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Improved Simulations Boost Interfacial Tension Calculations

Computer simulations play an increasingly important role in the description and development of new materials. Yet, despite major advances in computer…

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Unlocking Better Computers: Brain-Inspired Innovations

“Today’s computers are wonderful at bookkeeping and solving scientific problems often described by partial differential equations, but they’re horrible at just…

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New Algorithm Enhances Action Recognition in Computers

With the commodification of digital cameras, digital video has become so easy to produce that human beings can have trouble keeping up with it. Among the tools…

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New Display Panel Offers Unmatched Detail for Work Processes

“We live in a world in which the majority of work processes are aided by computers,” said Professor Dr André Hinkenjann, Director of the Institute of Visual…

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Programming the smart home: ‘If this, then that’

The idea of a smart home sounds promising enough. Who doesn’t want a house full of automated gadgets — from light switches to appliances to heating systems —…

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New Computer Program Aims to Aid Arson Case Investigations

A computer program developed by University of Alberta chemistry professor James Harynuk, his team of graduate and undergraduate researchers and the Royal…

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How Modulators Enhance Optical Fiber Network Performance

Modulators are key components within optical fiber networks and serve to transfer information from an electrical current to a signal suitable for optical…

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Innovative Solutions for Electromagnetic Compatibility Issues

As electronic components on electronic circuit boards continue to shrink, problems of electromagnetic compatibility are arising. Such problems include unwanted…

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What Happens in a Programmer’s Head?

In the quest of understanding how software developers think during programming, an international team of scientists from Germany and the United States observed…

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3D Innovation Center Berlin and China Council Unite for Future Collaborations

This agreement is the basis for future events in China and Europe where the partners of both organizations can meet, establish contacts and exchange know-how…

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Information storage for the next generation of plastic computers

Inexpensive computers, cell phones and other systems that substitute flexible plastic for silicon chips may be one step closer to reality, thanks to research…

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Testing protocols in Internet of Things by a formal passive technique

Dr. CHE Xiaoping and Dr. MAAG Stephane from Laboratory UMR 5157 of French Centre national de la recherché scientifique (CNRS) focus on converging these two…

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Gigabit Wireless Communications: Key Insights from New Research

The two research papers, led by Andrew Nix, Professor of Wireless Communication Systems and Dr Simon Armour, Senior Lecturer in Software Radio, from the…

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How Malicious Code Infects HTML5 Apps and Your Smartphone

Can you imagine that simply doing these things can get your smarphones infected with “worms” that can not only steal personal information from your phone, but…

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SDSC Boosts Large-Scale Data Sharing with Globus Integration

In the era of “Big Data”-based science, accessing and sharing of data plays a key role for scientific collaboration and research. Among SDSC users there is a…

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Personal Touch Signature Enhances Mobile Device Security

Passwords, gestures and fingerprint scans are all helpful ways to keep a thief from unlocking and using a cell phone or tablet. Cybersecurity researchers from…

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