(Phys.org)—Are we moving closer to a computer age where "touchscreen" is in the room, but it is the counter, desktop, wall, our new digital work areas? Are we moving into a new form factor called Anywhere? Do we understand ...
(Phys.org)—The evolution of digital electronics is a story of miniaturization - each generation of circuitry requires less space and energy to perform the same tasks. But even as high-speed processors move into handheld ...
General Physics
Aug 28, 2012
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Since 2000, the three Sloan Digital Sky Surveys (SDSS I, II, III) have surveyed well over a quarter of the night sky and produced the biggest color map of the universe in three dimensions ever. Now scientists at the U.S. ...
Astronomy
Jan 11, 2012
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Scientists have successfully demonstrated that they can build some of the basic components for digital devices out of bacteria and DNA, which could pave the way for a new generation of biological computing devices, in research ...
Biotechnology
Oct 18, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A research project from the RWTH Aachen University Media Computing Group and Department of Work and Cognitive Psychology in Germany is developing a desk in which the entire curved surface is a multi-touch ...
Using powerful lasers, Hui Zhao, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Kansas, and graduate student Lalani Werake have discovered a new way to recognize currents of spinning electrons within a ...
General Physics
Aug 24, 2010
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In the movie "Jurassic Park," scientists extracted DNA that had been preserved in amber for millions of years, and used it to create a population of long-extinct dinosaurs.
Biochemistry
Jun 13, 2024
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Bias in the collection of data on which artificial intelligence (AI) computer programs depend can limit the usefulness of this rapidly growing tool for climate scientists predicting future scenarios and guiding global action, ...
Environment
Aug 17, 2023
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In today's world of digital information, an enormous amount of data is exchanged and stored on a daily basis.
Nanomaterials
Jul 25, 2023
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Researchers from the Complex Photonic Systems (COPS) group used two layers of random materials to encrypt and decrypt a message sent via light communication. With that, they hid the sender and receiver simultaneously, and ...
Optics & Photonics
Jul 17, 2023
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