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Kbase Harnesses Gene Data For Researchers
A computational platform developed by the U.S. Department of Energy's national research laboratories will make complex analysis of gene data more efficient.
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China Develops Facial Recognition Payment System With Near-Perfect Accuracy
The Chinese Academy of Science plans to unveil a face-recognition payment application with near-perfect accuracy next year.
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No Easy Parking Spot For First-Ever Comet Landing
Landing on a comet will be even harder than we thought.
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Manual Control
Mezzanine is a collaborative-conferencing system that enables multiple users to share and control digital content from any device using gesture controls.
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Airlines Take the Bump Out of Turbulence
Just a few years ago, airlines got their weather reports by telex.
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The Man Who Will Build Google's Elusive Quantum Computer
John Martinis is one of the world's foremost experts on quantum computing, a growing field of science that aims to process information at super high speeds using...
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NASA Instrument on Rosetta: First Science Results
A NASA instrument aboard the European Space Agency's Rosetta orbiter has successfully made its first delivery of science data from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko...
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Vicki Hanson Recognized For Outstanding Contributions to Accessibility and Computing
ACM has awarded the 2014 SIGACCESS Outstanding Contributions award to Rochester Institute of Technology professor Vicki Hanson.
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Researchers Send Electricity, Light Along Same Super-Thin Wire
Researchers have developed a basic model circuit consisting of a silver nanowire and a single-layer flake of molybdenum disulfide.
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Fingerprinting Infants Helps Track Vaccinations in Developing Countries
Developing countries could be able to track pediatric vaccinations with greater accuracy using a fingerprint-scanning system.
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SideSwipe: UW Team Uses In-Air Gestures for Phones
University of Washington in Seattle researchers have developed a system that enables in-air gestures above and around a mobile device.
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The Hazards of Going on Autopilot
At 9:18 P.M. on February 12, 2009, Continental Connection Flight 3407, operated by Colgan Air, took off from Newark International Airport.
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NASA Mars App Redefines 'Mission Creep'
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Analyst's Notebook app has grown to handle the volume of information collected by the Mars rovers.
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Drone Developers Consider Obstacles That Cannot Be Flown Around
Drone makers are eager for a new age of drone ubiquity, but several issues remain to be resolved.
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Light Particles May Hold the Keys to a Revolution in Encryption
A new device harnesses the random spin of light particles to produce a random number for use in a cryptographic key.
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Internet Routing Failures Bring Architecture Changes Back to the Table
Significant reductions in the space needed for IPv4 routes could be made if service providers aggregated more of their routes.
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Brainy, Yes, but Far From Handy
Robots can outperform humans in areas such as strength and precision, but humans still are ahead of robots in the use of the senses, especially that of touch.
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Time Travel Simulation Resolves 'grandfather Paradox'
On June 28, 2009, the world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking threw a party at the University of Cambridge, complete with balloons, hors d'oeuvres and iced champagne...
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Google Backs Second Quantum Computing Effort
Scientists can't seem to agree on what a quantum computer is. But the uncertainty hasn't deterred Google from backing a second major effort in the field.
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