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Open-Source GPU Could Push Computing Power to the Next Level

Jan. 19, 2016 — A synthesizable graphics processor unit (GPU) architectural model has been developed for general-purpose and graphics-specific workloads. This marks the first time a team has ... read more

GIMPS Project Discovers Largest Known Prime Number

Jan. 20, 2016 — The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) has discovered the new largest known prime number, having 22,338,618 digits, on a university computer volunteered by Curtis Cooper for the project. ... read more

New Methods for More Energy-Efficient Internet Services

Jan. 19, 2016 — Billions of people use the internet, which requires huge data centres and results in an enormous energy consumption. Researchers have now developed techniques and algorithms to manage and schedule ... read more

3-D Mapping of Entire Buildings With Mobile Devices

Jan. 13, 2016 — Computer scientists have developed a piece of software that makes it very easy to create 3-D models of entire buildings. Running on a new type of tablet computer, the program ... read more

One in Four Kids Sexually Harassed by Friends Online

Jan. 7, 2016 — It's not just strangers who target children online. Kids' own friends are sexually harassing them over the Internet, finds new research. Girls, and kids with low self-control, were more likely to be ... read more

New Laptop Program Can Identify Drug Resistance from Bacterial Genomes

Dec. 21, 2015 — A new software runs on a standard laptop or tablet without the need for any specialist expertise, explains an investigator describing a program that can analyze the entire ... read more

Lie-Detecting Software Uses Real Court Case Data

Dec. 10, 2015 — By studying videos from high-stakes court cases, researchers are building unique lie-detecting software based on ... read more

How Is a Developing Brain Assembled?

Dec. 4, 2015 — A new, open-source software that can help track the embryonic development and movement of neuronal cells throughout the body of the worm, is now available ... read more

Gaming Technology Helps Create Better X-Rays

Dec. 1, 2015 — Researchers have developed software for the Microsoft Kinect gaming console that measures body part thickness and checks for motion, positioning and beam adjustment immediately before X-ray imaging, ... read more

Gaming Technology May Improve X-Ray Precision

Dec. 1, 2015 — With the aim of producing high-quality X-rays with minimal radiation exposure, particularly in children, researchers have developed a new approach to imaging patients based ... read more

Oculus Delays Touch Controllers To Improve Design, Functionality

Malware, Trojans And Viruses: What's The Difference, Anyway?

Netflix Thinks It Can Make High-Quality Video Less Of A Bandwidth Hog

Artificial Intelligence Will Be Safe And Open If Elon Musk Can Help It

Social Media Technology, Rather Than Anonymity, Is the Problem

Jan. 20, 2016 — Problems of anti-social behaviour, privacy, and free speech on social media are not caused by anonymity but instead result from the way technology changes our presence. That's the startling ... read more

Development of an Evaluation Platform Capable of Validating Wide-Area Distribution Systems

Jan. 14, 2016 — A new research project developed 'DESTCloud,' an evaluation platform that validates the disaster tolerance and fault tolerance of wide-area distribution systems consisting of multiple ... read more

New DFG Grant Proposal for a Software Quality Control Able to Stand the Test of Time

Dec. 30, 2015 — For a software to be maintained in an optimal condition, as well as in track of any necessary updates and innovations, it needs to be kept in check constantly. A new grant proposal suggests a new set ... read more

Improved Robotic Testing Systems

Dec. 14, 2015 — New mathematical models can give us better and cheaper robotic ... read more

Closing a Malware Security Loophole

Dec. 7, 2015 — An add-on for antivirus software that can scan across a computer network and trap malicious activity missed by the system firewall is being developed by an international team. The research raises the ... read more

Computer Programming: Are Two Heads Really Better Than One?

Nov. 24, 2015 — Scientists investigated the advantages and perceptions of pair programming from the programmer’s ... read more

Managing the Data Deluge for National Security Analysts

Nov. 17, 2015 — National security analysts often find that available data is growing much faster than their ability to observe and process it. Sometimes they can't make key connections and often they are ... read more

Climate Macroscope: New Software for Finding Tipping Points and Critical Network Structures

Nov. 17, 2015 — If you wanted to know whether shifts in the African climate during Paleolithic times correlated with the appearance and disappearance of hominin species, how would you find the answer? It’s a ... read more

New Advanced Computing Systems Under Investigation

Nov. 17, 2015 — Scientists are studying how to improve the development of advanced computing systems to create faster software under the auspices of RePhrase, a new research project from the European Union Horizon ... read more

System to Control Information Leaks from Smartphone Apps

Nov. 16, 2015 — A research team has found "extensive" leakage of users' personal identifying information from apps on mobile devices, including passwords. Their unique ReCon cloud-based system can ... read more

Really, What Is the Internet of Things?

Nov. 13, 2015 — The Internet of Things, IoT, the cloud, big data...buzzwords for the modern age. But, asks one researcher: Is the IoT actually anything new and how does it work? Scientists now offer some answers and ... read more

Saving Green: Computer Program Saves Nurseries Water, Plants and Money

Nov. 3, 2015 — A web-based irrigation system saved 21 percent in water use without reducing growth of container-grown landscape plants, a new study ... read more

Bright Idea for Lowlight Photography

Oct. 29, 2015 — Anyone who’s taken a picture of birthday candles being blown out or a selfie during a romantic candlelit dinner knows how disappointing it is when the photo comes out dark and grainy. But now a ... read more

Pupils Learn Poorly When Using Most Computer Programs

Oct. 26, 2015 — “Most digital learning tools used in schools are unsatisfactory and only test the knowledge the pupils already have”, says Björn Sjödén, who has reviewed a large number of computer programs ... read more

