A computer program that recognises sketches pioneered by scientists from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) could help consumers shop more efficiently.
Computer Sciences
Jun 24, 2016
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What if computer programming could be as fun as playing video games? That's the idea behind ThoughtSTEM, a startup that teaches kids to code through immersive games where they create and control virtual environments.
Social Sciences
May 9, 2016
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11
When a person's intelligence is tested, there are exams. IQ tests, general knowledge quizzes, SATs.
Computer Sciences
Mar 16, 2016
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43
A four-decade-old computer system and poor safety measures at South Carolina's Medicaid agency exposed the personal health information of roughly 1 million residents to risk of cybertheft, according to a federal report released ...
Security
Feb 19, 2016
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13
Researchers have created a computer program that will open a challenging field in synthetic biology to the entire world.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 5, 2016
1
29
Eddie Tipton, a computer expert and the Multi-State Lottery Association's security director, allegedly rigged a lottery jackpot by installing a software program known as a rootkit on a computer that would pick the winning ...
Other
Dec 18, 2015
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11
Reproducibility is one of the cornerstones of science. Made popular by British scientist Robert Boyle in the 1660s, the idea is that a discovery should be reproducible before being accepted as scientific knowledge.
Computer Sciences
Nov 9, 2015
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54
Tables stored in flash memory aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) tell locations of Earth and the sun for the past 10 years, but not their locations next year. That needs to be changed. Carefully.
Space Exploration
Oct 30, 2015
0
66
Three Virginia Tech computer scientists are unveiling a novel approach to discovering stealth attacks on computers at the annual ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security.
Security
Oct 13, 2015
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To see how burning up the Earth's available fossil fuels might affect the Antarctic ice sheet, scientists turned to a computer program developed at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. The ice would disappear, ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 24, 2015
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