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New 'FeTRAM' is promising computer memory technology

The technology combines silicon nanowires with a “ferroelectric” polymer, a material that switches polarity when electric fields are applied, making possible a…

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DASware: Enhanced Bioprocessing and Data Management Solutions

It is designed as a set of solutions for most flexible, comprehensive and reliable bioprocessing with sophisticated management of the resulting data. DASware…

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SDSC Launches High-Performance Data Storage Cloud

“We believe that the SDSC Cloud may well revolutionize how data is preserved and shared among researchers, especially massive datasets that are becoming more…

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Fraunhofer SCAI Advances Text Mining for Chinese Research Data

The pilot project was initiated as a feasibility study to evaluate how far current text mining technology is able to support automated information extraction…

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Fraunhofer SCAI and Merck Serono: Advancing Drug Safety Methods

The joint research and development program focuses – amongst other aspects – on:- development of new methods to identify unwanted drug effects from…

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New Supercomputer To Boost Rensselaer Leadership in High-Performance Computing

A new system to be installed at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute supercomputing center will enable exciting new research possibilities across the nation…

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Double Jeopardy: Rethinking Building Codes for Multiple Hazards

This is because current codes consider natural hazards individually, explains NIST's Dat Duthinh, a research structural engineer. So, if earthquakes rank as…

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Key Cybersecurity Research Priorities Revealed in New Report

Outcome of CSIT's Belfast 2011 Cyber Summit represents a global collective strategy for world's leading research institutesDeveloping self-learning, self aware…

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Is Smartphone Technology the Future of U.S. Elections?

Human factors/ergonomics researchers have evaluated the potential benefits of using smartphones to enable online voting in future U.S. elections and will…

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'Culturomics 2.0' forecasts human behavior by supercomputing global news

The paper, titled “Culturomics 2.0: Forecasting Large-Scale Human Behavior Using Global News Media Tone in Time and Space,” uses the tone and location of news…

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MU researchers use new video gaming technology to detect illness, prevent falls in older adults

Researchers at the University of Missouri and TigerPlace, an independent living community, have been using motion-sensing technology to monitor changes in…

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Rice Breakthrough Boosts Wireless Capacity Without New Towers

The days of waiting for smartphones to upload video may be numbered. Rice University engineering researchers have made a breakthrough that could allow wireless…

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Intercepting Counterfeit Drugs: Real-Time Pharmaceutical Solutions

The objective of the CONPHIRMER project is to develop a portable and easy-to-use pharmaceutical authentication device, a sensor for telling genuine medicines…

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New Software by Fraunhofer IDMT Enhances Audio-Visual Content

An additional video analysis tool helps to identify and arrange i. a. representative scenes in movies, thus allowing better organization and management of…

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Graphene's shining light could lead to super-fast Internet

By combining graphene with metallic nanostructures, they show a twentyfold enhancement in harvesting light by graphene, which paves the way for advances in…

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Aviation Type Clubs Can Take Advantage of New Service Information Sharing System

In an attempt to increase safety in general aviation aircraft, the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University is making it…

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