Computing
- Tech
Stimulus bill doesn’t ignore R&D
Featured blog: Here's where the economic-stimulus bill would attempt to revamp and reinvigorate federally financed research.
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- Computing
New theory defines faster MRI
Better equations could improve MRI quality, or even bring quantum computing closer.
- Astronomy
McCain Is Bullish on R&D
Featured blog: John McCain weighs in on science and technology issues with long-awaited written responses to the Science Debate 2008.
- Astronomy
Preserving digital data for the future of eScience
From the August 30, 2008 issue of Science News.
- Computing
Building ‘The Matrix’
Simulating new materials could help in building them — but only quantum simulators could fully model reality. A team reports a first step in realizing quantum simulation.
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- Health & Medicine
Reading minds … or at least brain scans
By analyzing brain activity, computers can tell what word is on your mind.
- Health & Medicine
BOOK LIST | Guilty Robots, Happy Dogs: The Question of Alien Minds
The alien minds are of animals. The question: Can robots mimic them? Oxford Univ. Press, 2008, 252 p., $34.95. GUILTY ROBOTS, HAPPY DOGS: THE QUESTION OF ALIEN MINDS
- Computing
Scientists Get a 2nd Life
The virtual world of Second Life offers new ways to do and learn about real science.
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- Computing
Social Networking for Zebras
Scientists are developing a new branch of network theory to understand zebra communities.
