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Apr 09, 2012 05:44 PM EDT

Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore, died on Sunday at the age of 83

Jack Tramiel, a huge figure in computer history and founder of Commodore, died on Sunday at the age of 83, according to Forbes. Tramiel was both a visionary and controversial figure as the founder of Commodore International and former chief executive of Atari Corp. He was a Holocaust survivor and...

Apr 09, 2012 10:07 AM EDT

Researcher Finds Faster, Cheaper Way to Cool Electronic Devices

A North Carolina State University researcher has developed a more efficient, less expensive way of cooling electronic devices - particularly devices that generate a lot of heat, such as lasers and power devices.

Apr 08, 2012 07:53 AM EDT

Experiment Explores Optics with iPad

As any other dutiful scientist, Dr. Weilin "Will" Hou, an oceanographer in the Oceanography Division at NRL Stennis Space Center (NRL-SSC), did his research. Earlier last summer, he decided the hottest tablet computer available on the market-the iPad-was the best option for an upcoming experiment.

Apr 08, 2012 07:44 AM EDT

Leveraging New Media and the Internet for Nuclear Education

The IAEA has long been a champion of the concept and use of professional networks to advance best practices in diverse areas of nuclear technology. Through inter-departmental initiatives, the Agency has set up a number of networks to encourage experts to contribute and share their knowledge and reso...

Apr 06, 2012 03:18 PM EDT

Pirates, Beware: Navy's Smart Robocopters Will Spy You in the Crowd

Navy unmanned aircraft will be able to distinguish small pirate boats from other vessels when an Office of Naval Research (ONR)-funded sensor starts airborne tests this summer, officials said April 5.

Apr 06, 2012 06:18 AM EDT

Endangered Right Whale Protection Goes High-tech

Efforts to protect the North Atlantic right whale have gone high-tech with the creation of an iPad/iPhone application that can warn mariners when they approach an area where the highly endangered mammals are congregating.

Apr 05, 2012 01:06 PM EDT

Quantum Control Protocols Could Lead to More Accurate, Larger Scale Quantum Computations

A protocol for controlling quantum information pioneered by researchers at UC Santa Barbara, the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience in Delft, the Netherlands, and the Ames Laboratory at Iowa State University could open the door to larger-scale, more accurate quantum computations. Their findings, in a pa...

Apr 05, 2012 11:44 AM EDT

Quantum Computer Built Inside a Diamond

Diamonds are forever - or, at least, the effects of this diamond on quantum computing may be. A team that includes scientists from USC has built a quantum computer in a diamond, the first of its kind to include protection against "decoherence" - noise that prevents the computer from functioning pro...

Apr 05, 2012 10:37 AM EDT

Simulation Software Optimizes Networks

Almost every winter, news about reduced gas deliveries from Siberia to Europe makes the headlines. Regardless of the political reasons for a shortage, operating pipelines in severe winters is very challenging. Because if the gas in the pipes cools off too sharply, it partly liquefies and can no long...

Apr 05, 2012 09:42 AM EDT

Korean connection Makes an 8,000-km Telescope

Australian and Korean radio telescopes have been linked for the first time, forming a system that acts as a telescope 8000 km across.Australian and Korean radio telescopes have been linked together for the first time, forming a system acting as a gigantic telescope more than 8000 kilometres across a...

Apr 04, 2012 11:13 AM EDT

Research Demonstrates Bacterial Contamination in Pharmacy Robots

Drug dispensing robots designed to quickly prepare intravenous medications in a sterile environment can harbor dangerous bacteria, according to a report in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

Apr 04, 2012 09:06 AM EDT

Robosquirrels vs. Rattlesnakes

Robot squirrels from the University of California, Davis, are going into rattlesnake country near San Jose, continuing a research project on the interaction between squirrels and rattlesnakes.