(Phys.org)—On the surface, ants and the Internet don't seem to have much in common. But two Stanford researchers have discovered that a species of harvester ants determine how many foragers to send out of the nest in much ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 27, 2012
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A new Internet standard giving the global network more room to grow came into effect Wednesday, a move that users probably won't notice.
Internet
Jun 6, 2012
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Researchers at the University of Southampton have designed a new pricing mechanism that could change the way in which electric vehicles are charged.
Energy & Green Tech
May 5, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Today's Internet protocol, IPv4, is expected to run out of space this year. On World IPv6 Day the first steps will be taken to test a long-term solution that will address the 30 year old 32 bit addresses.
(PhysOrg.com) -- Furious competition between social networking sites is compromising the protection of users' data, a Cambridge University study has concluded.
Internet
Jul 21, 2009
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Heavy traffic on narrow roads could be one of the leading causes of traffic congestion, which also applies to communication networks. If more data is collected than the allowed data capacity can accommodate, communication ...
Internet
Jan 21, 2019
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In the digital world, any action we do generates data – whether browsing the internet, answering emails or messaging our friends. Translated into radio waves, this information can travel almost effortlessly through space ...
Security
Jun 1, 2018
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During large disasters, like hurricanes, wildfires and terrorist attacks, people want emergency responders to arrive quickly and help people deal with the crisis. In order to do their best, police, medics, firefighters and ...
Telecom
Aug 1, 2017
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Most of us would be bereft without Wi-Fi but give a little thought to the technology that beams us the internet.
Security
Jul 3, 2017
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In the 1930s Alan Turing imagined a "universal computing machine" capable of computing nearly anything. Today, that universality is the backbone of the information age: Turing-like computers are running governments, businesses, ...
Security
Jan 19, 2017
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