User-friendly language for programming efficient simulations
Computer simulations of physical systems are common in science, engineering, and entertainment, but they use several different types of tools.
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It's not 'corporate poaching' – it's a free market for brilliant people
When Uber decided to develop its own self-driving car, it went big. The company came to Carnegie Mellon University, the epicenter for autonomous driving research for three decades, and hired away four professors and 36 technical ...
Social Sciences
Aug 3, 2016
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Bay Area girls stream into summer coding camps
It already feels like the dead of summer, but the girls over at Adobe's coding camp are making it snow.
Other
Jul 28, 2016
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Researchers make leap in measuring quantum states
A breakthrough into the full characterisation of quantum states has been published today as a prestigious Editors' Suggestion in the journal Physical Review Letters.
Quantum Physics
Jul 21, 2016
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Can we protect against computers being fingerprinted?
Imagine that every time a person goes out in public, they leave behind a track for all to see, so that their behaviour can be easily analysed, revealing their identity.
Internet
Jul 18, 2016
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Scientists move one step closer to creating an invisibility cloak
Scientists at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have made an object disappear by using a composite material with nano-size particles that can enhance specific properties on the object's surface.
General Physics
Jul 15, 2016
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Soprano and quantum computer combine for world first performance
What happens when you combine the pure tones of an internationally renowned mezzo soprano and the complex technology of a $15million quantum supercomputer?
Quantum Physics
Jul 13, 2016
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Anonymity network can protect users' identity if all but one of its servers are compromised
Anonymity networks protect people living under repressive regimes from surveillance of their Internet use. But the recent discovery of vulnerabilities in the most popular of these networks—Tor—has prompted computer scientists ...
Security
Jul 11, 2016
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Skype data of 500 million people reveals the real patterns of social adoption
Global patterns of adoption spreading are induced by local adoption cascades initiated by multiple spontaneous adopters arriving at a constant rate, amplified by a large number of adoptions induced by social influence, and ...
Social Sciences
Jun 29, 2016
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Eye-tracking system uses ordinary cellphone camera
For the past 40 years, eye-tracking technology—which can determine where in a visual scene people are directing their gaze—has been widely used in psychological experiments and marketing research, but it's required pricey ...
Computer Sciences
Jun 16, 2016
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