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  Project Neptune: Specialized Gas Detection for Nonproliferation

  July 25, 2013 — Sandia National Laboratories’ Project Neptune aims to design a system capable of sensing, from among the loud signals of a lot of gases, the weak signals from specific gases that are signs of ... > full story
• Brain Injury
  Neuroscience
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  Neural Simulations Hint at the Origin of Brain Waves

  July 24, 2013 — Computer models of individual neurons are being assembled into neural circuits that produce actual electrical signals akin to brain waves. The results are helping solve the mystery of how and why ... > full story
• Autism
  Child Development
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  Child Psychology
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  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Novel Technology Seen as New, More Accurate Way to Diagnose and Treat Autism

  July 24, 2013 — Researchers have developed a new screening and tracking tool for diagnosing autism. The method holds promise as a method to introduce ... > full story
• Mars
  NASA
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  Curiosity Makes Its Longest One-Day Drive on Mars

  July 24, 2013 — NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drove twice as far on July 21 as on any other day of the mission so far: 109.7 yards (100.3 meters). The length of the drive took advantage of starting the 340th Martian ... > full story
• Technology
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  A Magnetic Pen for Smartphones Adds Another Level of Conveniences

  July 24, 2013 — Scientists have developed a magnetically driven pen interface that works both on and around mobile devices. This interface, called the MagPen, can be used for any type of smartphones and tablet ... > full story
• Computer Science
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  Perfecting Digital Imaging

  July 23, 2013 — Computer graphics and digital video lag behind reality; despite advances, the best software and video cameras still cannot seem to get computer-generated images and digital film to look exactly the ... > full story
• Computers and Internet
  Computer Science
  Information Technology
  Computer Modeling
  Distributed Computing
  Computer Programming
   

  Six Months of Computing Time Generates Detailed Portrait of Cloth Behavior

  July 23, 2013 — It would be impossible to compute all of the ways a piece of cloth might shift, fold and drape over a moving human figure. But after six months of computation, researchers are pretty sure they've ... > full story
• Information Technology
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  Technology Could Be 'Aggravating' Factor in Sentencing

  July 23, 2013 — Existing criminal offenses which feature the use of computers could be treated in the same way as offenses involving driving, researchers ... > full story
• Natural Disasters
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  Devastating Long-Distance Impact of Earthquakes

  July 23, 2013 — In 2006 the island of Java, Indonesia was struck by a devastating earthquake followed by the onset of a mud eruption to the east, flooding villages over several square kilometers and that continues ... > full story
• Intelligence
  Neuroscience
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  Brain Injury
  Artificial Intelligence
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  Microchips That Mimic the Brain: Novel Microchips Imitate the Brain's Information Processing in Real Time

  July 22, 2013 — Neuroinformatics researchers have demonstrated how complex cognitive abilities can be incorporated into electronic systems made with so-called neuromorphic chips: They show how to assemble and ... > full story

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