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Clear Rules Enhance Web Interaction for General Practitioners

Urban Carlén, Department of Applied Information Technology, has studied how a large group of general practitioners interact via an e-mail list. The list…

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New AI Model Predicts Human Visual Attention Accurately

Scientists have just come several steps closer to understanding change blindness — the well studied failure of humans to detect seemingly obvious changes to…

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iPhone App Will Help Rescue Oiled Gulf Coast Wildlife

With support from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the UMass Amherst researchers hope the MoGO app will draw on the large network of “citizen…

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GPS, Satellite Communications Will be Challenged as Solar Flare Activity Rises

“We have been observing the sun during the space age for only 50 years and we do not fully understand its behavior, especially the extremes of its behavior. In…

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NIST helps accelerate the federal government's move to the cloud

Cloud computing is an emerging model for obtaining on-demand access to shared computing resources often through the use of remotely located, widely distributed…

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NASA's FASTSAT satellite readies for shipment to Alaska

The pre-shipment review was completed in May, demonstrating the flight hardware has successfully passed all environmental and performance tests and is…

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Innovative Design Platform for Future Network-on-Chip Systems

• The NaNoC project aims at developing an innovative design platform for future Network-on-Chip (NoC) based multi-core systems. • The project is being carried…

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Students at Ben-Gurion University Create Device for the Blind

The radar system incorporates a computer, two video cameras and a scanning light source to warn the blind of obstacles with audible alerts. The system detects…

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FSU Scientists Predict Active 2010 Hurricane Season Using Unique Model

Associate Scholar Scientist Tim LaRow and his colleagues at FSU's Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS) say there will be an average of 17…

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New automated tool 'debugs' nuclear weapon simulations

The program, called AutomaDeD (pronounced like automated), finds errors in computer code for complex “parallel” programs.”The simulations take several weeks to…

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Video Game Project Aids Blind Children in Staying Active

VI Fit, a project at the University of Nevada, Reno, helps children who are blind become more physically active and healthy through video games. The…

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SIM Time Network: Unlocking Global Clock Synchronization

The SIM Time Network allows each of these nations to continuously compare their clocks, with the time differences between the nations displayed on a SIM Web…

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Classic Grammar Model Enhances Computerized Text Parsing

One such application enables queries answered by a digital text to be generated when it is opened, and then used to search for specific information in the text.

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Faster Computers: Nanotechnology’s Role in Electronics Innovation

Silicon is subject to certain limitations, and industry is looking for a replacement. The electronics industry has net annual sales of over USD 200 billion,…

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NASA Greenlights Landsat Instrument Design for Next Steps

“Having received the green light on our design during NASA's Critical Design Review, we are moving out on full implementation of our instrument,” said Cathy…

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Unlocking Entrepreneurial Potential with EGNOS Navigation Signal

Entrepreneurs with a commercial plan to use the EGNOS satellite navigation signal have a chance to make their vision a reality by applying for the Special…

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