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Data acquisition and coordination key to human microbiome project 
At birth, your body was 100-percent human in terms of cells. At death, about 10-percent of the cells in your body will be human and the remaining 90-percent will be microorganisms.
At birth, your body was 100-percent human in terms of cells. At death, about 10-percent of the cells in your body will be human and the remaining 90-percent will be microorganisms.
Computer Science
Source: DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Posted on: Thursday, Jun 10, 2010, 11:16am
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Source: DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Posted on: Thursday, Jun 10, 2010, 11:16am
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Video: A new approach to finding and removing defects in graphene
Graphene, a carbon sheet that is one-atom thick, may be at the center of the next revolution in material science. These ultrathin sheets hold great potential for a variety of applications from replacing silicon in solar cells to cooling computer chips.
Graphene, a carbon sheet that is one-atom thick, may be at the center of the next revolution in material science. These ultrathin sheets hold great potential for a variety of applications from replacing silicon in solar cells to cooling computer chips.
Materials Science
Source: Brown University
Posted on: Monday, Jun 07, 2010, 7:25am
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Source: Brown University
Posted on: Monday, Jun 07, 2010, 7:25am
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New automated tool 'debugs' nuclear weapon simulations
Purdue University researchers, working with high-performance computing experts at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, have created an automated program to "debug" simulations used to more efficiently certify the nation's nuclear weapons.
Purdue University researchers, working with high-performance computing experts at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, have created an automated program to "debug" simulations used to more efficiently certify the nation's nuclear weapons.
Computer Science
Source: Purdue University
Posted on: Wednesday, Jun 02, 2010, 8:24am
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Source: Purdue University
Posted on: Wednesday, Jun 02, 2010, 8:24am
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Major step ahead for cryptography
Imagine you could work out the answer to a question, without knowing what the question was. For example, suppose someone thinks of two numbers and then asks another person to work out their sum, without letting them know what the two numbers are. However, they are given an encryption of the two numbers but not told how to decrypt them.
Imagine you could work out the answer to a question, without knowing what the question was. For example, suppose someone thinks of two numbers and then asks another person to work out their sum, without letting them know what the two numbers are. However, they are given an encryption of the two numbers but not told how to decrypt them.
Computer Science
Source: University of Bristol
Posted on: Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 8:34am
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Source: University of Bristol
Posted on: Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 8:34am
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Video: Danger in the Internet cafe?
There's a potential threat lurking in your internet café, say University of Calgary computer science researchers. It's called Typhoid adware and works in similar fashion to Typhoid Mary, the first identified healthy carrier of typhoid fever who spread the disease to dozens of people in the New York area in the early 1900s.
There's a potential threat lurking in your internet café, say University of Calgary computer science researchers. It's called Typhoid adware and works in similar fashion to Typhoid Mary, the first identified healthy carrier of typhoid fever who spread the disease to dozens of people in the New York area in the early 1900s.
Technology
Source: University of Calgary
Posted on: Friday, May 21, 2010, 10:55am
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Source: University of Calgary
Posted on: Friday, May 21, 2010, 10:55am
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Breaking the logjam: Improving data download from outer space
Satellite systems in space keyed to detect nuclear events and environmental gasses currently face a kind of data logjam because their increasingly powerful sensors produce more information than their available bandwidth can easily transmit.
Satellite systems in space keyed to detect nuclear events and environmental gasses currently face a kind of data logjam because their increasingly powerful sensors produce more information than their available bandwidth can easily transmit.
Computer Science
Source: DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Posted on: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 12:51pm
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Source: DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Posted on: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 12:51pm
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Software tool helps tap into the power of graphics processing
Today's computers rely on powerful graphics processing units (GPUs) to create the spectacular graphics in video games. In fact, these GPUs are now more powerful than the traditional central processing units (CPUs) – or brains of the computer.
Today's computers rely on powerful graphics processing units (GPUs) to create the spectacular graphics in video games. In fact, these GPUs are now more powerful than the traditional central processing units (CPUs) – or brains of the computer.
Computer Science
Source: North Carolina State University
Posted on: Monday, May 17, 2010, 9:33am
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Source: North Carolina State University
Posted on: Monday, May 17, 2010, 9:33am
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Game theoretic machine learning methods can help explain long periods of conflict
Researchers at the Santa Fe Institute have developed new machine learning methods to study conflict. Their work appears in PLOS Computational Biology on May 13.
