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Cloud computing, which taps the resources of a network of remote computers, offers tremendous potential for storing and processing vast amounts of data quickly and cheaply.

By Tanya Gubbay Wednesday 12 October 2011 Imperial College Business School, in partnership with the Guardian, hosted the first in a series of four debates for the Guardian's Tech Weekly podcast on Mo

KTH has announced the recipients of honorary doctorates for 2011: -Professor Liam Bannon, University of Limerick, Ireland.

Researchers control the rate of photon emission from luminescent imperfections in diamond Engineers and physicists at Harvard have managed to capture light in tiny diamond pillars embedded in silver, releasing a stream of single photons at a controllable rate.

Movie industry computer graphics and the very latest digital marine technology have brought the world's oldest submerged city back to life in a BBC Two documentary due to be shown this Sunday (October 9) at 8pm. Just a few metres under the sea, off the southern coast of Greece, lies Pavlopetri — the oldest submerged city in the world.

Footprinted.org is working to give sustainability decision-makers access to open environmental impact data. Sustainability practitioners know that quantitative environmental research is the cornerstone of sound decision-making. But these results are too often found in closed, costly databases based on proprietary software.

Terra Populus: A Global Population / Environment Data Network will integrate the world's largest population database with global data on land use, land cover and climate change.

To avoid the congestion of the public Internet, scientists, the military and the managers of huge "cloud computing" data centers have created private information superhighways - dedicated fiber-optic systems known as lambda networks.

Calling all gamers: If you like to play first-person racing games, you may be able to help campus researchers better understand typical driving behaviors.

Up to ten autonomous flying robots flock like birds in a real-sky experiment. A flock of birds suddenly taking off and flying in formation, acting like one entity, is a stunning and complex communication effort.

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Subtle markers of heart damage hidden in plain sight among hours of EKG recordings could help doctors identify which heart attack patients are at high risk of dying soon. That's according to a new study involving researchers from the University of Michigan, MIT, Harvard Medical School, and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) SDSC Cloud UC San Diego Arista Networks OpenStack SDSC Announces Scalable, High-Performance Data Storage Cloud Web-based System Offers High Durability, Security,

Sept. AUSTIN, Texas — University of Texas at Austin researchers have discovered how to extract and use information in an individual image to determine how far objects are from the focus distance, a feat only accomplished by human and animal visual systems until now. Like a camera, the human eye has an auto-focusing system, but human auto-focusing rarely makes mistakes.

Intel newsroom Intel Science and Technology Center - UW Fox faculty page University of Washington computer scientist Dieter Fox will co-lead an Intel Science and Technology Center that will focus on "

A Cornell research team has received a four-year, $1.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a system for computation and information sharing when designing a "smart" electrical grid.

A combination of two algorithms developed at MIT allows autonomous robots to execute tasks much more efficiently - and move more predictably.

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The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant worth nearly $2 million to UCLA and Rutgers to develop intelligent metropolitan traffic management technology that reduces urban traffic congestion and air pollution.

Peter Händel wants you to make your mobile phone a part of the car's dashboard. The KTH Professor of Signal Processing has helped create a new mobile application for safer and more efficient driving.

A groundbreaking research project which could revolutionise the study of biodiversity around the world has been launched at the University.

Sept. Smartphone battery life could dramatically improve with new invention ANN ARBOR, Mich.—A new "subconscious mode" for smartphones and other WiFi-enabled mobile devices could extend battery life by as much as 54 percent for users on the busiest networks.

By Tanya Gubbay Wednesday 14 September 2011 Last week saw the launch of Seedcamp Week at Imperial College Business School and the Department of Computing, linking up new entrepreneurs with industry experts from across Europe.

In the 21 st century, the revolution may not be televised - but it likely will be tweeted, blogged, texted and organized on Facebook, recent experience suggests.

Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have shown that it is possible to reduce the minimum voltage necessary to store charge in a capacitor, an achievement that could reduce the power draw and heat generation of today's electronics. "Just like a Formula One car, the faster you run your computer, the hotter it gets.

The chief executives of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A., and KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, have formally announced a long-term strategic alliance designed to benefit students and faculty at both institutions.

