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Engineering
Jan 24, 2019
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The human brain has amazing capabilities making it in many ways more powerful than the world's most advanced computers. So it's not surprising that engineers have long been trying to copy it. Today, artificial neural networks ...
Computer Sciences
Jan 11, 2019
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Wind power is on track to supply almost a fifth of the world's demand for electricity by 2050, according to the Global Wind Energy Council. While wind turbines are generally thought of as a sustainable alternative to traditional ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2018
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Challenge any modern human to go a day without a phone or computer, and you'd be hard pressed to get any takers. Our collective obsession with all things electronic is driving a dramatic daily drain on the world's power. ...
General Physics
Dec 13, 2018
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Quantum computers are being developed by teams working not only at universities but also at Google, IBM, Microsoft and D-Wave, a start-up company. And things are evolving quickly, says Nicolas Sangouard, SNSF Professor at ...
Quantum Physics
Nov 5, 2018
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Whether you're watching your favorite show on Netflix or backing up all-important cat photos to Google Drive, the "cloud" has become an essential part of our digital lives.
Telecom
Oct 30, 2018
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Soon, powerful quantum computers will be able to easily crack conventional mathematically encrypted codes. Entangled photons generated by a spaceborne quantum source could enable hack-proof key exchange for ultra high security ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 1, 2018
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There are currently millions of heavily underutilized devices in the world. The storage, networking, sensing and computational power of laptops, smartphones, routers and base stations grows with each new version and product ...
Telecom
Sep 19, 2018
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Realistic climate simulations require huge reserves of computational power. An LMU study now shows that new algorithms allow interactions in the atmosphere to be modeled more rapidly without loss of reliability.
Earth Sciences
Sep 10, 2018
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Is the web browser on your phone slower than usual? It could be mining bitcoin for criminals.
Security
Jun 29, 2018
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