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A Newspaper's First Trip Into Virtual Reality Goes to a Desolate Farm
Against the odds, the Des Moines Register has just become one of the first newspapers to move into virtual reality.
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The History of the Predator, the Drone that Changed the World
These days, the word drone is used to refer to just about any kind of remote-controlled, unmanned aircraft.
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How Two Men nlocked Modern Encryption
In September of 1974, when he was 30 years old, Whitfield Diffie was obsessed with cryptography.
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Quick-Change Materials Break the Silicon Speed Limit For Computers
New phase-change materials-based devices can be melted and recrystallized in as little as half a nanosecond using appropriate voltage pulses.
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Time Dilation Measured at 40 Percent of the Speed of Light—in the Lab
Einstein is most famous for general relativity, which is really a theory of gravity.
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Nasa's Newest Mars Mission Spacecraft Enters Orbit Around Red Planet
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft successfully entered Mars' orbit at 7:24 p.m. PDT (10:24 p.m. EDT) Sunday, Sept. 21, where it now...
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Quantum Internet Could Keep S Safe from Spying Eyes
Quantum networks are quietly spreading across the world.
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Visualizing 4-Dimensional Asteroids
One of the largest treasure troves of astronomical data comes from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), an ongoing scan of the firmament that began 15 years ago...
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The Smithsonian Works to Digitize Millions of Documents
During the past six months, retired pharmaceutical researcher Irv Cantor helped transcribe a 641-page field book written by an archaeologist traveling through 1920s...
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Nsa Director Rogers rges Cyber-Resiliency
In his keynote address at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit, NSA Director and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command, Admiral Mike Rogers, explained that the Defense...
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Dawn Operating Normally After Safe Mode Triggered
The Dawn spacecraft has resumed normal ion thrusting after the thrusting unexpectedly stopped and the spacecraft entered safe mode on September 11.
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How Network Theory Is Revealing Previously nknown Patterns in Sport
If you've ever watched soccer, you'll know of the subtle differences in tactics and formation between different teams.
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Tim Cook Interview: The Iphone 6, the Apple Watch, and Remaking a Company's Culture
Steve Jobs’s office remains Steve Jobs's office.
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How Main Street Will Pay For Home Depot's Data Breach
Federal law protects consumers from the cost of fraudulent charges incurred when thieves steal credit-card and debit-card numbers.
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With Tech Taking Over in Schools, Worries Rise
At a New York state elementary school, teachers can use a behavior-monitoring app to compile information on which children have positive attitudes and which act...
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Julian Assange on Snowden, Disliking Google, and His 'inevitable' Freedom
It would be too much to say that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange feels optimistic.
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Nsa Chief on Tech-Savvy Islamic State: 'i'm Watching'
While U.S. military leaders appeared before Congress to outline their strategy to fight Islamic State militants on the battlefield, the National Security Agency...
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Sdsc Joins the Intel Parallel Computing Centers Program
Intel is expanding its effort to further optimize research software with assistance from the University of California, San Diego's San Diego Supercomputer Center...
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First Graphene-Based Flexible Display Produced
University of Cambridge researchers have combined graphene research with transistor and display processing to create the first transistor-based flexible display...
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