Scientists at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf conducted electricity through DNA-based nanowires by placing gold-plated nanoparticles on them. In this way it could become possible to develop circuits based on genetic material. Credit: Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
Tinier than the AIDS...
Social network diagram. Credit: Daniel Tenerife/Wikipedia
New research has revealed that by using big data to analyse massive data sets of modern and historical news, social media and Wikipedia page views, periodic patterns in the collective behaviour of the population...
RoboVote, a project by researchers at SEAS and Carnegie Mellon University, enables anyone to use state-of-the-art voting methods to make optimal group decisions. Credit: Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon, Harvard researchers offer free online service
A contentious presidential election can raise...
On simulated data sets of 10,000 individuals, TeraStructure could estimate population structure more accurately and twice as fast as current state-of-the art algorithms, the study found. TeraStructure alone was capable of analyzing 1 million individuals. Each vertical slice represents...
Simulated distribution of dark matter approximately three billion years after the Big Bang (illustration not from this work).Credit: Copyright The Virgo Consortium/Alexandre Amblard/ESA
In the search for the mysterious dark matter, physicists have used elaborate computer calculations to come up...
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When U.S. presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton was found to have used a private email server for government business as Secretary of State, there was a collective gasp of disbelief. That disbelief quickly turned into horror when...
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If you're reading about the US election, some of that news is likely to come to you from a "bot."
Automated systems known as "bots" or "robo-journalism" have been around for years, but they are playing...
Fraunhofer researchers have developed an energy-saving display that reduces the power consumption to a fraction.Credit: © Photo Fraunhofer FEP
Data glasses mirror information to the eye without interfering with the wearer's vision.
However, the battery runs down quickly, because the electronics...
Engineers conduct a white light inspection on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in the clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn
Engineers and technicians working on the James Webb Space Telescope successfully completed the first...
We know how Donald Trump feels about everyone through Twitter, but how do Twitter users feel about Donald Trump?
Computer scientists from the University of Utah's College of Engineering have developed what they call "sentiment analysis" software that can automatically...
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Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Open University of Catalonia have developed a technique for creating complex predictive tools that can be used to make effective decisions about word-of-mouth marketing for online products and services.
“We...