3-D Map of the Brain

Oct. 22, 2015 — The animal brain is so complex, it would take a supercomputer and vast amounts of data to create a detailed 3-D model of the billions of neurons that power it. But computer scientists and a professor ... read more

Quick Drawing of Complex Relationships

Oct. 19, 2015 — Quality criteria for a readable graphic representation of complex relationships are high. For example, the node points have to be located at sufficient distances in order to be identifiable. At the ... read more

Detecting Pesticides: New Technology Uses Smartphones, Paper to Analyze Samples

Oct. 15, 2015 — Paper sensors that can be analyzed using an Android program on a smartphone could be used to detect pesticides rapidly and cheaply, according to a new ... read more

Expert Passport Officers Better at Detecting Fraud Using Face Recognition Technology

Oct. 14, 2015 — Face-matching experts at the Australian Passport Office are 20 percent more accurate than average people at detecting fraud using automatic face recognition software, new research shows. The study is ... read more

Think Twice About Android Root

Oct. 13, 2015 — In recent years the practice of Android rooting, that is the process of allowing an Android phone or tablet to bypass restrictions set by carriers, operating systems or hardware manufacturers, has ... read more

New Research Method Identifies Stealth Attacks on Complicated Computer Systems

Oct. 13, 2015 — Computer scientists are unveiling a novel approach to discovering stealth attacks on computers. The scientists' secret formula in finding a stealth attack is in their algorithms. With specific ... read more

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Social media technology, rather than anonymity, is the problem

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Development of an evaluation platform capable of validating wide-area distribution systems

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

New DFG Grant proposal for a software quality control able to stand the test of time

Monday, December 14, 2015

Improved robotic testing systems

Monday, December 7, 2015

Closing a malware security loophole

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Computer programming: Are two heads really better than one?

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Monday, November 16, 2015

System to control information leaks from smartphone apps

Friday, November 13, 2015

Really, what is the internet of things?

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Saving Green: Computer Program Saves Nurseries Water, Plants and Money

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Bright idea for lowlight photography

Monday, October 26, 2015

Pupils learn poorly when using most computer programs

Thursday, October 22, 2015

3-D map of the brain

Monday, October 19, 2015

Quick drawing of complex relationships

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Detecting pesticides: New technology uses smartphones, paper to analyze samples

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Expert passport officers better at detecting fraud using face recognition technology

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Speed-reading your microbiome

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

'Performance cloning' techniques to boost computer chip memory systems design

Monday, September 28, 2015

Saturday, October 3, 2015

Calibrated compact model library for silicon photonics platform

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Characterizing the forces that hold everything together

Friday, September 11, 2015

Making a difference with open source science equipment

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Problematic relationship: Small brain models distort contact intensity between neurons

Monday, September 7, 2015

Mathematical 'Gingko trees' reveal mutations in single cells that characterize diseases

Friday, September 4, 2015

Fortifying computer chips for space travel

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Building efficiency software now available

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

New technique lowers cost of energy-efficient embedded computer systems

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Supercomputers enlisted to shed light on photosynthesis

Monday, August 24, 2015

Issues surrounding security tools for software developers

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Imaging software could speed up breast cancer diagnosis

Friday, August 14, 2015

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Researchers developing architecture to build cybersecurity into systems

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Monday, August 3, 2015

Smart driver seat that responds to gestures

Thursday, July 30, 2015

New fast and free method to make accurate digital line drawings

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Shoring up Tor: Researchers mount successful attacks against popular anonymity network -- and show how to prevent them

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Cellphones can steal data from 'air-gapped computers'

Friday, July 24, 2015

Thursday, July 16, 2015

New resource makes gene-editing technology even more user-friendly

Monday, July 13, 2015

Troubleshooting the gene targeting process

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Saturday, July 4, 2015

Detecting eye diseases using a Smartphone

Thursday, July 2, 2015

Encryption made easier: Just talk like a parent

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Virtual training helps vets with PTSD, mentally ill get more jobs

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

A single molecule in the building blocks of life

Monday, June 29, 2015

Automatic computer bug repair

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Iris recognition gives smartphone users more security options, expert says

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Roadmap to fight reproducibility crisis

Friday, June 12, 2015

Software tracks source of fecal pollution in water

Monday, June 1, 2015

Staring pain in the face: Software 'reads' kids' expressions to measure pain levels

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Sing-a-long software can brings sweet melody to any cacophonous cry

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Smarter algorithms ensure more secure chip cards

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Digitizing neurons: Researchers step up to bigneuron challenge with big computing resources

Thursday, April 30, 2015

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Enron becomes unlikely data source for computer science researchers

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Advancing security and trust in reconfigurable devices

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Industrial virtual factory lowers costs and reduces emissions

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Computer-assisted diagnosis tool helps physicians assess skin conditions without aid from dermatologists

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Ecological properties of nature reserve areas can now be analyzed by laser scanning from a plane

Monday, April 13, 2015

Spinal surgery: Right on target with new software

Friday, April 10, 2015

Researcher creates software that locates real-time leaks in water, oil or gas pipes

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Encryption for everyone

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Launch a drone with a toss: New technology making drones safer and smarter

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Where no smartphone has gone before

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Unlocking the secrets of the human brain

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Does your password pass muster? Password strength meters not all created equal

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Automation offers big solution to big data in astronomy

Monday, March 23, 2015

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Intelligent computers solving the trust equation in difficult negotiations

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Social media training works best for student-athletes, study shows

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Computer scientists simplify parallel programming

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Guarantees for online anonymity?

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Find out what your apps are really doing

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Security in a smart world

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Friday, February 27, 2015

Ensuring security for networks of the future

Saturday, February 14, 2015

World’s first compact rotary 3-D printer-scanner

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Lab-in-a-box takes aim at doctors' computer activity