Posts Tagged ‘algorithm’
Science & Technology - Dec 8, 2009 17:09 - 4 Comments
One size fits all networking
NORTHWESTERN (US)—A universal method can be used to accurately analyze a range of complex networks, be they social networks like Facebook, protein to protein interactions, or networks used for air transportation. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 7, 2009 11:08 - 3 Comments
Getting the bugs out of giving meds
ILLINOIS (US)—Software design principles and debugging methods are helping researchers identify a way to reduce the number of injuries and deaths related to errors in how drugs are administered to hospital patients. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 30, 2009 13:43 - 7 Comments
Computer learns to think like a child
U. PENN (US)—Computer scientist Ben Taskar says one of the biggest stumbling blocks in terms of artificial intelligence is the fact that computers learn slower than children. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 19, 2009 19:08 - 2 Comments
Tool decodes biology’s key players
PRINCETON (US)—A team has engineered a faster, more accurate method for analyzing histones, enigmatic proteins that influence almost every aspect of how cells and tissues function. The approach offers a long-sought tool for studying stem cells, cancer, and other critical areas of biology and medicine. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 13, 2009 11:40 - 1 Comment
Gauge flu symptoms with online tool
EMORY (US)—A new H1N1 self-assessment tool for consumers and health care workers is available on several major national Web sites—including flu.gov. The tool is designed to help people decide what to do if they are worried that they or someone they love has flu symptoms. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 28, 2009 17:31 - 2 Comments
E. coli travel using kayak-paddle motion
YALE (US)—Engineers have for the first time observed and tracked E. coli bacteria moving in a liquid medium with a motion similar to that of a kayak paddle. The findings offer a clearer picture of how bacteria move from place to place and, potentially, how to keep them from spreading. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 24, 2009 4:00 - 1 Comment
Rome digitally rebuilt in hours
U. WASHINGTON (US)—Using a new computer algorithm, researchers were able to take 150,000 tourist photos tagged “Roma” or “Rome” downloaded from the photo sharing Web site Flickr and combine them into a single 3-D digital model in about 21 hours. (more…)
Best of 2009 - Sep 15, 2009 5:00 - 3 Comments
BEST OF 2009: Not a monster. It’s Frankencamera
STANFORD (US)—A team of photo scientists is reinventing digital photography with the introduction of an open-source camera. Dubbed “Frankencamera,” the prototype will give programmers around the world the chance to create software that will teach cameras new tricks. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 1, 2009 11:41 - 0 Comments
Computers get a lesson in the sound of water
The sounds produced by pouring and splashing water result from the vibration of trapped air bubbles. Cornell University researchers have developed a new method to simulate those sounds by computing how the bubbles would behave in the real world.
Science & Technology - Apr 22, 2009 15:57 - 2 Comments
Teaching computers to think like Isaac Newton
CORNELL (US)—If only Isaac Newton could have gotten his hands on a supercomputer and a new algorithm developed by Cornell University researchers. He could have skipped the apples altogether. The new method helps computers find regularities in the natural world that represent natural laws. (more…)
