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New Algorithm Ranks Sports Teams like Google's PageRank

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sports fans may be interested in a new system that ranks NFL and college football teams in a simple, straightforward way, similar to how Google PageRank ranks webpages. The new sports algorithm, ...

Sign language puzzle solved

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11 hours ago | 4.6 / 5 (8) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have known for 40 years that even though it takes longer to use sign language to sign individual words, sentences can be signed, on average, in the same time it takes to say them, ...

Air Force grant to tighten online encryption

Technology / Computer Sciences

Dec 14, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientist Rafael Pass is seeking new approaches to cryptographic security with a $600,000, five-year grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

Pandemic toolkit offers flu with a view

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Dec 14, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As communities brace for rising wintertime influenza cases, scientists are developing a mathematical and visual analytic toolkit to help health officials quickly analyze pandemics and craft ...