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RIT professor recommends tougher computer security measures to beat hackers

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 03, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Hackers beware. A Rochester Institute of Technology professor knows how to thwart sophisticated and determined intruders from stealing personal and corporate information. His secret? Anchor your online activities to the physical ...





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Researchers Bring Avatars and People Together for Virtual Meetings in Physical Spaces (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- While you can't yet teleport or clone yourself to be in two places nearly at once, computer scientists are working on what might be the next best thing.


Helping hands

Helping hands

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In capstone project, mechanical engineering students apply innovative and collaborative skills to create a rehab glove that stroke patients can use at home


Holocaust survivors at higher risk for all cancers

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Jewish survivors of World War II who were potentially exposed to the Holocaust are at a higher risk for cancer occurrence, according to a new study published online October 26 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.


More precise measurements of the W boson

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (15) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- "The W boson is one of the very few major building blocks of matter," Dmitri Denisov tells PhysOrg.com. "It is a member of a family of particles that is the most fundamental in nature. The W boson is res ...


World-first sustainable racing car to take on Formula 3 at Brands Hatch (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Can the idea of 'green motorsport' actually work? Yes, according to Dr Kerry Kirwan at the University of Warwick, who led the research team which designed and built the worldfirst fully sustainable Formula 3 racing car.


Immersive Game System Allows Physical Interaction Between Players

Immersive Game System Allows Physical Interaction Between Players

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- With a new immersive multiplayer game system, researchers are further blurring the line between gaming and the real world. Using a mouse and keyboard sounds kind of quaint compared to the ...


Straightening messy correlations with a quantum comb

Straightening messy correlations with a quantum comb

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Quantum computing promises ultra-fast communication, computation and more powerful ways to encrypt sensitive information. But trying to use quantum states as carriers of information is an extremely delicate ...


Gene identified as cause of some forms of intellectual disability

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A gene involved in some forms of intellectual disability has been identified by scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), as published this month in The American Journal of Human Genetics. The gene i ...


Virtual maps for the blind

Technology / Software

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The blind and visually impaired often rely on others to provide cues and information on navigating through their environments. The problem with this method is that it doesn't give them the tools to venture out on their own, ...


Researchers rest their case: TV consumption predicts opinions about criminal justice system

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

People who watch forensic and crime dramas on TV are more likely than non-viewers to have a distorted perception of America's criminal justice system, according to new research from Purdue University.



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