Posts Tagged ‘computer science’
With obstacles, worms wiggle faster
NYU (US) — Obstacles in an organism’s path can help it to move faster, not slower, according to a series of experiments and computer simulations. Continue…
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 12:24 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Feb 3, 2012 16:00 - 0 Comments
For better mammogram readings, direct the gaze
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — A new technique called “subtle gaze direction” could lower the learning curve for reading mammograms, researchers say. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 1, 2012 12:03 - 0 Comments
Portable device to detect disease in 30 minutes
CORNELL (US) — Researchers are developing a small detector designed to quickly identify pathogens such as tuberculosis, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and HIV. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 24, 2012 17:47 - 0 Comments
Battery drain may influence app design
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — The first systematic power profiles of microprocessors could help lower the energy consumption of small and large devices, say researchers. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 16, 2012 12:14 - 0 Comments
From seashell colors, a snapshot of evolution
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Researchers studying 19 different sea snail species have used a new technique to model the pigmentation patterns of mollusk shells, a discovery that sheds light on how ancient nervous systems evolved. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 9, 2012 17:50 - 2 Comments
‘Time cloak’ makes event vanish
CORNELL (US) — Researchers have demonstrated a “temporal cloak”—albeit on a very small scale—in the transport of information by a beam of light. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 30, 2011 12:13 - 0 Comments
Robotic surgery for run-down satellites
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — A technology developed for delicate abdominal surgeries someday may be used to repair satellites in space, say researchers. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 29, 2011 11:15 - 0 Comments
Laser ‘egg carton’ traps giant atoms
U. MICHIGAN (US) — With an “egg carton” of laser light, physicists can trap giant Rydberg atoms with up to 90 percent efficiency. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 15, 2011 11:18 - 3 Comments
Fastest-ever data transfer: 186 Gbps
CALTECH (US) — Researchers have set a new world record for data transfer, helping to usher in the next generation of high-speed network technology. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 1, 2011 6:52 - 0 Comments
Ultraviolet lasers get smarter
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Scientists have discovered a way to build compact and efficient ultraviolet light sources that could enhance information storage, microscopy, and chemical analysis. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 29, 2011 11:26 - 0 Comments
Artificial ‘brain’ network hunts for fossils
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Artificial intelligence is giving paleontologists a leg up in locating fossils—usually a task akin to finding the proverbial needle in a haystack. (more…)
Top Stories - Nov 22, 2011 7:17 - 1 Comment
10 billion bits of data per second
STANFORD (US) — A new nanoscale light-based device is able to transmit data at an ultrafast rate while using thousands of times less energy than current technologies. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 10, 2011 14:20 - 0 Comments
How trustworthy is your digital hardware?
NYU (US) — Most engineers design systems under the assumption that the underlying hardware is free of malicious elements. That assumption, researchers say, is false. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 10, 2011 12:13 - 5 Comments
Create new life forms with ‘rewritable’ cells
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — An international research project to develop easily “reprogrammable” cells could pave the way for the creation of novel and useful life forms. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 10, 2011 11:51 - 0 Comments
See the sounds: Audio as visual image
U. ILLINOIS (US) — New technology lets analysts “see” large amounts of audio data by turning sounds into a visual picture. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 9, 2011 11:41 - 0 Comments
Algorithm finds 300 crystals to store methane
NORTHWESTERN (US) — A new algorithm automatically generates and tests porous crystals to quickly find the most promising structure for natural gas storage out of millions of possibilities. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 1, 2011 7:00 - 0 Comments
Free software models how humans move
STANFORD (US) — An open source software application modeling human motion is helping medical professionals and bioengineers study, diagnose, and correct abnormalities in how people move. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 27, 2011 11:46 - 1 Comment
Diverse mollusks share family tree
BROWN (US) — Scientists have put together the most comprehensive mollusk evolutionary tree ever compiled, including some organisms thought until recently to be extinct for millions of years. (more…)
Top Stories - Oct 27, 2011 9:27 - 2 Comments
Codebreakers decipher 300-year-old secret
USC (US) — Scientists have cracked the code of a 300-year-old, 75,000-character manuscript that is handwritten in abstract symbols and Roman letters and fills 105 pages. (more…)
