Job We Want: Creating Alternate Earths For NASA

Job We Want: Creating Alternate Earths For NASA

What will we find in the way of planets similar to Earth as we keep expanding our ability to see into the universe? No one is sure but a team of MIT, NASA, and Carnegie scientists wants to come up…
Building A Brute-Force Computer That Wins At Go

Building A Brute-Force Computer That Wins At Go

Brute-force computation has eclipsed humans in chess, and it could soon do the same in the ancient Asian game of Go. Feng-hsiung Hsu, a key designer of Deep Blue--the IBM computer that in 1997…
Online Gaming Promotes Social Interaction

Online Gaming Promotes Social Interaction

Online multiplayer communities are social networks built around multiplayer online computer games. Members of these communities typically share an interest in online gaming and a great deal of the…
Using the Television to Wash Your Clothes

Using the Television to Wash Your Clothes

The washing machine and the refrigerator are going to start "talking" to the television thanks to a new standard about to be published by the Geneva-based IEC. This new ability to network…
Tracking 'Dirty Money' By Drug Residue

Tracking 'Dirty Money' By Drug Residue

Drug dealers found with bank notes contaminated with unusually high levels of drugs are now less likely to get away with their crimes, thanks to new evidence from a team led by the University of…
DART Checks For Fake Medicines On The Spot

DART Checks For Fake Medicines On The Spot

A leading UK expert in analysing pharmaceutical compounds has demonstrated that Direct Analysis in Real Time (DART) technology can identify fake medicines in minutes. Traditional technology, based…