Researchers at the Santa Fe Institute have developed new machine learning methods to study conflict. Their work appears in PLOS Computational Biology on May 13.
Computer Science
Source: Santa Fe Institute
Posted on: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 11:45am
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Source: Santa Fe Institute
Posted on: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 11:45am
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Cat brain: A step toward the electronic equivalent
A cat can recognize a face faster and more efficiently than a supercomputer.
A cat can recognize a face faster and more efficiently than a supercomputer.
Computer Science
Source: University of Michigan
Posted on: Thursday, Apr 15, 2010, 9:47am
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Source: University of Michigan
Posted on: Thursday, Apr 15, 2010, 9:47am
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Math goes to the movies
Whether it's an exploding fireball in "Star Wars: Episode 3", a swirling maelstrom in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", or beguiling rats turning out gourmet food in "Ratatouille", computer-generated effects have opened a whole new world of enchantment in cinema.
Whether it's an exploding fireball in "Star Wars: Episode 3", a swirling maelstrom in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", or beguiling rats turning out gourmet food in "Ratatouille", computer-generated effects have opened a whole new world of enchantment in cinema.
Computer Science
Source: American Mathematical Society
Posted on: Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010, 8:54am
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Source: American Mathematical Society
Posted on: Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010, 8:54am
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Graphene films clear major fabrication hurdle
Graphene, the two-dimensional crystalline form of carbon, is a potential superstar for the electronics industry. With freakishly mobile electrons that can blaze through the material at nearly the speed of light – 100 times faster than electrons can move through silicon – graphene could be used to make superfast transistors or computer memory chips.
Graphene, the two-dimensional crystalline form of carbon, is a potential superstar for the electronics industry. With freakishly mobile electrons that can blaze through the material at nearly the speed of light – 100 times faster than electrons can move through silicon – graphene could be used to make superfast transistors or computer memory chips.
Materials Science
Source: DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Posted on: Friday, Apr 09, 2010, 6:19am
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Source: DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Posted on: Friday, Apr 09, 2010, 6:19am
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New software design technique allows programs to run faster
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new approach to software development that will allow common computer programs to run up to 20 percent faster and possibly incorporate new security measures.
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new approach to software development that will allow common computer programs to run up to 20 percent faster and possibly incorporate new security measures.
Computer Science
Source: North Carolina State University
Posted on: Monday, Apr 05, 2010, 12:41pm
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Source: North Carolina State University
Posted on: Monday, Apr 05, 2010, 12:41pm
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What if all software was open source? A code to unlock the desktop
What if all software was open source? Anybody would then be able to add custom features to Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, Apple iTunes or any other program. A University of Washington project may make this possible.
What if all software was open source? Anybody would then be able to add custom features to Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, Apple iTunes or any other program. A University of Washington project may make this possible.
Computer Science
Source: University of Washington
Posted on: Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010, 3:40pm
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Source: University of Washington
Posted on: Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010, 3:40pm
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Scientists discover world's smallest superconductor
Scientists have discovered the world's smallest superconductor, a sheet of four pairs of molecules less than one nanometer wide.
Scientists have discovered the world's smallest superconductor, a sheet of four pairs of molecules less than one nanometer wide.
Computer Science
Source: Ohio University
Posted on: Monday, Mar 29, 2010, 3:07pm
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Source: Ohio University
Posted on: Monday, Mar 29, 2010, 3:07pm
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Learning deficits in adolescence linked to novel brain receptor
It is well known that the onset of puberty marks the end of the optimal period for learning language and certain spatial skills, such as computer/video game operation. Recent work published in the journal Science by Sheryl Smith, PhD, professor of physiology and pharmacology, and colleagues at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn shows that a novel brain receptor, alpha4-beta-delta, emerges at puberty in the hippocampus, part of the brain that controls learning and memory.
It is well known that the onset of puberty marks the end of the optimal period for learning language and certain spatial skills, such as computer/video game operation. Recent work published in the journal Science by Sheryl Smith, PhD, professor of physiology and pharmacology, and colleagues at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn shows that a novel brain receptor, alpha4-beta-delta, emerges at puberty in the hippocampus, part of the brain that controls learning and memory.
