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Physicians Identify Reasons for High Cost of Cancer Drugs, Prescribe Solutions
October 1, 2012 A virtual monopoly held by some drug manufacturers in part because of the way treatment protocols work is among the reasons cancer drugs cost so much in the United States, according to a commentary ... > full story -
Artificially Intelligent Game Bots Pass the Turing Test on Turing's Centenary
September 26, 2012 An artificially intelligent virtual gamer has won the BotPrize by convincing a panel of judges that it was more human-like than half the humans it competed against. The victory comes 100 years after ... > full story -
New Simulation Method Produces Realistic Fluid Movements
September 26, 2012 What does a yogurt look like over time? The food industry will soon be able to answer this question using a new fluid simulation ... > full story -
Virtual Boundaries: How Environmental Cues Affect Motivation and Task-Oriented Behavior
September 21, 2012 Much of our daily lives are spent completing tasks that involve a degree of waiting, such as remaining on hold while scheduling a doctor's appointment or standing in line at an ATM. Faced with a ... > full story -
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Computers Get a Better Way to Detect Threats
September 20, 2012 Computer scientists have developed a technique to automatically allow one computer in a virtual network to monitor another for intrusions, viruses or other kinds of ... > full story -
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Blind People Develop Accurate Mental Map by Playing 'Video' Game
September 19, 2012 Researchers have developed a new "video" game for blind people that can help them learn about a new space using only audio ... > full story -
Can Post-Breakup Facebook Surveillance Delay Emotional Recovery?
September 19, 2012 More than 900 million people worldwide are active users of the social networking site Facebook, and it is estimated that as many as one-third report using Facebook to check on the activities of ... > full story -
New Screening Method Identifies 1,200 Candidate Refrigerants to Combat Global Warming
September 19, 2012 Researchers have developed a new computational method for identifying candidate refrigerant fluids with low "global warming potential" as well as other desirable performance and safety ... > full story -
'Blue Brain' Project Accurately Predicts Connections Between Neurons
September 17, 2012 Scientists have identified key principles that determine synapse-scale connectivity by virtually reconstructing a cortical microcircuit and comparing it to a mammalian sample. These principles now ... > full story -
Improved Positioning Indoors
September 17, 2012 Whether you're walking, biking or driving, navigation systems can help you get from A to B – as long as you have a GPS signal. To find our way around large and complex buildings like hospitals ... > full story
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