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Cybersecurity Protects Food, Agriculture
Protecting the U.S. food supply from cyberattack.
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Scientist Infects Himself With Computer Virus
University of Reading scientist Mark Gasson has deliberately infected himself with a computer virus in order to study the potential risks of implanting electronic...
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Major Step Ahead For Cryptography
Researchers at the University of Bristol and Katholieke University have developed a new system for encrypted data computing that they say could have a broad impact...
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The Automotive Internet, From Vision to Reality
The European Union-funded CVIS project aims to deploy an advanced communications infrastructure that can facilitate new ways to drastically upgrade the safety,...
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The Doctor Is Out, but New Patient Monitoring and Robotics Technology Is In
A new generation of medical devices using wireless communications, sophisticated software and data center-driven "cloud" computing promises to deliver health care...
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DARPA Builds Cyber Range to Test Security Measures
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is working with industry to develop the National Cyber Range, a cybersecurity testbed for researching network...
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Mistakes in Silicon Chips to Help Boost Computer Power
Silicon chips that are allowed to make mistakes could help ensure computers continue to get more powerful, say US researchers.
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Paper Supercapacitor Could Power Future Paper Electronics
Stanford University researchers have developed an onboard power source for paper transistors and paper displays.
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Researchers Design & Test Microfabricated Planar Ion Traps
Georgia Tech Research Institute is designing, fabricating and testing planar ion traps that can be more readily combined into large, interconnected trap arrays....
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Engineer Goes from Race Track to Classroom
Moving from the inner circles of professional automotive racing to the halls of academia has given Andrew Borme the second life he's wanted—teaching a new generation...
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Idea Man of Limewire at a Crossroads
Mark Gorton is a confident guy. He’s confident about his ideas. He’s confident about his enthusiasms. And he’s confident that his successes--like making money on...
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App Watch: Searching Without Words
At some point, scientists think, you’ll be able to point a lens at almost any object and get information about what you’re seeing.
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An Invisible Touch For Mobile Devices
A simple gesture-sensing interface could add new meaning to mobile-phone conversations.
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Va Researchers Seek Answers to Unexplained Illnesses Through Technology
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs researchers are extracting information from millions of clinical notes in order to identify patterns in symptoms that might...
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Communications Law to Be Reviewed
Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV) and Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) announced Monday (May 24) that they would hold hearings to examine how the Communications Act...
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Danger in the Internet Cafe?
University of Calgary computer science professors have identified a type of security threat that gains access to computers through wireless networks found in Internet...
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Researchers Turn to Supercomputing to Find Malaria's Soft Spot
Intellectual Ventures builds computer simulations to better understand how malaria spreads and how it responds to eradication efforts.
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Book Urges a 'minds-On' Approach to Teaching Science
Thomas O'Brien, director of Binghamton University's Center for Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, hopes that his new book will change the way students...
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Eye-Tracking Interfaces Look For Killer App
Eye-tracking interfaces have made great strides but their costliness keeps them in premium markets. The key to broad accessibility is a mass application like gaming...
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Seven Atom Transistor Sets the Pace For Future Pcs
A working transistor that contains only seven atoms has been built by a team in Australia. The researchers, led by University of New South Wales professor Michelle...
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