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Breaking Barriers For Next Generation Wireless Chips
November 4, 2008 New mathematical algorithms for the next radio chip generation are under development. According to one of the mathematicians: "In the future, mobile devices will provide customers with services ... > full story -
Satellites Approach Theoretical Shannon Limit
November 3, 2008 Satellites are achieving unparalleled efficiency with a new protocol, DVB-S2. The performance of DVB-S2 satellite systems is very close to the theoretical maximum, defined by the Shannon Limit. That ... > full story -
Quantum Computers? Internet Security Code Of The Future Cracked
November 1, 2008 Computer science experts have managed to crack the so-called McEliece encryption system. This system is a candidate for the security of Internet traffic in the age of the quantum computer -- the ... > full story -
Optical Firewall Aims To Clear Internet Security Bottlenecks
November 1, 2008 Researchers are developing the world’s first optical firewall capable of analyzing data on fiber optic networks at speeds of 40 gigabits per second. The work promises to save the internet from ... > full story -
Social Media And Presidential Election: Impact Of YouTube, MySpace
November 1, 2008 What is the impact of media on the political landscape in the US? Researchers are investigating the impact of hugely popular social media's impact on the upcoming presidential ... > full story -
Gender Affects Perceptions Of Infidelity
October 30, 2008 A new study explored how men and women perceive online and offline sexual and emotional infidelity. When given the choice, men were more upset by sexual infidelity and women were more upset by ... > full story -
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Computer Scientists Seek New Framework For Computation
October 30, 2008 There have been several revolutions during the 60 year history of electronic computation, such as high level programming languages and client/server separation, but one key challenge has yet to be ... > full story -
Reduce Computer Power Usage? Silicon Optical Fiber Made Practical
October 29, 2008 Scientists have, for the firsts time, been able to make a practical optical fiber with a silicon ... > full story -
'Digital Dark Age' May Doom Some Data
October 29, 2008 What stands a better chance of surviving 50 years from now, a framed photograph or a 10-megabyte digital photo file on your computer's hard drive? The framed photograph will inevitably fade and ... > full story -
Researchers Analyze Behavior Of Websurfers
October 29, 2008 What behavior do website visitors exhibit? Do they buy a specific product mainly on Mondays? Do they always return at a certain time of day? Being able to recognize and make use of such patterns is ... > full story -
Enabling The Blind To Find Their Way
October 27, 2008 "Eyes on the future" is the mantra of the 'World Sight Day' held this month to raise awareness of blindness and vision impairment. New technologies, developed by European researchers offering the ... > full story -
International Science Community To Establish Global Virtual Library For Scientific Data
October 23, 2008 The existing networks for collecting, storing and distributing data in many areas of science are inadequate and not designed to enable the interdisciplinary research that is necessary to meet major ... > full story
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