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Can Software Patch the Ailing Power Grid?
A consortium providing the technology for a large-scale smart grid project says the software is nearly complete.
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Quantum Hackers: Cracking the ncrackable Code
Norwegian University of Science and Technology researcher Vadim Makarov has developed a quantum cryptography method to defend against attacks of quantum key distribution...
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Science Fiction-Style Sabotage a Fear in New Hacks
The U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit, a nonprofit group that helps the U.S. government identify vulnerabilities for cyberattacks, has replicated the recent attack that...
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John Rogers's Bendable Microprocessors
John Rogers was in his lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign six years ago, testing new ways to make electronic circuits, when one of his team...
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Future Computers Could Rewire Themselves
Future microchips may have only one type of component, capable of rewiring itself to do different jobs. Researchers from Northwestern University in the U.S. have...
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Top 'innovators' Rank Low in R&d Spending
Many companies are devoted to innovation but they tend to have little to show for their spending on research and development, according to a new Booz & Co. report...
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Wired Textiles For a Phone as Useful as the Shirt on Your Back
Researchers at Ohio State University's ElectroScience Laboratory want to eliminate the need for cell phone hardware, such as Bluetooth earpieces, by developing...
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Two Low-Cost Tablets For India's Schools
Many of the classrooms in India are short of teachers and devoid of electricity. But what researchers hope they will have are low-cost computer tablets specifically...
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Holodesk Prototype Puts Life in Computers
Microsoft Research Cambridge has developed Holodesk, a prototype virtual display that enables users to interact with virtual objects using their hands.
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Intel Faces Colossal Clash
Written off by some critics as a doomed dinosaur, stuck in the tar pit of a stalling personal computer market, Intel is headed for a colossal clash as it scrambles...
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Virginia Tech Cybersecurity Breakthrough Keeps Sensitive Data Confined in Physical Space, Engineering Team Says
Virginia Tech researchers have developed new security features that can remotely place smartphones under lockdown.
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Carnegie Mellon Develops Touchscreen Technology That Distinguishes Taps By Different Parts of Finger
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed TapSense, a system that combines a microphone with a touchscreen to distinguish the difference between the...
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New Project to Tackle Data Deluge: Eudat--Towards a Pan-European Collaborative Data Infrastructure
The recently launched EUDAT project aims to provide Europe's scientific and research communities with a sustainable European-wide infrastructure for improved access...
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Magnifying Research: Scientists Team Together to Upgrade K-State's Supercomputer, Benefiting Other Colleges, Too
Kansas State University researchers are using a $700,000 U.S. National Science Foundation grant to upgrade its Beocat supercomputer, a cluster of servers that provides...
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Wearable Depth-Sensing Projection System Makes Any Surface Capable of Multitouch Interaction
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft have developed OmniTouch, a wearable projection system that enables users to turn any object into a graphical...
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'son of Stuxnet' Virus Could Be Used to Attack Critical Computers Worldwide
Symantec researchers have discovered a new virus, Duqu, that they say is very similar to the Stuxnet virus that was used to attack Iran's nuclear program.
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Scientists Create Computing Building Blocks From Bacteria and Dna
Imperial College London researchers say they have developed a method for building logic gates out of bacteria and DNA, which makes them the most advanced biological...
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Could a Computer One Day Rewire Itself?
Northwestern University researchers have developed a nanomaterial that can guide electrical currents, which could lead to a computer that can redesign its internal...
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New Malicious Program by Creators of Stuxnet Is Suspected
The designers of Stuxnet, the computer worm that was used to vandalize an Iranian nuclear site, may have struck again, security researchers say.
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