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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Middle School STEM Gets $12 Million NSF Infusion
The U.S. National Science Foundation recently gave a nearly $12 million grant to northern California middle schools to implement a program for STEM education that...
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One Program to Watch Them All: DARPA
The Pentagon’s surveillance net is massive. But it was holes and seams. Spy drone videos and communications intercepts may be aimed at the same target. Analysts...
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Signing Made Easy
From video games to cell phone apps, making sign language easier to learn Put on the gloves. Turn on the camera and... action!
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Would Wiretapping Laws Spell the End of Quantum Encryption?
A new effort to ensure that the government can gain back-door access to encrypted messages could thwart one of the most promising applications of physics for...
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Stuxnet Worm Heralds New Era of Global Cyberwar
Attack aimed at Iran nuclear plant and recently revealed 2008 incident at US base show spread of cyber weapons.
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Flying Robot Swarm Takes Off
The Ecole Polytechnic Federale de Lausanne is experimenting with flying robots that would create a communications network for rescuers in disaster areas. Researchers...
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Computer Graphics to Help Streamline Green Building Design
Cornell University researchers are developing simulation software that streamlines the process of making buildings meet sustainability requirements, which will...
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Computers to Read Your Body Language?
Can a computer read your body language? A consortium of European researchers thinks so, and has developed a range of innovative solutions from escalator safety...
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Inside Stuxnet: Researcher Drops New Clues About Origin of Worm
The mysterious Stuxnet worm took center stage at the Virus Bulletin 2010 conference here with a prominent security researcher dropping a raw hint that Israel may...
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Scientists Creates 'smart Cane' For Blind to 'see'
Applied scientists at the University of Arkansas as Little Rock are developing a "smart" cane to give the blind a better tool to navigate their environments.
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Five Federal Agencies Want Big Robot Technology Advances
Five U.S. agencies recently announced plans to fund innovative research and development of robotic technologies with the goal of enriching human lives. DARPA seeks...
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Iran Thwarts Viral Attack on Nuclear Plant System: Atomic Chief
Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali-Akbar Salehi said Wednesday that the enemy's efforts to infect Iranian nuclear systems with a computer virus have...
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Mapping the Brain on a Massive Scale
Scanning 1,200 brains could help researchers chart the organ's fine structure and better understand neurological disorders.
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Should Code Be Released?
Software code can provide important insights into the results of research, but it's up to individual scientists whether their code is released---and many opt not...
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Personal Fabrication
Open source 3D printers could herald the start of a new industrial revolution.
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Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse Web Portal Launched
Virginia Tech is releasing its full version of the Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse web portal today (Sept. 30). The portal is the platform for direct sharing...
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In a Computer Worm, a Possible Biblical Clue
Deep inside the computer worm that some specialists suspect is aimed at slowing Iran’s race for a nuclear weapon lies what could be a fleeting reference to the...
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.s. Trying to Wage Cyber Warfare Against Iran: Minister
The United States seeks to launch a cyber war against Iran in retaliation to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s remarks at the UN, says Communications and Information Technology...
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Technology to Improve Safety in the 'danger Zone'
University of Southampton professor Nick Jennings says the ALADDIN project is developing "autonomous agents which will make decisions on their own without direct...
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