Molecular Biology
Source: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Posted on: Friday, Mar 19, 2010, 12:10pm
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Source: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Posted on: Friday, Mar 19, 2010, 12:10pm
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Researchers find weakness in common digital security system
The most common digital security technique used to protect both media copyright and Internet communications has a major weakness, University of Michigan computer scientists have discovered.
The most common digital security technique used to protect both media copyright and Internet communications has a major weakness, University of Michigan computer scientists have discovered.
Computer Science
Source: University of Michigan
Posted on: Thursday, Mar 04, 2010, 11:44am
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Source: University of Michigan
Posted on: Thursday, Mar 04, 2010, 11:44am
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Physicists build basic quantum computing circuit
Exerting delicate control over a pair of atoms within a mere seven-millionths-of-a-second window of opportunity, physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison created an atomic circuit that may help quantum computing become a reality.
Exerting delicate control over a pair of atoms within a mere seven-millionths-of-a-second window of opportunity, physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison created an atomic circuit that may help quantum computing become a reality.
Computer Science
Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Posted on: Sunday, Feb 28, 2010, 3:53pm
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Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Posted on: Sunday, Feb 28, 2010, 3:53pm
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Computer games can teach schools some lessons
Some parents might see video games as an impediment to children keeping up with their schoolwork. James Gee, however, thinks video games are some of the best learning environments around. He says that if schools adopted some of the strategies that games use, they could educate children more effectively.
Some parents might see video games as an impediment to children keeping up with their schoolwork. James Gee, however, thinks video games are some of the best learning environments around. He says that if schools adopted some of the strategies that games use, they could educate children more effectively.
Computer Science
Source: Arizona State University
Posted on: Monday, Feb 22, 2010, 8:21am
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Source: Arizona State University
Posted on: Monday, Feb 22, 2010, 8:21am
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New algorithm to improve video game quality
Research presented in a paper by Morgan McGuire, assistant professor of computer science at Williams College, and co-author Dr. David Luebke of NVIDIA, introduces a new algorithm to improve computer graphics for video games.
Research presented in a paper by Morgan McGuire, assistant professor of computer science at Williams College, and co-author Dr. David Luebke of NVIDIA, introduces a new algorithm to improve computer graphics for video games.
Technology
Source: Williams College
Posted on: Thursday, Feb 18, 2010, 7:28pm
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Source: Williams College
Posted on: Thursday, Feb 18, 2010, 7:28pm
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Of girls and geeks: Environment may be why women don't like computer science
In real estate, it's location, location, location. And when it comes to why girls and women shy away from careers in computer science, a key reason is environment, environment, environment.
In real estate, it's location, location, location. And when it comes to why girls and women shy away from careers in computer science, a key reason is environment, environment, environment.
Psychology
Source: University of Washington
Posted on: Monday, Dec 14, 2009, 1:58pm
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Source: University of Washington
Posted on: Monday, Dec 14, 2009, 1:58pm
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Building real security with virtual worlds
Advances in computerized modeling and prediction of group behavior, together with improvements in video game graphics, are making possible virtual worlds in which defense analysts can explore and predict results of many different possible military and policy actions
Advances in computerized modeling and prediction of group behavior, together with improvements in video game graphics, are making possible virtual worlds in which defense analysts can explore and predict results of many different possible military and policy actions
Computer Science
Source: University of Maryland
Posted on: Friday, Nov 27, 2009, 3:58pm
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Source: University of Maryland
Posted on: Friday, Nov 27, 2009, 3:58pm
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Nanowires key to future transistors, electronics
A new generation of ultrasmall transistors and more powerful computer chips using tiny structures called semiconducting nanowires are closer to reality after a key discovery by researchers at IBM, Purdue University and the University of California at Los Angeles.
A new generation of ultrasmall transistors and more powerful computer chips using tiny structures called semiconducting nanowires are closer to reality after a key discovery by researchers at IBM, Purdue University and the University of California at Los Angeles.
Materials Science
Source: Purdue University
Posted on: Friday, Nov 27, 2009, 1:41pm
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Source: Purdue University
Posted on: Friday, Nov 27, 2009, 1:41pm
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New 'finFETS' promising for smaller transistors, more powerful chips
Purdue University researchers are making progress in developing a new type of transistor that uses a finlike structure instead of the conventional flat design, possibly enabling engineers to create faster and more compact circuits and computer chips.