Sept. 9, 2011 $13-million NSF center to explore new ways to manipulate light at the nanoscale ANN ARBOR, Mich.—A new $13-million National Science Foundation center based at the University of Michigan will develop high-tech materials that manipulate light in new ways.

Image courtesy of Active Ingredient PA 267/11 An ambitious touring art installation is to use real-time data collected from the canopies of trees in Sherwood Forest to raise awareness of the environmental changes affecting our planet as a result of the continued rise in CO2 emissions.

Professor Mikael Eriksson, a driving force behind the MAX-lab research laboratory in Lund is this year's recipient of the KTH Great Prize.

HDR video captures a wider range of light intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from direct sunlight to lowlight images and thanks to a partnership between Researchers at WMG, University of W

PASADENA, Calif. NASA is giving the public the power to journey through the solar system using a new interactive Web-based tool.

Infants spend their first few months learning to find their way around and manipulating objects, and they are very flexible about it: Cups can come in different shapes and sizes, but they all have handles. So do pitchers, so we pick them up the same way. Similarly, your personal robot in the future will need the ability to generalize - for example, to handle your particular set of dishes and put them in your particular dishwasher.

An online chat between two robots set up by Cornell students is entertaining the nation. "It was just an afternoon hack," said Hod Lipson, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering.

by Morgan Kelly In an effort to understand what happens in the brain when a person reads or considers such abstract ideas as love or justice, Princeton researchers have for the first time matched images of brain activity with categories of words related to the concepts a person is thinking about. The results could lead to a better understanding of how people consider meaning and context when reading or thinking.

Aug. New laser could treat acne with telecom technology ANN ARBOR, Mich.—A laser developed at the University of Michigan is designed to melt fat without burning surrounding tissue. It could potentially be used to treat acne, researchers say. Its 1,708-nanometer, infrared beam takes advantage of a unique wavelength that fat can absorb more efficiently than water , which makes up more than half of the human body.

The world's top scientists in laser research, from super-fast data transfer and blue-sky computing to designing invisible cloaks, will converge on the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre this Sunday for the largest optics research conference to be held in Australia and the southern hemisphere.

A supernova discovered yesterday is closer to Earth - approximately 21 million light-years away - than any other of its kind in a generation. Astronomers believe they caught the supernova within hours of its explosion, a rare feat made possible with a specialized survey telescope and state-of-the-art computational tools.

A network of dashboard-mounted phones can collect data on traffic lights and tell drivers how to avoid inefficient stopping and starting.

Computer scientist Hanspeter Pfister helps turn terabytes of image data into a navigable 3D model of neural circuits By Sarah Zhang '11 The brain of a mouse measures only 1 cubic centimeter in volume.

A trumpet fish and tiger shark, two vertebrate species represented in the world's museum collections.

Pieter Abbeel, a University of California, Berkeley, professor known for his novel work in the field of machine learning in robotics ' including robots that can fold laundry ' has been named to a prestigious list of 35 of the world's top young innovators by Technology Review magazine.

Researchers demonstrate the first wireless security scheme that can protect against 'man-in-the-middle' attacks ' but doesn't require a password.

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Just like generations of plants and animals evolve in nature, Cornell engineers are allowing anyone online to guide the evolution of printable, three-dimensional objects, aiming to revolutionize the design of art, architecture and even artificial intelligence.

PA 245/11 A new risk prediction tool can identify patients at high risk of serious blood clots who might need preventative treatment, according to a study published on bmj.com. The tool, which can be found at www.qthrombosis.org , is based on simple variables which the patient is likely to know and could be easily integrated into GP computer systems to risk assess patients prior to hospital admission, long haul flights, or starting medications that carry an increased clotting risk.

Between 15th and 19th August, 30 talented students from disadvantaged backgrounds will be taking part in the 'Generating Genius? programme at UCL's Faculty of Engineering.

On Thursday, Aug. 11, the Stanford Solar Car Project officially unveils Xenith, a solar-powered vehicle two years in the making that boasts several industry-leading technological innovations.

A simple new imaging system could help manufacturers inspect their products, forensics experts identify weapons and doctors identify cancers.