Record high data accuracy rates for phase-modulated transmission
We want data. Lots of it. We want it now. We want it to be cheap and accurate.
Optics & Photonics
Nov 19, 2014
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Powerful new software plug-in detects bugs in spreadsheets
An effective new data-debugging software tool dubbed "CheckCell" was released to the public this week in a presentation by University of Massachusetts Amherst computer science doctoral student Daniel Barowy. He spoke at the ...
Computer Sciences
Oct 24, 2014
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Nielsen says ABC didn't really win in ratings
(AP)—The Nielsen company said Tuesday its report last week that ABC's evening newscast had broken a 263-week winning streak by NBC was incorrect.
Telecom
Oct 14, 2014
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New frontier in error-correcting codes
Error-correcting codes are one of the glories of the information age: They're what guarantee the flawless transmission of digital information over the airwaves or through copper wire, even in the presence of the corrupting ...
Computer Sciences
Oct 1, 2014
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Conflictive animations support the development of programming skills
Traditional educational tools present information to students in a conventional way: what they present is true and students are expected to learn what is presented. In a PhD study completed recently at the University of Eastern ...
Social Sciences
Sep 26, 2014
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How much gravity is enough? Team studies how astronauts determine 'up' in space
Keeping upright in a low-gravity environment is not easy, and NASA documents abound with examples of astronauts falling on the lunar surface. Now, a new study by an international team of researchers led by York University ...
Space Exploration
Sep 3, 2014
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A new tool to correct DNA sequencing errors using consensus and context
The rapid development of next-generation DNA sequencing has revolutionized biological and ecological research in the last few years. The cost of DNA sequencing has fallen dramatically, and sequencing machines are becoming ...
Biotechnology
Sep 3, 2014
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Diamonds are a quantum computer's best friend
A new kind of quantum computer is being proposed by scientists from the TU Wien (Vienna) and Japan (National Institute of Informatics and NTT Basic Research Labs).
Quantum Physics
Aug 7, 2014
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Scientists track quantum errors in real time
(Phys.org) —Scientists at Yale University have demonstrated the ability to track real quantum errors as they occur, a major step in the development of reliable quantum computers. They report their results in the journal ...
Quantum Physics
Jul 14, 2014
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Quantum computation: Fragile yet error-free
In a close collaborative effort, Spanish and Austrian physicists have experimentally encoded one quantum bit (qubit) in entangled states distributed over several particles and for the first time carried out simple computations ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 12, 2014
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