Computers

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::	Computers

Top Stories | February 12

Model copes with chaos to deliver relief
A computer program can get supplies to disaster areas efficiently even when the transportation system is part of the problem.
Fruit flies teach computers a lesson
Insect's nerve cell development is a model of efficiency for sensing networks.
Trading places
As the pace of financial transactions accelerates, researchers look forward to a time when the only limiting factor is the speed of light.
Deleted Scenes: Most influential media Twitter feeds
Computer scientists find surprises when they rank top 100
Going viral takes a posse, not an army
Quality of followers, not quantity, determines which tweets will fly

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Quality of followers, not quantity, determines which tweets will fly

Computer scientists take on one of New York’s weirder quality-of-life issues: which will be the next to explode?

The scientist who scanned the first digital image aims to smooth the pixel.

A computer simulation finds that leaves' circular networks are efficient at getting around damaged spots and varying distribution load.

System uses ultracold beryllium ions to tackle 160 randomly chosen programs.

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