Purdue University researchers are making progress in developing a new type of transistor that uses a finlike structure instead of the conventional flat design, possibly enabling engineers to create faster and more compact circuits and computer chips.
Materials Science
Source: Purdue University
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009, 4:36pm
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Source: Purdue University
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009, 4:36pm
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Discovery allows scientists for the first time to experimentally annotate genomes
Over the last 20 years, the sequencing of the human genome, along with related organisms, has represented one of the largest scientific endeavors in the history of mankind. The information collected from genome sequencing will provide the raw data for the field of bioinformatics, where computer science and biology meet.
Over the last 20 years, the sequencing of the human genome, along with related organisms, has represented one of the largest scientific endeavors in the history of mankind. The information collected from genome sequencing will provide the raw data for the field of bioinformatics, where computer science and biology meet.
Genetics
Source: University of California - San Diego
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009, 11:27am
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Source: University of California - San Diego
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009, 11:27am
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Professor finds that iconic Oswald photo was not faked
Dartmouth Computer Scientist Hany Farid has new evidence regarding a photograph of accused John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. Farid, a pioneer in the field of digital forensics, digitally analyzed an iconic image of Oswald pictured in a backyard setting holding a rifle in one hand and Marxist newspapers in the other.
Dartmouth Computer Scientist Hany Farid has new evidence regarding a photograph of accused John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. Farid, a pioneer in the field of digital forensics, digitally analyzed an iconic image of Oswald pictured in a backyard setting holding a rifle in one hand and Marxist newspapers in the other.
Computer Science
Source: Dartmouth College
Posted on: Thursday, Nov 05, 2009, 10:23am
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Source: Dartmouth College
Posted on: Thursday, Nov 05, 2009, 10:23am
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Research leads to improved human, object detection technology
When searching for basketball videos online, a long list of websites appears, which may contain a picture or a word describing a basketball. But what if the computer could search inside videos for a basketball?
When searching for basketball videos online, a long list of websites appears, which may contain a picture or a word describing a basketball. But what if the computer could search inside videos for a basketball?
Computer Science
Source: University of Missouri-Columbia
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009, 12:59pm
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Source: University of Missouri-Columbia
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009, 12:59pm
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Hooks hijacked? New research shows how to block stealthy malware attacks
The spread of malicious software, also known as malware or computer viruses, is a growing problem that can lead to crashed computer systems, stolen personal information, and billions of dollars in lost productivity every year.
The spread of malicious software, also known as malware or computer viruses, is a growing problem that can lead to crashed computer systems, stolen personal information, and billions of dollars in lost productivity every year.
Computer Science
Source: North Carolina State University
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009, 9:37am
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Source: North Carolina State University
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009, 9:37am
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Quantum computer chips now 1 step closer to reality
In the quest for smaller, faster computer chips, researchers are increasingly turning to quantum mechanics -- the exotic physics of the small.
In the quest for smaller, faster computer chips, researchers are increasingly turning to quantum mechanics -- the exotic physics of the small.
Materials Science
Source: Ohio State University
Posted on: Friday, Oct 16, 2009, 7:58am
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Source: Ohio State University
Posted on: Friday, Oct 16, 2009, 7:58am
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Looking for privacy in the clouds
Millions of Internet users have been enjoying the fun -- and free -- services provided by advertiser-supported online social networks like Facebook. But Landon Cox, a Duke University assistant professor of computer science, worries about the possible down side -- privacy problems.
Millions of Internet users have been enjoying the fun -- and free -- services provided by advertiser-supported online social networks like Facebook. But Landon Cox, a Duke University assistant professor of computer science, worries about the possible down side -- privacy problems.
Computer Science
Source: Duke University
Posted on: Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009, 9:44am
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Source: Duke University
Posted on: Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009, 9:44am
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People are still the weakest link in computer and internet security, study finds
Two decades ago, studies showed that computer users were violating best practices for setting up hack-proof passwords, and not much has changed since then. What's clear, say researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and IT University in Copenhagen, is that until human factors/ergonomics methods are applied to the problem, it isn't likely to go away.
Two decades ago, studies showed that computer users were violating best practices for setting up hack-proof passwords, and not much has changed since then. What's clear, say researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and IT University in Copenhagen, is that until human factors/ergonomics methods are applied to the problem, it isn't likely to go away.
Computer Science
Source: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Posted on: Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009, 8:48am
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Source: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Posted on: Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009, 8:48am
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