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Computing Change: Researcher Traces History Of The Personal Computer
October 8, 2007 Carbon paper? Punch cards? What are those? The Internet, personal computers, word processing and spreadsheets are so embedded in today's society that it's hard to remember that just 35 years ago they ... > full story -
Grid Computing Offers New Hope In Race Against Bird Flu
October 7, 2007 A new attack against the deadly bird flu virus, harnessing the combined power of more than 40,000 computers across 45 countries to boost the pace of anti-viral drug discovery, has just been launched. ... > full story -
Understanding The Big Bang: Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider Aids Search For Quark-Gluon Plasma
September 25, 2007 A large scale STAR experiment is currently under way at Brookhaven National Laboratory, with the Sun Grid Compute Utility delivering large-scale computing power and related resources on a utility ... > full story -
Using Video-Game Technology To Find Oil & Gas
September 19, 2007 What do video games and seismic explorations have in common? Both require very demanding computer applications that call for the ability to process massive quantities of data rapidly. Using computer ... > full story -
Secrets Of Protein Folding Coming Unlocked
September 17, 2007 Scientists are unraveling the mystery of how proteins fold into unique, three-dimensional shapes. Proteins are the workhorses of the body, taking on a wide variety of tasks. They fight infections, ... > full story -
Internet Map Looks Like A Digital Dandelion
August 31, 2007 What looks like the head of a digital dandelion is a map of the Internet generated by new algorithms from computer scientists. The new maps will be useful for studying worm outbreaks and many other ... > full story -
Controlling Bandwidth In The Clouds
August 29, 2007 Computer scientists have designed, implemented, and evaluated a new bandwidth management system for cloud-based applications capable of solving the problem of lack of bandwidth control. The new ... > full story -
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World's Highest-Resolution Computer Display Reaches 220 Million Pixels In Resolution
August 23, 2007 Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have constructed the highest-resolution computer display in the world -- with a screen resolution up to 220 million pixels. The system located at ... > full story -
Computing Breakthrough Could Elevate Security To Unprecedented Levels
August 16, 2007 By using pulses of light to dramatically accelerate the development of quantum computers, researchers have made strides in technology that could foil national and personal security ... > full story -
Engineers Ready A Blueprint For A Nanomechanical Computer
August 14, 2007 If efforts now under way by a team of engineers pan out, the age of the nanomechanical computer may be at hand. Instead of relying on solid-state transistors and other electronic components to ... > full story
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