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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Student Device Detects Potholes, Car Crashes
Researchers say they have developed a device that can detect car crashes and alert emergency services.
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Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley For Riches Back Home
A few years ago, Wang Yi was living the American dream. He had graduated from Princeton, landed a job at Google and bought a spacious condo in Silicon Valley.
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"when Performance Is Pursued Above All"
Long-overlooked CPU vulnerabilities have come to light.
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When Wi-Fi Won't Work, Let Sound Carry Your Data
If you've ever struggled to pair your phone with a Bluetooth speaker or set up a wireless printer, you know that it's often easier to connect to a server halfway...
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Meltdown and Spectre Expose the Dark Side of Superfast Computers
Hundreds of gadget makers and software companies at this week's annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas are staking the success of their newest products...
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Scanning an Ancient Biblical Text That Humans Fear to Open
Researchers hope to make a fragile ancient Coptic codex readable by scanning it with computerized tomography and then using software to extract legible text.
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With the Summit Supercomputer, U.s. could Retake Computing's Top spot
In November of 2012, the semiannual Top500 rankings of the world's supercomputers gave top billing to a machine constructed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory...
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China Becomes One of the Top 5 .s. Patent Recipients For the First Time
Chinese companies have increased the number of U.S. patents they've received by tenfold in less than 10 years, another sign that the world's second-largest economy...
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Fbi Chief Calls nbreakable Encryption 'urgent Public Safety Issue'
The inability of law enforcement authorities to access data from electronic devices due to powerful encryption is an "urgent public safety issue," FBI Director...
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Next-Gen Flexible Robots Move and Heal Like S
Researchers are developing next-generation robots from soft materials that react to applied voltage with a wide range of motions.
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The Real Future of Work
In 2013, Diana Borland and 129 of her colleagues filed into an auditorium at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
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