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A Graphene Discoverer Speculates on the Future of Computing
In 2010 two physicists at Manchester University in the U.K. shared a Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on a new wonder material: graphene, a flat sheet of carbon...
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Hilltop Panorama Marks Mars Rover's 11th Anniversary
A panorama from one of the highest elevations that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached in its 11 years on Mars includes the U.S. flag at the summit...
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Rosetta Finds Out Much About a Comet, Even With a Wayward Lander
Photographs and data from the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft have provided an unprecedented close-up examination of a comet, but there is one thing...
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This Robot Has the Mind of a Worm
A research project dubbed Open Worm seeks to develop artificial intelligence technology by focusing on worm intelligence.
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Fujitsu Psychology Tool Profiles sers for Risk of Cyberattacks
Fujitsu researchers are integrating psychology into profiling software to make computer security more personalized.
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Optimizing Optimization Algorithms
Researchers have presented a way to generate a sequence of simplified functions that ensure the best approximation optimization algorithms can offer.
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Atlas nplugged: DARPA Challenge Robot Gets Major Makeover
Boston Robotics has rebuilt its robot to be used in the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Robotics Challenge finals in June.
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Google Lunar Xprize: Testing Rovers on the Beach with Team Hakuto
Before you blast off to the moon in search of $30 million offered as part of the Google Lunar XPrize—or the juicy $20 million grand prize for being the first to...
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Nasa, Microsoft Collaboration Will Allow Scientists to 'work on Mars'
NASA and Microsoft have teamed up to develop software called OnSight, a new technology that will enable scientists to work virtually on Mars using wearable technology...
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How the Home Telephone Sparked the ser-Centered Design Revolution
Have you ever thought about why doorknobs are positioned at around two-fifths of the door's height, instead of right in the middle? Or why a washing machine is...
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Even Elusive Animals Leave Dna, and Clues, Behind
You wouldn't think hellbenders would be hard to find: The gargantuan salamanders, the biggest amphibians in North America, can grow up to 30 inches long.
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Microsoft Cracks Personalization Without Prying
A new algorithm developed by Microsoft researchers can eliminate user tracking in Web searches without the overheads of existing technology.
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Taking Steps to Power Wearable Tech
Next-generation wearable electronics could be powered by a device in footwear.
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Telescope to Seek Dust Where Other Earths May Lie
The NASA-funded Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer, or LBTI, has completed its first study of dust in the "habitable zone" around a star, opening a new door...
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Looking and Learning: Image Identification and Enhanced Search
Advances in computer image recognition aspire to provide "a reasonable description in plain English."
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Time to Change Global Clock Management? It's nder Debate
Does anybody really know what time it is?
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Optimizing Optimization Algorithms
Optimization algorithms, which try to find the minimum values of mathematical functions, are everywhere in engineering. Among other things, they're used to evaluate...
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Improved Interface For a Quantum Internet
University of Innsbruck researchers have improved an interface between quantum processors and optical fiber-based communication channels.
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