Personal genomics lets people evaluate their risk levels for many diseases. But how do they respond to that data? A unique new study co-authored by investigators from MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital has some answers: ...
Biotechnology
Sep 9, 2016
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For the past year, staff at the Department of Energy's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) have been preparing users of 20 leading science applications for the arrival of the second phase of its newest ...
Hardware
Jun 20, 2016
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Web browsers might soon use fuzzy logic to spot redirection spam and save users from being scammed, phished or opening malicious sites unwittingly, according to researchers in India writing in the International Journal of ...
Security
Jun 16, 2016
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Scientists have developed a novel nano-engineering technique to fabricate tiny, membrane-bound vesicles called liposomes.
Bio & Medicine
Mar 22, 2016
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If you use a car to get around, every time you get behind the wheel you're confronted with a choice: how will you navigate to your destination? Whether it's a trip you take every day, such as from home to work, or to someplace ...
Engineering
Mar 16, 2016
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(Phys.org)—Statistical physics – the branch of physics that solves physical problem by using methods of probability theory and statistics (specifically, mathematical tools for large populations, approximations, and other ...
Inch by inch, the sea is moving up the beach.
Environment
Feb 9, 2016
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In our competitive global society, successful and economical design of automotive and industrial structures is crucial. Optimizing the geometry of individual pieces of complex machines improves performance and efficiency ...
Computer Sciences
Dec 22, 2015
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Researchers from the University of South Florida College of Engineering have proposed a new form of computing that uses circular nanomagnets to solve quadratic optimization problems orders of magnitude faster than that of ...
Nanophysics
Oct 28, 2015
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Optimization problems are everywhere in engineering: Balancing design tradeoffs is an optimization problem, as are scheduling and logistical planning. The theory—and sometimes the implementation—of control systems relies ...
Computer Sciences
Oct 23, 2015
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