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An Invisible Touch For Mobile Devices
A simple gesture-sensing interface could add new meaning to mobile-phone conversations.
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Va Researchers Seek Answers to Unexplained Illnesses Through Technology
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs researchers are extracting information from millions of clinical notes in order to identify patterns in symptoms that might...
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Researchers Turn to Supercomputing to Find Malaria's Soft Spot
Intellectual Ventures builds computer simulations to better understand how malaria spreads and how it responds to eradication efforts.
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P2p Networks a Treasure Trove of Leaked Health Care Data, Study Finds
Dartmouth College researchers have found that health care data is as easily accessible on peer-to-peer (P2P) networks now as it was before the enactment of a new...
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Synthetic Genome Reboots Cell
In the culmination of a project spanning 15 years, scientists at the J. Craig Venter Institute have engineered the first cell controlled by a synthetic genome.
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James Bond-Style Tech Ready For Emergencies
Instantly deployable James Bond-style information and communication technologies are now available to coordinate disaster response among diverse agencies and NGOs...
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Breaking the Logjam: Improving Data Download From Outer Space
Space satellites face a data logjam because their increasingly powerful sensors produce more information than their bandwidth can easily transmit. Experiments indicate...
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'digital Genome' Safeguards Dying Data Formats
European researchers have deposited a "digital genome" time capsule inside a data storage facility known as the Swiss Fort Knox, which contains a blueprint that...
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Machines That Learn Better
New mathematics will make it much easier to build machine-learning systems that tackle a wider range of problems.
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New Platform Creates Shortcut For Field Data Analysis
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed the Knowledge Acquisition Ubiquitous Agent Infrastructure, a framework for gathering and analyzing data...
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Lsu Scientists Develop New Efficiency Software
Louisiana State University professors Supratik Mukhopadhyay and S.S. Iyengar have developed software that can monitor systems and use the data it collects to make...
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Software Improves Rehabilitation Techniques
Clear and simple visualizations of biomechanical data could improve rehabilitation after a stroke, accelerate the recovery from joint replacements, and prevent...
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Researchers Examine Real-Time Search Behavior
Penn State University professor Jim Jansen recently conducted a study to identify the characteristics of users who are looking for real-time content.
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Using Artificial Intelligence to Analyze Multimedia Content
The media produce a glut of material daily. Refining that ore into the gold of useful information requires new approaches. European researchers have now made automated...
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New Mathematical Method May Help Tame Big Data
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill mathematicians and colleagues have developed a new technique for examining networks to help identify patterns and see...
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They Walk. They Work. New Dna Robots Strut Their Tiny Stuff.
For the first time, microscopic robots made from DNA molecules can walk, follow instructions and work together to assemble simple products on an atomic-scale assembly...
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Nsf Will Require Scientists Seeking Funding to Submit Data Management Plans
Beginning in October 2010, the National Science Foundation plans to require that all proposals for funding include a data management plan. The changes are designed...
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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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Lining Up 'nanodot' Memory
North Carolina State University researchers have developed a method for growing magnetic nanoparticles that could lead to much more dense computer memory devices...
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