Technology

Multiagent Systems: Control Programs For Fleets Of Robots Created

A program that allows a single autonomous robot to navigate an uncertain environment with an erratic communication link is difficult and the difficulty for writing code to handle multiple robots that may have to work in tandem is even harder. ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 12 2014 - 12:01pm

Mosquito Wars: Secret Bioweapons Development In Nazi Germany

The Nazis studied everything to gain an advantage. Those stories about mysticism and artifacts aren't wrong, and the advanced weapons projects are well known, that is why US President Harry Truman authorized "Operation Paperclip" to recruit ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 13 2014 - 10:53pm

Betting On Dietbet: Social Gaming Site Effective Weight Loss Tool, Finds Study

A recent analysis found that DietBet, a web-based commercial weight loss program that pairs financial incentives with social influence, delivers significant weight loss to participants. On Dietbet.com, players join a game to lose weight while betting mone ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 1 2014 - 7:00am

Am I A "Shill For Big Ag?"

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Article - Steve Savage - Feb 20 2014 - 3:29pm

Nuclear Gene Sequencing In The Sunflower Family- Now On GitHub

DNA sequencing technologies continue to make bold strides, and that means a lot for the plant sciences. Genome-scale data sets obtained from these new technologies will allow researchers to greatly improve our understanding of evolutionary relationships, ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 20 2014 - 4:29pm

Finally, Magnets In Medicine That Will Actually Work- It Fights Melanoma In Mice

You might recall that a few years ago, lots of athletes wore magnetic bracelets in the belief that their performance would improve. Like much woo, be it homeopathy or organic food or skull drilling, it proceeded from a reasonable basis; in the case of mag ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 25 2014 - 3:46pm

AIDA Software Makes Vague Online Searching More Accurate

If a name is ambiguous and given without context, humans struggle to understand the meaning, so you can imagine the struggle computers have.  When Germans read the last name "Merkel" without context, they will not know if it refers to the Chance ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 26 2014 - 10:34am

MIT Makes A Water Filter From The Sapwood In Tree Branches

Boy scouts know this, and now we'll let you in on a secret too: if you've run out of drinking water during a lakeside camping trip, there's a simple solution. Break off a branch from the nearest pine tree, peel away the bark, and slowly pou ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 27 2014 - 11:32am

Turing Did Biology Too? His Paper On Chemical Morphogenesis Validated

Alan Turing was long famous in computer science and then became notable due to his sexuality and its controversy in England. Less well known is his work in biology and chemistry. During World War II, Turing helped cracked the German Enigma Code, which mad ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 10 2014 - 5:36pm

Social Media Is Contagious- Practice Safe Hex

Can you catch a mood from someone online? Most people would answer 'yes', because lots of comments on the Internet enrage them. A political science paper says they can confirm it. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 12 2014 - 4:57pm