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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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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 Fuzzy Math Behind the Search For Mh370
Five weeks into the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, more than $30 million has been spent scouring great swatches of the southern Indian Ocean.
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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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Aereo Analysis: Cloud Computing at a Crossroads
The question of whether online broadcast television is to remain in the hands of a stodgy industry that once declared the VCR the enemy is being put directly before...
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Trouble with Russia, Trouble with the Law: Inside Europe's Digital Crime Unit
Four black brick towers search upwards to an empty grey sky.
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Biometric Surveillance Means Someone Is Always Watching
Incrimination by selfie can happen.
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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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Hopkins Code Cracks Baseball Scheduling
A new system fulfills all of a baseball league's scheduling rules, and as many of the teams' requests and preferences as possible, using thousands of lines of code...
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Soft Wear: Computer Simulated Design Is Tailoring the Future Fashion Industry
Researchers have developed software that can simulate the making of complex clothing.
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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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Cyber Cops: Target Hackers May Takes Years to Find
Secret Service investigators say they are close to gaining a full understanding of the methods hackers used to breach Target's computer systems last December.
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The Plot to Kill the Password
Last Friday, Samsung's new Galaxy S5 arrived with an unexpected and underhyped feature.
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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 U.s. Government Wants 6,000 New 'cyber Warriors' By 2016
The Pentagon plans to triple its cybersecurity staff by 2016, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced recently.
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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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