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Amazon, Others Make Fixes After Informaticists Uncover Online Security Flaws, Receive Free Products

The research group that included IU Bloomington School of Informatics and Computing Associate Professor XiaoFeng Wang and doctoral student Rui Wang, as the…

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Webinos Project Unveils Open Source Apps for Multiple Devices

To allow web applications run on four screens, the webinos project consortium creates a full open source code base. The tagerted technology will allow…

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ASTRA: Atmospheric Science Through Robotic Aircraft

The use of fleets of light, unmanned aircraft, makes extensive studies more affordable, even when payloads need to be delivered to extreme altitudes. It also…

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Cloud Computing, Data Policy on Track to “Democratize” Satellite Mapping

That is the view of South Dakota State University professor Matt Hansen, one of several scientists who worked with Google to launch Google Earth Engine. The…

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First student-developed mission in which satellites orbit and communicate led by UT students

The satellites separated March 22 at 6:35 a.m. Central Standard Time. Now that they're apart, the 60-plus pound, tire-sized satellites will be able to perform…

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Cyberinfrastructure to Meet Peak Demand for Emergency Data in Rural Areas

“San Diegans need somewhere to turn when a natural disaster hits a rural area nearby, in order to make better decisions about what to do next,” said…

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NASA's Aqua Satellite Spies a "3-leaf Clover" View of Ireland for St. Patrick's Day

With the luck o’ the Irish, NASA's Aqua satellite was fortunate to capturemostly clear views of the Emerald Isle in these near-infrared/visible, infrared and…

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'Pruned' microchips are faster, smaller, more energy-efficient

An international team of computing experts from the United States, Switzerland and Singapore has created a breakthrough technique for doubling the efficiency…

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New SCAP Documents Enhance Automated Security Management

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released two updated publications that help organizations to find and manage vulnerabilities more…

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Airport Security Scanners: Safety of Millimeter Wave Technology

One type of scanner employs millimeter wave technology, which delivers no ionizing radiation. However, the second type of scanner currently deployed at…

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NASA and other satellites keeping busy with this week's severe weather

Today the eastern third of the U.S. is being buffered by a large storm that stretches from southeastern Minnesota east to Wisconsin and Michigan, then south…

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Satellites Tell What Is Dust and What Is Clouds

“I do worry about upsetting the people I worked with, but they're always trying to improve their product,” said Aaron Naeger, 25, a doctoral student in…

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Wireless Data and Power Transmission Through Submarine Hulls

Steel walls are no match for Tristan Lawry. The doctoral student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has developed and demonstrated an innovative new system…

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Fast Laser Transmits 10 Gb/s Data Through Optical Fibers

Today's commercial lasers can send up to 10 Gb of data per second (Gbit/s) through optical fibers. This applies to both conventional lasers and to surface…

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San Diego Supercomputer Center Launches Trestles

Trestles is available to users of the TeraGrid, the nation’s largest open-access scientific discovery infrastructure. The system is among the five largest in…

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New Ship Detection Method Enhances Safety in Storms

The team has come up with a new detection method “that outperforms the one that has generally been used until now, as well as offering the advantages of low…

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