As any person who has ever been on a rowboat can tell you, the most fierce opponent a crew can have is itself. Well, not exactly itself, but rather the algorithms it uses when it pulls on the paddles. At the University of Cambridge, rowing is taken very seriously, as evidenced by the fact that Professor John Barrow, ... |
20 November 2009
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Constructing a new subway line underneath a large city is already a huge challenge all by itself, but building one that bypasses a large number of historical buildings with the minimum amount of costs is even more complex. Nonetheless, this is what a team of experts from the Engineering and Architecture Schools of th... |
12 November 2009
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When scientists get to work on a specific drug, they usually design it in a manner that they believe is only suitable for treating a single medical condition. However, over the years, it has become apparent that, while this may be the case for some types of medication, the limitation does not apply to all substances.... |
2 November 2009
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In some of the most serious courtroom cases to date, eyewitness testimonies were crucial to bringing down known criminals, as well as other types of offenders. However, those who witnessed the crime were subjected to their own flawed memories, which meant that they could be believing that they were offering authoriti... |
6 October 2009
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Experts at the Yale University have for the first time ever observed the motions of the common Escherichia Coli (E. coli) bacteria in a liquid. They determined that the microorganism moves in a kayak paddle-like motion, a find that could help further the field of pathogen study. Details of their research were publish... |
26 September 2009
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Researchers at the University of Washington have recently developed a new series of algorithms that allows them to digitize the entire city of Rome in less than a day. Using a collection of hundreds of thousands of tourist photos, taken within the limits of the city, the new software can easily stitch them together, ... |
16 September 2009
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Stacking for example Rubik cubes in a storage box is a fairly easy task. They are all the same size, and can be neatly stacked on top of each other in established patterns. But when it comes to fitting as many gumballs in a single vending machine bowl, things get a little complicated. Establishing the most effective ... |
4 August 2009
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Scientists at the Tel Aviv University have recently announced the development of a new “perfection” tool for analyzing video footage, which would allow investigators watching them to zoom in and correct the image to the point where the person in it becomes recognizable. Needless to say, the application co... |
1 July 2009
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Drawing their inspiration from the anatomy and the physiology of the human eye, researchers at the Boston College have devised a new viewing technique that allows computers to see fleeting images, such as butterflies flying and fish swimming very fast. Its accuracy is double, and its speed is ten times that of any ot... |
18 June 2009
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Experts at the Cornell University (CU) have created a remarkable, new algorithm for computers, which is able to derive basic natural laws from raw scientific data. That is to say, rather than people clogging around a table over coffee and determining why, for example, gravity exists, the entire task will be performed... |
3 April 2009
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It is widely believed that if large-scale quantum computers can be built, they will be able to solve certain problems exponentially faster than any classical computer. Finding a way to build such a computer that works more efficiently than a classical computer has been the holy grail of quantum information processin... |
19 April 2007
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