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Computer Scientist Researches Privacy System
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Computer Scientist Researches Privacy System

The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded a $250,000 grant to a University of Texas at Arlington computer scientist studying ways to strengthen computer...

Cybersecurity Concept For Unmanned Systems
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Cybersecurity Concept For Unmanned Systems

Researchers have developed the System-Aware Cybersecurity concept and Secure Sentinel technology to improve defenses for unmanned drones against cyberattacks. 

Software Speeds Detection of Diseases and Cancer-Treatment Targets
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Software Speeds Detection of Diseases and Cancer-Treatment Targets

Researchers say they have developed software that can identify DNA from viruses in all parts of the Tree of Life. 

Carnegie Mellon's Cobot Robots Reach 1,000-Kilometer Milestone of Autonomous Operation
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Carnegie Mellon's Cobot Robots Reach 1,000-Kilometer Milestone of Autonomous Operation

Robots deployed at Carnegie Mellon University have collectively reached 1,000 kilometers of autonomous operation.

Google and Nasa Ride D-Wave to a Quantum Future
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Google and Nasa Ride D-Wave to a Quantum Future

They could be the most powerful computers in the world—so perhaps it's no surprise that the biggest internet company on the planet is testing one out.

Brain Inspired Data Engineering
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Brain Inspired Data Engineering

IMDEA Networks launched the BRAin inspired Data Engineering (BRADE-CM) research project in October. 

Physics: Quantum Computer Quest
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Physics: Quantum Computer Quest

When asked what he likes best about working for Google, physicist John Martinis does not mention the famous massage chairs in the hallways, or the free snacks available...

What's Next For the Rosetta Mission and Comet Exploration
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What's Next For the Rosetta Mission and Comet Exploration

Somewhere dark and icy on a comet 320 million miles away, the history-making, comet-bouncing Philae spacecraft is sleeping.

MIT Engineers Have High Hopes For Cheetah Robot
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MIT Engineers Have High Hopes For Cheetah Robot

A new cheetah-inspired robot can run on batteries at speeds of more than 10 miles per hour, jump about 16 inches high, land safely, and continue running for 15...

Firmer Footing For Robots With Smart Walking Sticks
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Firmer Footing For Robots With Smart Walking Sticks

The SupraPed robotic platform uses "smart staffs" inspired by walking sticks to better balance and move over uneven terrain. 

How Google 'translates' Pictures Into Words ­sing Vector Space Mathematics
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How Google 'translates' Pictures Into Words ­sing Vector Space Mathematics

Translating one language into another has always been a difficult task.

Intel ­pgrades Stephen Hawking's Portal to the World
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Intel ­pgrades Stephen Hawking's Portal to the World

Movie audiences who went to theaters this fall to see The Theory of Everything got a glimpse of the challenges physicist Stephen Hawking has overcome to deliver...

Researchers Engineer Improvements of Technology ­sed in Digital Memory
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Researchers Engineer Improvements of Technology ­sed in Digital Memory

Researchers have engineered and tested improvements in the performance of a memory structure known as a ferroelectric tunnel junction. 

Can We Create an Energy Efficient Internet?
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Can We Create an Energy Efficient Internet?

A new research program seeks to reduce the energy consumption of Internet-connected devices by developing new hardware and cloud-based solutions. 

Studying the Speed of Multi-Hop Bluetooth Networks
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Studying the Speed of Multi-Hop Bluetooth Networks

Researchers  have studied the performance of Bluetooth networks and measured the delays taking place in information transmission. 

Turing's Spirit Hovers at a Restored Estate
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Turing's Spirit Hovers at a Restored Estate

When "Captain Ridley's shooting party" gathered here in late August 1938 as weekend guests at Bletchley Park, a Buckinghamshire country house, they were accompanied...

Time Cloak ­sed to Hide Messages in Laser Light
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Time Cloak ­sed to Hide Messages in Laser Light

A "time cloak" that conceals events rather than objects can hide secret messages through a trick of light, making information invisible to all but the intended...

Codebreaking Has Moved on Since Turing's Day, With Dangerous Implications
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Codebreaking Has Moved on Since Turing's Day, With Dangerous Implications

Recent interest in computing and cryptography pioneer Alan Turing offers an opportunity to see the massive gains that have been made in the field of codebreaking...

Co-Robots Team Up With Humans
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Co-Robots Team Up With Humans

A group of researchers believe people and robots will be able to accomplish much more by working together, as long as robots have common sense. 

Simple Circuit Could Double Cell-Phone Data Speeds
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Simple Circuit Could Double Cell-Phone Data Speeds

A simple circuit could enable smartphones and other wireless devices to send and receive data twice as fast as is currently possible. 
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