News tagged with machines
Conficker Worm Prepares For A New Release On April 1
Mar 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The conficker worm created havoc last year when it infected over 10 million computers on a global scale. The unique design of the conficker worm allowed for this large scale attack to over ...
Motor proteins may be vehicles for drug delivery
Mar 20, 2009 |
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Specialized motor proteins that transport cargo within cells could be turned into nanoscale machines for drug delivery, according to bioengineers. Chemical alteration of the proteins' function could also help inhibit the ...
IBM could shake up Silicon Valley with Sun deal (Update 2)
Mar 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- If IBM Corp. scoops up Sun Microsystems Inc. for at least $6.5 billion in cash, as the companies are discussing, IBM would be making an opportunistic grab for a deep well of technology that Sun has ...
Sun Microsystems to offer 'public cloud' service
Mar 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Taking a cue from Amazon.com, Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to launch its own "public cloud" service, which will let everyone from big-time corporations to dorm-room entrepreneurs run their businesses on Sun's computers ...
Molecular machines drive plasmonic nanoswitches
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Plasmonics -- a possible replacement for current computing approaches -- may pave the way for the next generation of computers that operate faster and store more information than electronically-based systems and are smaller ...
Rice University rolls out new nanocars (Videos)
Feb 02, 2009 |
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This year's model isn't your father's nanocar. It runs cool.
Donating a kidney is not bad for your health, research shows
Jan 29, 2009 |
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People who donate a kidney live just as long and are just as healthy as those with two kidneys, according to a new study by University of Minnesota researchers that is the largest ever done on the long-term health consequences ...
Gaming machines affecting well-being
Dec 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic gaming machines have a detrimental impact upon the lives of those who use them and their associates, according to new research.
MRI machines may damage cochlear implants
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Patients with cochlear implants may want to steer clear of certain magnetic imaging devices, such as 3T MRI machines, because the machines can demagnetize the patient's implant, according to new research published in the ...
Are Flexible, Flapping Flying Machines in our Future?
Nov 19, 2008 |
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Modern aircraft have been fabulously successful with rigid wings and rotors. But just imagine the flying machines that would be possible if we could understand and harness the most efficient and acrobatic airfoils in nature: ...
Hack-a-vote: Students learn how vulnerable electronic voting really is
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 07, 2008 |
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This week undergraduate and graduate students in an advanced computer security course at Rice University in Houston are learning hands-on just how easy it is to wreak havoc on computer software used in today's voting machines.
School vending machines dole out excess calories, fat
Oct 06, 2008 |
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Despite efforts to include more healthy choices at schools, standard offerings from vending machines – including fruit juices – are giving students more calories than they need.
HP Labs award will lay groundwork for next generation computers
Sep 17, 2008 |
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While most personal computers today can process a few hundred thousand calculations per second, computer scientists are laying the groundwork for exascale machines that will process more than a million trillion ...
Nearly Waterless Washing Machine to Debut in 2009
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 29, 2008 |
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A new washing machine that uses just a cup of water, a pinch of detergent, and about 1,000 small plastic chips to clean clothes may be available for consumers in the UK next year.
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