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Largest Neuronal Network Simulation to Date Achieved Using Japanese Supercomputer

Scientists have carried out the largest general neuronal network simulation to date. ...  > full story

Universal Law for Light Absorption in 2-D Semiconductors

Researchers have demonstrated a universal law of light absorption for 2-D semiconductors. This discovery not only provides new insight into the optical ...  > full story

Computer Scientists Develop 'Mathematical Jigsaw Puzzles' to Encrypt Software

Computer science experts have designed a system to encrypt software so that it only allows someone to use a program as intended while ...  > full story

Elementary Physics in a Single Molecule

Physicists have succeeded in performing an extraordinary experiment: They demonstrated how magnetism that generally manifests itself by a force between two magnetized objects acts ...  > full story

• Cosmology
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  Removing Complexity Layers from the Universe's Creation

  July 26, 2013 — Understanding complexity in the early universe may require combining simpler models to interpret cosmological observations. Complicated statistical behavior observed in complex systems such as early ... > full story
• Sleep Disorders
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  Child Development
  Child Psychology
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  Kids' Sleep Patterns Affected by Electronic Media Time and Media Presence in the Bedroom

  July 25, 2013 — Children’s sleep disruption is worse with increased time spent watching TV or playing on the computer, finds new ... > full story
• Computer Modeling
  Computers and Internet
  Hacking
  Computer Programming
  Information Technology
  Computer Science
   

  Computer Can Infer Rules of the Forest

  July 25, 2013 — Researchers have devised a computer algorithm that takes intermittent samples -- for example, the number of prey and predating species in a forest once a year, or the concentration of different ... > full story
• Physics
  Quantum Physics
  Quantum Computing
  Spintronics
  Materials Science
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  What If Quantum Physics Worked on a Macroscopic Level? Researchers Have Successfully Entangled Optic Fibers Populated by 500 Photons

  July 25, 2013 — Quantum physics concerns a world of infinitely small things. But for years, researchers have been attempting to observe the properties of quantum physics on a larger scale, even ... > full story
• Mars
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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
• Computers and Internet
  Computer Science
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  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
• Intelligence
  Neuroscience
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  Brain Injury
  Artificial Intelligence
  Computers and Internet
   
  

  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
• Medical Technology
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  Optics
  Information Technology
  Ultrasound
  Computer Programming
   

  Internal Tagging Technique for 3-D-Printed Objects Demonstrated

  July 22, 2013 — The age of 3-D printing, when every object so created can be personalized, will increase the need for tags to keep track of everything. Happily, the same 3-D printing process used to produce an ... > full story
• Computers and Internet
  Artificial Intelligence
  Video Games
  Computer Programming
  Information Technology
  Hacking
   
  

  'Fat Finger' Compensator: Scientists Use Game to Generate Database for Analysis of Drawing

  July 22, 2013 — The fingers of thousands of people who created sketches of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie on their iPhones can collectively guide and correct the drawing strokes of subsequent touchscreen users in a ... > full story

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