Power generators face the constant challenge of matching the amount of power produced at any given time with the demand from consumers. Excess generation is wasteful and expensive, while undergeneration can cause brownouts. ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 7, 2017
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Compilers are programs that convert computer code written in high-level languages intelligible to humans into low-level instructions executable by machines.
Computer Sciences
Jan 30, 2017
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The age of big data has seen a host of new techniques for analyzing large data sets. But before any of those techniques can be applied, the target data has to be aggregated, organized, and cleaned up.
Computer Sciences
Jan 19, 2017
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In an increasingly digital world, we don't always consider where on earth the information we find online comes from.
Computer Sciences
Jan 9, 2017
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When chemists include some theory in their papers, it usually means that they will perform some quantum-chemical calculations of the participating molecules. This generally means solving a series of extremely complex equations ...
Materials Science
Jan 5, 2017
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Surviving breast cancer changed the course of Regina Barzilay's research. The experience showed her, in stark relief, that oncologists and their patients lack tools for data-driven decision making. That includes what treatments ...
Computer Sciences
Nov 23, 2016
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In October of 1955, Ford marketing executive Robert Young recruited modernist poet Marianne Moore to name the company's new car. Although the marketing department had already created a list of 300 candidates, Young confessed ...
Other
Nov 17, 2016
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The majority of updates to mobile apps don't have a significant impact on user ratings, suggesting developers might release updates too frequently, according to a new study by UCL researchers.
Software
Nov 16, 2016
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5
A giant, fully operational 16-bit computer that aims to demystify the strange and seemingly magical mechanisms of computation has been built by students and staff from the University of Bristol.
Computer Sciences
Nov 9, 2016
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35
The gap between the computational science and open source software communities just got smaller - thanks to an international collaboration among national laboratories, universities and industry.
Computer Sciences
Oct 28, 2016
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