twitter a Decent Stand-In For Public Opinion Polls
The next time you're low on cash and need to get a quick read on the public's feeling on politics or current events, consider sampling Twitter.
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Microsoft Attempts to Predict the Future
Don’t worry about Microsoft trying to follow your every move. The company probably already knows what you will do next.
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Patient's Social Network Predicts Drug Outcomes
Earlier this month, the journal Lancet Neurology published a study showing that the generic drug lithium did nothing to slow the course of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis...
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New Probe Promises to Reveal Brain's Mysteries
New cures for neurological disease and a better understanding of how the brain works are among the dozens of potential applications awaiting a new neurological...
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Why Labs Love Gaming Hardware
Blasting zombies may seem to have little to do with serious research, but video game hardware is helping scientists in a variety of ways including helping them...
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Data Analysis System Could Do Double Duty
A new system that analyzes behavioral data to identify potential Internet threats, which may also have application in areas such as health-care monitoring, is under...
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Students Develop Software to Detect Hearing Problem
Computer science students from Dubai's University of Wollongong took fourth place at the Microsoft Gulf Imagine Cup for developing Ear It, software that turns a...
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Video Games and Virtual Reality Proven Helpful as Pain Relievers
Children and adults with acute and chronic pain receive some analgesic benefit when they become immersed in video game action, and virtual reality is proving to...
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New Way to Operate Mobile Electronics
A new technology based on the sensor found in many computer mice makes interacting with a MP3 player or mobile phone as easy as flicking, twisting or tapping the...
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How Personal Genomics Could Change Health Care
Several months after deciphering his genetic code last year, Stanford bioengineer Stephen Quake approached a cardiologist colleague. Early analysis of his DNA had...
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Augmented-Reality Floor Tiling
Researchers at McGill University in Montreal, Canada have developed floor tiles that can simulate the look, sound and feel of snow, grass or pebbles underfoot....
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Cash, Check or Charge? How About Cellphone?
You win a bet, but the loser does not have enough cash on him to settle it. If he has a credit card, and most people usually do, there is finally a solution. AeBay...
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India It Spending to Rise 14 Percent in 2010, Gartner Says
Information technology spending in India will grow by 14 percent in 2010 to $67 billion on higher investments by retail and utility firms and government departments...
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We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Powerpoint
Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the leader of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, was shown a PowerPoint slide in Kabul last summer that was meant to portray...
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Inside NASA's World-Class Supercomputer Center
If you're a materials scientist at NASA's Glenn Research Center, or an engineer at the Johnson or Marshall Space Centers studying Space Shuttle flow-control valves...
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Schrodinger's Cash: Minting Quantum Money
MIT researcher Scott Aaronson has brought quantum money a step closer to reality by outlining a computationally secure quantum money scheme founded on the type...
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EU Invests
The European Union is spearheading the European Commission's Future and Emerging Technologies program by proposing an investment of roughly €500 million in exploratory...
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Math Software to Help Plan Astronaut, Shift Worker Schedules
National Space Biomedical Research Institute researchers have developed software that uses mathematical models to help astronauts and ground support workers adjust...
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