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RIT scholars explore the impact of imaging on our reality

Imaging is the use of machines to enhance humans' ability to perceive things, often by producing visible phenomena that cannot be seen with the naked eye. But, can imaging technology distort reality and even change what humans ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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Spot a bot to stop a botnet

Computer scientists in India have developed a two-pronged algorithm that can detect the presence of a botnet on a computer network and block its malicious activities before it causes too much harm. The team ...

Technology / Internet

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Does the quantum wave function represent reality?

(Phys.org) -- At the heart of quantum mechanics lies the wave function, a probability function used by physicists to understand the nanoscale world. Using the wave function, physicists can calculate a system's ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (38) | comments 136 | with audio podcast feature

Md. becomes first to OK password protection bill

(AP) -- Maryland is poised to become the first state to ban employers from demanding applicants or workers hand over their log-in information for social media sites like Facebook.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

The numbers game

Dipak Dey, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Statistics and associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been called an ambassador for the field. A prolific researcher, he is ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Amazon tablet seen as worthy iPad rival

With Amazon reportedly poised to launch a tablet computer, technology research firm Forrester is predicting the device could be the first legitimate challenger to Apple's iPad.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 3

The inevitable rise of China - hype or reality?

A cover article in the latest edition of Foreign Affairs by the University of Sydney's Dr. Salvatore Babones outlines why predictions by economists that China will continue to experience rapid growth throu ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 35

Ranking seeks to protect internet users from data theft by exposing flagrant spam havens

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Center for Research in Economic Commerce (CREC) at The University of Texas at Austin has unveiled an initiative called SpamRankings.net, designed to protect Internet users by identifying major havens ...

Technology / Internet

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ICANN hires hacker to keep Internet safe

The agency in charge of the world's Internet addresses on Thursday appointed veteran hacker Jeff Moss to be its chief of security.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 10

Breakthroughs help brain surgeons remove nearly all of a tumor, raise survival rates

Donna Vinson suddenly felt she "couldn't think well." She was far off from choosing the right words, even pointing to a garbage can once as she asked a family member to pass the potatoes.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Targeted phishing scams could rise after Epsilon data breach

A wave of alert emails has been distributed over the last few days as Epsilon, one of the nation's largest marketing services, deals with what could end up being one of the largest data breaches in U.S. history. ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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