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Blueprints For Self-Assembly
Researchers are using tools from information theory and computer science to facilitate the automatic creation of nanoscale structures.
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Invisibility Visualized: New Software For Rendering Cloaked Objects
Researchers at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a new visualization tool that will enable users to see what a cloaked object looks like...
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Tai Xue-Cheng Wins Feng Kang Prize in Scientific Computing
Tai Xue-Cheng, a specialist in numerical analysis and computational mathematics at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), has been named the winner of the 8th...
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Tech Innovation Program Seeks Comments on Potential Future Funding Areas
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is asking for public comment on four white papers that outline potential areas for research funding grants...
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Ornl, Partners Helping Scientists Deal with Data Deluge
Vast amounts of information that could hold the key to breakthroughs in environmental research will be made readily available through DataOne, a global data access...
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Nist Demonstrates 'universal' Programmable Quantum Processor
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the first "universal" programmable quantum information processor able...
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Researchers Develop Anti-Counterfeiting Technology For Rfid Tags
Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a unique and robust method to prevent cloning of passive radio frequency identification (RFID)...
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IBM Advances on a Computer that Works Like a Human Brain
Researchers from IBM's Almaden Research Center and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have performed a computer simulation that matches the scale and complexity...
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Software Knowledge nnecessarily Lost
Dutch researchers investigating how software architectural knowledge can be better disseminated discovered that many architects simply do not talk with each other...
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P2p Comes to the Aid of Audiovisual Search
Current methods of searching audiovisual content can be a hit-and-miss affair. Manually tagging online media content is time consuming, and costly. But new 'query...
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There's No Business Like Grid Business
Scientists have embraced the computing and communications grid, but businesses have held back, concerned about complexity and security. Now a European research...
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Intuitive Semantic Internet Would Know What Is Said
The push to develop the Semantic Web recently received fresh support through a National Science Foundation grant, which has been awarded to researchers at Rensselaer...
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Creating 3D Models With a Simple Webcam
University of Cambridge researchers have developed a simple and affordable method for constructing virtual three-dimensional (3D) models, which should make 3D modeling...
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Face-Recognition Technology May Be sed at Hong Kong Border Checks
Face-recognition technology might be used to screen the residents at Hong Kong border checkpoints, Hong Kong's Security Secretary Ambrose Lee said Thursday (Nov...
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Spdy: An Experimental Protocol For a Faster Web
As part of the "Let's make the web faster" initiative, we are experimenting with alternative protocols to help reduce the latency of web pages. One of these experiments...
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3-D Software Gives Doctors, Students a View Inside the Body
James Oliver picked up an Xbox game controller, looked up to a video screen and used the device's buttons and joystick to fly through a patient's chest cavity for...
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Software Looks to Solve Life-Threatening Medical Puzzles
New software is under development that doctors hope will help them identify brain tumours in children that will grow aggressively. A new software tool can integrate...
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Wi-Fi Certification Might Be Tweaked For Smart Grids
The Wi-Fi Alliance has formed a task group to determine what standards need to be modified to ensure Wi-Fi is the tool of choice for smart-grid applications. The...
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Social Tags Complement the Learning Resource Metadata, Researcher Finds
Social tagging can help people find educational resources in digital repositories that are filled with millions of learning materials, says Open University of the...
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