Bits and pieces
Enzymes compute
Self-improving software
If people are expected to learn on the job, why isn't software? Although some kinds of software are capable of learning, it's more difficult to design software that learns as it
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TRN's How It Works: Quantum computing: qubits
Photons, electrons and atoms, oh my! These particles are the raw materials for qubits, the basic building blocks of quantum computers.
Info theory boosts clustering
The emerging field of clustering aims to help scientists analyze mountains of data like genome sequencing, astronomical observations and market behavior by automatically grouping
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Sensors net tree data
Scientists are beginning to use networks of tiny sensors to collect data that would be impractical to gather using traditional methods...
Plasma pen to fight plaque
In the not too distant future, your dental hygienist might stick what looks like a small blowtorch into your mouth. It shouldn't hurt, though, because the device will be emitting
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Power walking
Someday in the not too distant future, as you carry an increasingly burdensome backpack down a seemingly endless trail, you might be able to take comfort in at least not having to
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Indoor cellphone tracking
Services that track your position via your cellphone can locate the nearest post office or pizza parlor or indicate which of your friends are nearby, but they don't work indoors...
Small-world thresholds by the numbers
Not only is it a small world, but many small worlds. In recent years scientists have figured out much of the mathematics underpinning network phenomena like six degrees of
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Templates yield nano branches
Making highly-branched nanoscale tubes and wires is a matter of easing off the juice by the right amount at the right time.
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