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Listening to the Big Bang
For six months each year, the perennially dark and wind-swept plains of the southern polar ice cap have an average temperature of about 58 degrees Fahrenheit below...
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'photonic Transistor' Switches Light Signals Instead of Electronic Signals
A practical "photonic transistor" for optical interconnects will be able to control light signals similarly to electronic transistors.
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Brain-Derived Computing Beyond Von Neumann
In an interview, Heidelberg University professor Karlheinz Meier discusses the emerging field of neuromorphic computing.
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Is There Anything Beyond Quantum Computing?
A quantum computer is a device that could exploit the weirdness of the quantum world to solve certain specific problems much faster than we know how to solve them...
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Jupiter's Radio Emissions Could Reveal the Oceans on Its Icy Moons, Say Planetary Geologists
Among the most exciting destinations in the Solar System are Jupiter's icy moons Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
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Excitons Observed in Action for the First Time
A quasiparticle called an exciton—responsible for the transfer of energy within devices such as solar cells, LEDs, and semiconductor circuits—has been understood...
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Computer-Assisted Accelerator Design
Brookhaven National Laboratory scientist Stephen Brooks is testing proposed designs for an electron accelerator for the lab's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.
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Sheffield Team Shows Simplicity Is Key to Cooperative Robots
Engineers have found a way to get a large number of robots to cluster together and execute tasks without using any memory or processing power.
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A Small Connection With Big Implications: Wiring Up Carbon-Based Electronics
Researchers say they have advanced comprehension of electric contacts in carbon-based nanoelectronics with a breakthrough development.
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How to Build a Neanderthal
The DNA sequences of Neanderthals and other extinct human relatives have exposed lost migrations, sexual escapades and even new species.
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What Makes an Alien Intelligent?
On Thursday, astronomers announced that they'd reached a new milestone in the search for Earth's "twin," or a planet much like ours that orbits in what's known...
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The Telescope Big Enough to Spot Signs of Alien Life on Other Planets
Cerro Armazones is a crumbling dome of rock that dominates the parched peaks of the Chilean Coast Range north of Santiago.
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Watch the Astounding Dexterity of Honda's Dancing Humanoid Robot
Even in today's rapidly evolving world of technology, there are few things that make your jaw drop when you see them in real life.
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Microrobots, Working Together, Build with Metal, Glass, and Electronics
Someone glancing through the door of Annjoe Wong-Foy's lab at SRI International might think his equipment is infested by ants.
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Five Wonder Materials That Could Change the World
"The history of materials is a history of mistakes," says Mark Miodownik, a materials scientist at University College London, who traces his own fascination with...
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Why Nobody Can Tell Whether the World's Biggest Quantum Computer Is a Quantum Computer
For the past several years, a Canadian company called D-Wave Systems has been selling what it says is the largest quantum computer ever built.
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The Truth About Google X
Astro Teller is sharing a story about something bad. Or maybe it's something good.
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