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NIST Issues Open and Transparent Methods for Testing Electronic Voting Systems
Apr 01, 2009 |
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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology today opened for public comment detailed new methods for testing future electronic voting systems' compliance with voluntary federal standards. ...
Making sure the internet delivers
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 04, 2008 |
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European researchers have developed affordable test suites that businesses can use to check whether their software will work with the next-generation internet.
Scientists test system to forecast flash floods along Colorado's front range
Jul 22, 2008 |
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People living near vulnerable creeks and rivers along Colorado's Front Range may soon get advance notice of potentially deadly floods, thanks to a new forecasting system being tested this summer by the National ...
Peering under the ice of a collapsing polar coast
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Starting this month, a giant NASA DC-8 aircraft loaded with geophysical instruments and scientists will buzz at low level over the coasts of West Antarctica, where ice sheets are collapsing at a pace far beyond ...
Microscopic instrument aboard Air Force Academy satellite to study plasma bubbles
Mar 09, 2007 |
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Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md., in conjunction with scientists from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the U.S. Air Force Academy, have developed ...
New CRC screening combination increases detection by 10 percent
Dec 03, 2009 |
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The combination of sigmoidoscopy and fecal immunochemical test (FIT) detects advanced proximal (right-sided) tumors better than either test alone, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the of ...
Europe’s next-generation broadband
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 25, 2008 |
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An enormous research effort by Europe’s leading broadband players has helped accelerate dramatically the rollout of next-generation broadband services reaching speeds in the 10s of Mbit/s in many European countries. That ...
NASA puzzled why parachutes failed in rocket test
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- NASA still isn't sure why two parachutes failed during a test flight of its prototype moon rocket just over a month ago.
Superconductor magnet spacecraft heat shield being developed
Nov 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- European space agencies and an aerospace giant are developing a new re-entry heat shield that will use superconductor magnets to generate a magnetic field strong enough to deflect the superhot ...
More competitors, less competition
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 03, 2009 |
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The larger the number of examinees, the lower the average grade. This is one of the findings of a series of new studies carried out by scientists at the University of Haifa and the University of Michigan. "It is a well-established ...
Green Grid Plans First Technical Summit
Apr 11, 2007 |
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The new consortium is expected to produce detailed technical objectives and launch programs in an effort to help the IT industry cut back on electrical power.
Desktop Virtualization Is Starting to Expand
May 17, 2007 |
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With virtualization fairly well established in the data center as a way to squeeze more out of x86 servers, top vendors, industry watchers and customers have started to turn more attention to getting that same type of potential ...
NIST develops experimental validation tool for cell phone forensics
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Viewers of TV dramas don't focus on the technology behind how a forensics crime team tracks a terrorist or drug ring using cell phone data, but scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology do. NIST researchers ...
Study simulated car crashes involving pregnant women
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Although states are not required to report fetal deaths in accident data, between 300 and 1,000 unborn babies die in car accidents each year. This accident fatality rate is about four times the rate for victims ...
IBM scientists create rapid disease diagnostic chip (w/ Video)
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Nov 19, 2009 |
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IBM scientists have created a one-step point-of-care-diagnostic test, based on an innovative silicon chip, that requires less sample volume, is significantly faster, portable, easy to use, and can test for ...
