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Quantum computer components 'coalesce' to 'converse'

However, prospects for achieving this kind of communication seemed distant—until now. A team of physicists working at the National Institute of Standards and…

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New STN® Revolutionizes Patent Searching for Professionals

The STN partners, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) in the U.S. and FIZ Karlsruhe in Germany, are pleased to announce that a completely new STN will be phased…

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Cloud computing: gaps in the “cloud” – Massive security flaws at Amazon Web Services discovered

Researchers from Ruhr-University Bochum have found a massive security gap at Amazon Cloud Services. Using different methods of attack (signature wrapping and…

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Georgia Tech Transforms iPhone Into SpiPhone Using Accelerometer

A research team at Georgia Tech has discovered how to do exactly that, using a smartphone accelerometer—the internal device that detects when and how the phone…

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World Record Set in 3D Imaging of Porous Rocks

A team of physicists headed by Prof. Rudolf Hilfer at the Institute for Computational Physics (ICP) of the University Stuttgart has established a world record…

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RUB Researchers Expose XML Encryption Vulnerabilities

Standards are supposed to guarantee security, especially in the WWW. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main force behind standards like HTML, XML, and…

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Dr. Thomas Rid Explores the Reality of Cyber Warfare

In a paper published in The Journal of Strategic Studies, Dr Thomas Rid, from the Department of War Studies, argues that cyber warfare has never taken place,…

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Wearable Projection System Transforms Any Surface into Multi-Touch

OmniTouch, a wearable projection system developed by researchers at Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon University, enables users to turn pads of paper,…

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Enhancing Rescue Efforts with SENEKA’s Innovative Solutions

This makes it all the more important for rescue teams to get a quick overview of the situation at hand. In SENEKA, a Markets Beyond Tomorrow project,…

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Cloud Computing: Cornell’s Weatherspoon Aims to Fix Internet ‘Potholes’

To look into the glitch causes – and their possible cures – in what were supposed to be perfect systems, Hakim Weatherspoon, Cornell assistant professor of…

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SU Professor Highlights Android App WebView Concerns

Currently, in the Android market, 86 percent of the top 20 most downloaded apps in 10 diverse categories use WebView. With the goal of creating dynamic apps,…

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Software Keeps Sensitive Data Confined in Physical Space

“This level of complexity and security, nobody else has,” said Jules White, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech. “There…

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Exploring Random Structures Through Confetti Experiments

“The result of small disturbances to random systems can be illustrated by throwing confetti. If simple rules are constructed at a small scale, it is possible…

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iPhone App Innovates Heart Rate Monitoring for Health Insights

An iPhone app that measures the user's heart rate is not only a popular feature with consumers, but it sparked an idea for a Worcester Polytechnic Institute…

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People as 'sensors': Twitter messages reveal NFL's big plays and fans'

SportSense is a computer program the engineers created to analyze NFL fan tweets in real time. The program can tell within seconds when touchdowns,…

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Efficient Ethernet switches connect automation networks to the company's IT system

The SCALANCE-X-500 switches are especially suitable for configuring large automation networks and connecting them to the company's IT system. Typical areas of…

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