Science news articles about 'using computers'Less Geek More Citizen: Computer Scientists Push Social Relevance
... movement to change the way computer science is taught in college. He thinks it could save computer science from its current slump: the 2007 graduating class had its lowest number of majors in 10 ... Hackers learn to threaten computer hardware
... at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have shown that they could also gain control of a computer by adding malicious circuits to its processor. Because these circuits interfere with the ... Stanford, tech giants team up to enable software for parallel computers
... can harness the parallelism of the multiple processors that are being built into virtually every new computer. The Pervasive Parallelism Lab (PPL) pools the efforts of many leading Stanford computer ... Computer programs help drug abusers stay abstinent, Yale researchers find
... and Esther S Gross professor of psychiatry. “At first glance one might conclude that this computer-based training in some way threatens the conventionally perceived value of the relationship between ... New Basic Element For Electronic Circuits: 'Memristor' Could Lead To Energy-efficient Computing Systems With Memories That Don't Forget
... circuit element in electrical engineering. This scientific advancement could make it possible to develop computer systems that have memories that do not forget, do not need to be booted up, consume ... 'Nanomechanical Oscillators' Could Lead to New Class of Computers
... flat, but recently a pair of scientists gave new life to the idea, and their work could be a first step toward a nanomechanical computer that is based on mechanical rather than electrical operations.Computers go on sale to general public in Cuba for 1st time
(AP) -- Cubans are getting wired. Computers went on sale to the general public on the communist island on Friday and potential consumers were lining up outside store windows to gawk and consider ... Study: New computer threat is emerging
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., May 5 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say there might be another emerging treat to computing other than viruses and worms: malicious hardware could soon become a problem.Computer game's high score could earn the Nobel Prize in medicine
... -folding project that asks volunteers for something other than unused processor cycles on their computers or Playstation machines. Foldit also differs from recent human-computer interactive games that ... Quantum computers take step toward practicality with demonstration of new device
Computers based on the powerful properties of quantum mechanics have the potential to revolutionize information technology and security, but for decades they have remained more theoretical than ... New Process May Convert Toxic Computer Waste Into Safe Products
Discarded computer parts could one day wind up fueling your car. That's because researchers in Romania and Turkey have developed a simple, efficient method for recycling printed circuit boards into ... 3 indicted in US for hacking into restaurant computer system
A Ukrainian and an Estonian were among three people charged in a scheme to hack into a computer system of a US restaurant chain to steal credit card data, the Justice Department said Monday.Worldwide Telescope brings space exploration to your computer
... of a new application that allows people to easily explore the night sky from their own computers. WorldWide Telescope is a Web application produced by Microsoft Corp. that brings together imagery ... Game Web site gets users to help make computers smarter
(AP) -- Carnegie Mellon University researchers hope Web surfers will spend their free time playing Internet-based games to help other people's and businesses' computers get smarter.Self-Sustaining Solitary Light Wave Packets Could Inspire New Generation Of Computer Networks
... study of self-sustaining solitary light wave packets could result in a new generation of computers and optical telecommunications networks. Using light rather than electronic or magnetic devices to ...
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Less Geek More Citizen: Computer Scientists Push Social Relevance
... movement to change the way computer science is taught in college. He thinks it could save computer science from its current slump: the 2007 graduating class had its lowest number of majors in 10 ...Hackers learn to threaten computer hardware
... at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have shown that they could also gain control of a computer by adding malicious circuits to its processor. Because these circuits interfere with the ...Stanford, tech giants team up to enable software for parallel computers
... can harness the parallelism of the multiple processors that are being built into virtually every new computer. The Pervasive Parallelism Lab (PPL) pools the efforts of many leading Stanford computer ...Computer programs help drug abusers stay abstinent, Yale researchers find
... and Esther S Gross professor of psychiatry. “At first glance one might conclude that this computer-based training in some way threatens the conventionally perceived value of the relationship between ...New Basic Element For Electronic Circuits: 'Memristor' Could Lead To Energy-efficient Computing Systems With Memories That Don't Forget
... circuit element in electrical engineering. This scientific advancement could make it possible to develop computer systems that have memories that do not forget, do not need to be booted up, consume ...'Nanomechanical Oscillators' Could Lead to New Class of Computers
... flat, but recently a pair of scientists gave new life to the idea, and their work could be a first step toward a nanomechanical computer that is based on mechanical rather than electrical operations.Computers go on sale to general public in Cuba for 1st time
(AP) -- Cubans are getting wired. Computers went on sale to the general public on the communist island on Friday and potential consumers were lining up outside store windows to gawk and consider ...Study: New computer threat is emerging
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., May 5 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say there might be another emerging treat to computing other than viruses and worms: malicious hardware could soon become a problem.Computer game's high score could earn the Nobel Prize in medicine
... -folding project that asks volunteers for something other than unused processor cycles on their computers or Playstation machines. Foldit also differs from recent human-computer interactive games that ...Quantum computers take step toward practicality with demonstration of new device
Computers based on the powerful properties of quantum mechanics have the potential to revolutionize information technology and security, but for decades they have remained more theoretical than ...New Process May Convert Toxic Computer Waste Into Safe Products
Discarded computer parts could one day wind up fueling your car. That's because researchers in Romania and Turkey have developed a simple, efficient method for recycling printed circuit boards into ...3 indicted in US for hacking into restaurant computer system
A Ukrainian and an Estonian were among three people charged in a scheme to hack into a computer system of a US restaurant chain to steal credit card data, the Justice Department said Monday.Worldwide Telescope brings space exploration to your computer
... of a new application that allows people to easily explore the night sky from their own computers. WorldWide Telescope is a Web application produced by Microsoft Corp. that brings together imagery ...Game Web site gets users to help make computers smarter
(AP) -- Carnegie Mellon University researchers hope Web surfers will spend their free time playing Internet-based games to help other people's and businesses' computers get smarter.Self-Sustaining Solitary Light Wave Packets Could Inspire New Generation Of Computer Networks
... study of self-sustaining solitary light wave packets could result in a new generation of computers and optical telecommunications networks. Using light rather than electronic or magnetic devices to ...