Science

Smart Cities Will Require Smarter Sensors

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In a smart city, all aspects of city infrastructure would be connected.

New Pipe Simulation Could Have Predicted Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

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The team’s simulation (bottom) closely matches real pictures taken from the Deepwater Horizon site (top).

Five Steps to Securing Internet-Enabled Devices

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Wind River suggests taking a five-prong approach to securing Internet-enabled devices.

Channel Case Study: The Value of Cold Calls

It was the cold call that turned into a half-a-million dollar business deal.

Speed Bump on the Way to Exascale Computing

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Argonne National Laboratory will use IBM's next-generation Blue Gene/Q supercomputer, a system touting a peak performance...

Quantum Tunneling Enables 3D Touch

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Spiked nanoparticles aid in quantum tunneling to allow Peratech's film to sense a continuum between feather-light and heavy touches, thereby...

VA spent $717 million on a drug deemed as effective as a placebo

Over the past decade, the Veterans Affairs Department spent $717 million for an anti-psychotic drug to treat post-traumatic stress disorder that a recent study shows is no more effective than a placebo.

Era of the PC Waning

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The PC market will be eclipsed by the Internet-enabled consumer devices by 2013.

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