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Energy-Aware Internet Routing
A study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Carnegie Mellon University, and Akamai indicates an Internet-routing algorithm that tracks electricity...
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Internet 'Immune System' Could Block Viruses
A system that fights highly infectious computer viruses by embedding defense mechanisms in key parts of the Internet has been developed by University of North Carolina...
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'spiderbots' Talk Amongst Themselves Inside Active Volcano
A group of "spiderbots" released inside Mount St. Helens in Washington is the first network of volcano sensors capable of automatically communicating with each...
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Computer Scientists Take Over Electronic Voting Machine With New Programming Technique
Computer scientists from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), the University of Michigan, and Princeton University have demonstrated that a Sequoia electronic...
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Berkeley Lab Gets $62m to Build Blazing Ethernet Network
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has been awarded $62 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to...
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Tiny 'mems' Devices to Filter, Amplify Electronic Signals
Purdue University researchers are developing a new class of microelectromechanical (MEMS) devices called resonators that contain vibrating, hair-thin structures...
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Cloud Computing Spurs New Encryption Solutions
University of Washington researchers’ announcement that they had created an encryption scheme called Vanish captured a lot of attention for its elegant simplicity...
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Sustained Quantum Processing Demo Seen as Step Toward Quantum Computers
Raising prospects for building a practical quantum computer, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated sustained...
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C San Diego Launches Triton Resource Supercomputer
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, has officially launched the Triton Resource, an integrated, data-intensive...
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Wiring Rural America: Which Technology Is Best?
Reaching the most remote rural customers with high-speed Internet access can be prohibitively expensive. Consider the case of Hill Country Telephone Cooperative...
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Adding Meaning to Millions of Numbers
True Engineering Technology has developed semantic technology that gives meaning to numerical data to prevent number-related mixups. The company has launched Numberspace...
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Graphene Has High Current Capacity, Thermal Conductivity
Recent research into the properties of graphene nanoribbons provides two new reasons for using the material as interconnects in future computer chips. In widths...
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How to Harness Petaflop Performance
Several petascale computers are up and running, and others are sure to follow. All of them face many unique challenges in trying to harness a petaflop.
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The Led's Dark Secret
Solid-state lighting won't supplant the lightbulb until it can overcome the mysterious malady known as "droop."
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Report Offers Principles For Maintaining the Integrity and Accessibility of Research Data
Though digital technologies and high-speed communications have significantly expanded the capabilities of scientists — allowing them to analyze and share vast amounts...
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Computing For the Future of the Planet
Computing could go a long way toward ensuring a sustainable future for human society and the earth, argue professor Andy Hopper and Andrew Rice of the University...
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Japan's Next-Generation Supercomputer Configuration Is Decided
Japan's Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) and Fujitsu will deploy a new system configuration with a scalar processing architecture in its next...
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Researchers Bring Web Access to Developing Regions
University of Waterloo researchers have released a beta version of Vlink, an open source technology that is designed to provide robust and inexpensive Web access...
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Learning Through Games
Electronic games can inspire players to explore new ideas and concepts. By gaining a better understanding of the dynamic between player and game, researchers hope...
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