Science

NIST's Top Tips for Evaluating Emerging Technologies

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The SCORE framework allows technology evaluators to assess the potential of new tools.

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NASA's Chandra Finds Massive Black Holes Common in Early Universe

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Composite image of Chandra Deep Field South.

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Enterprise App Stores Harness HTML5

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The Volt client application allows enterprises to authenticate their employees' mobile devices...

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New Animation Depicts Next Mars Rover in Action

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This artist concept features NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile...

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Small Asteroid to Whip Past Earth on June 27, 2011

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Trajectory of 2011 MD from the general direction of the Sun.

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Smarter Task-Transfers Use Mobile Cameras

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Google’s Deep Shot, developed with MIT, transfers tasks from the desktop to a smartphone, or vice versa, by merely pointing the...

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Cassini Captures Ocean-Like Spray at Saturn Moon

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Dramatic plumes (cloudy, white areas), both large and small, spray water ice out from many...

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Getting Ready for the Next Big Solar Storm

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Modern power grids are vulnerable to solar storms.

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