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Virtual Reality Tackles Tough Questions
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Virtual Reality Tackles Tough Questions

Virtual reality is allowing scientists to ask difficult questions about human behaviour that were previously not possible or were thought too unethical.

Google Offers Cloud-Based Learning Engine
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Google Offers Cloud-Based Learning Engine

Providing developers with machine learning on tap could unleash a flood of smarter apps.

Virtual Reality Used to Study Haiti, Baja Earthquakes
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Virtual Reality Used to Study Haiti, Baja Earthquakes

University of California, Davis researchers are using the virtual reality equipment to study earthquake damage and predict whether faults are likely to move again...

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Wikileaks Encryption ­se Offers 'legal Challenge'

A novel use of encryption by whistle-blowing website Wikileaks could "challenge the legal system for years to come," according to an influential observer of the...

Computer Model Advances Climate Change Research
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Computer Model Advances Climate Change Research

Scientists can now study climate change in far more detail with powerful new computer software. The Community Earth System Model will be one of the primary climate...

Nsf Awards $10m to Develop Computing Techniques For Assessing Child Behavior
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Nsf Awards $10m to Develop Computing Techniques For Assessing Child Behavior

A team led by the Georgia Institute of Technology has received a $10 million award from the U.S. National Science Foundation to apply computer science to the analysis...

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Dual-Core Smartphones on the Horizon

Smartphones with dual-core Arm processors could add faster processing, video capabilities.

What Does 'p vs. Np' Mean For the Rest of Us?
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What Does 'p vs. Np' Mean For the Rest of Us?

A proposed "proof" is probably a bust—but even failed attempts can advance computer science.

How Canadian 'science Fiction' Drives Subway Trains Abroad
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How Canadian 'science Fiction' Drives Subway Trains Abroad

Inside a north Toronto office building, rows of bulky computers operate virtual subway systems half a world away in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Dubai, managing...

An Implantable Antenna
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An Implantable Antenna

A prototype silk biosensor could someday alert doctors to signs of disease.

Software Predicts Criminal Behavior
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Software Predicts Criminal Behavior

Algorithm could influence sentencing recommendations and bail amounts.

Nfl Considers Ball-Tracking Chips For Accuracy
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Nfl Considers Ball-Tracking Chips For Accuracy

From end zone to end zone, an NFL field is exactly 3,600 inches, and it’s easy enough for referees to spot a ball precisely when action stays within the bounds...

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Researchers Develop Motion Tracking Technology to Reduce Injuries For Older Adults

Researchers at the University of Missouri have developed technology to help older adults recover from an injury, illness, or surgery by tracking their motions as...

'god Couldn't Do Faster': Rubik's Cube Mystery Solved
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'god Couldn't Do Faster': Rubik's Cube Mystery Solved

It has taken 15 years to get to this point, but it is now clear that every possible scrambled arrangement of the Rubik's cube can be solved in a maximum of 20...

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In a Video Game, Tackling the Complexities of Protein Folding

In a match that pitted video game players against the best known computer program designed for the task, the gamers outperformed the software in figuring out...

Driverless Cars Just Around the Corner
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Driverless Cars Just Around the Corner

Researchers worldwide are developing technologies that enable cars to drive themselves. "You can buy a car today that I'd like to say is 90 percent driverless,"...

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In a Video Game, Tackling the Complexities of Protein Folding

In a match that pitted video game players against the best known computer program designed for the task, the gamers outperformed the software in figuring out...

Why Sex?
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Why Sex?

Computer science proposes a new solution to one of evolutionary theory's oldest problems.

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New Focus For Digital Photography

Software that gives users more control of a camera could revolutionize photography.

To Pack a Stadium, Provide Video Better Than Tv
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To Pack a Stadium, Provide Video Better Than Tv

How do you keep football fans as regular visitors to stadiums when the television coverage of every play is so good?
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