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Nasa Mars Research Helps Find Buried Water on Earth
A NASA-led team has used radar sounding technology developed to explore the subsurface of Mars to create high-resolution maps of freshwater aquifers buried deep...
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Family Pioneers in Exploration of the Genome
A group of researchers said that by examining the whole genome of a family of four, they were able to make unusually specific findings, including the daughter's...
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Post-9/11 Technology Brings Exoskeletons, Laser Cannons to 21st-Century U.S. Military
The U.S. military has evolved so fast in the post-September 11th era that much of its technology would be nearly unrecognizable to commanders, soldiers, airmen...
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Safeped Helps Cities Fix Dangerous Intersections
TAU researchers have developed SAFEPED, a computer simulation that integrates robotics and statistics on driver and pedestrian behavior to determine the environmental...
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In Plane View
An airplane’s digital flight-data recorder, or "black box," holds massive amounts of data, documenting the performance of engines, cockpit controls, hydraulic...
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Understanding and Improving Crowdsourcing Models
A network of researchers are attempting to create more efficient and useful crowdsourcing models that could be used to predict everything from terrorist attacks...
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New Emotion Detector Sees When We're Lying
A sophisticated new camera system can detect lies just by watching our faces as we talk, experts say. The computerized system uses a simple video camera, a high...
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Bike Crash Wiped Details; Gps Data Filled Them In
After racing and biking back roads on the San Francisco Peninsula for almost half a century without serious incident, on July 3 I crashed while riding downhill...
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The AlloSphere Offers an Interactive Experience of Nano-Sized Worlds
The University of California, Santa Barbara's AlloSphere Research Laboratory takes scientific data that is too small to see and hear and magnifies it to a human...
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Engineers Find Leaky Pipes With Artificial Intelligence
University of Exeter researchers are using artificial intelligence software to monitor water systems to identify leaky pipes and flood risks.
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World's First University With Indoor Navigation App
Students at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology are using a new application that serves as a guide for users both outside and inside buildings.
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How Microsoft Researchers Might Invent a Holodeck
Microsoft researcher Scott Saponas is developing Skinput, a bracelet of wearable electrodes that can sense how the user is moving their hand and fingers, transmitting...
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Computer Helps Msu Researchers nravel Plants' Secrets to Survival
Michigan State University scientists are using artificial intelligence to gain a better understanding of how plants cope with extreme environments.
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Science After 9/11: How Research Was Changed By the September 11 Terrorist Attacks
New work in forensics, biodefense and cyber security blossomed after the attacks on New York City, Washington, D.C., and in the skies over Pennsylvania, but increased...
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Chatty Robots Go Viral on Youtube
Cornell University students have used a Web-based chatbot called Cleverbot to set up an online chat between two robots, one male and one female.
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Nih Research Model Predicts Weight With Varying Diet, Exercise Changes
Researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health have developed a computer simulation of metabolism that enables scientists to better understand how diet and...
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For Software Developers, A Bounty Of Opportunity
As people across the country suffer from long-term unemployment, the tech industry is experiencing a shortage of qualified workers. Particularly in software development...
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How Microsoft Researchers Might Invent a Holodeck
Deep inside Microsoft is the brain of a mad scientist.
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Animated or Real, Both Are Believable
It is still possible to distinguish between a living, breathing character in a movie and an animated one—but it is getting harder.
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