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Research in the news: Real-time brain feedback can help people overcome anxiety
May 7, 2013 2:34 pm | by Yale UniversityYale University | CommentsPeople provided with a real-time readout of activity in specific regions of their brains can learn to control that activity and lessen their anxiety, according to new findings published online in the journal Translational Psychiatry....
CSAIL graduate honored with ACM award
May 7, 2013 2:10 pm | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | CommentsShyamnath Gollakota, an MIT graduate who completed his doctoral research in Professor Dina Katabi’s Networks@MIT research group at CSAIL, has won the 2012 Doctoral Dissertation Award presented by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Gollakota was honored for his work designing practical systems that transform wireless systems by embracing the phenomenon of interference and rendering it harmless.Instead of trying to hide the ...
Science Xplained: Ice cream chemistry
May 7, 2013 1:45 pm | by Yale UniversityYale University | CommentsAinissa Ramirez, associate professor of mechanical engineering, describes the science behind a tasty bit of chemistry — ice cream. She shows how to make ice cream using liquid nitrogen, which is as cold as the surface of Neptune, and describes why these cold temperatures makes ice cream, creamier. She demonstrates how our knowledge of how ice freezes can be applied to ice cream and avalanches....
Saurabh Amin to be chief scientist on multi-institutional NSF grant
May 7, 2013 1:21 pm | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | CommentsAssistant Professor Saurabh Amin of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is the chief scientist and lead MIT principal investigator on a multi-institutional grant announced last week by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant is one of two awards totaling $14 million for research projects that are e...
Magnetic vortex antennas for wireless data transmission
May 7, 2013 11:36 am | by Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf | Comments3-Dimensional magnetic vortices were discovered by scientists within the scope of an international cooperation. The newly discovered vortex states could lead to potential antennas for the ultrafast, wireless data transmission of tomorrow.
China denies renewed US cyberattack claims
May 7, 2013 11:23 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsChina's military on Tuesday denied renewed U.S. accusations that it sponsored cyberattacks and said the two sides should cooperate against the global threat of computer crime. The accusations in the latest Pentagon report on the Chinese military are "irresponsible and harmful to the mutual trust between the sides..."
MSMS student taps MIT Sloan to power energy research
May 7, 2013 11:06 am | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | CommentsVikalp Sabhlok MSMS ’13, grew up in a small city in India where the electricity supply was notoriously unreliable. Now, as a student in MIT Sloan’s Master of Science in Management Studies (MSMS) program, he is exploring ways to improve the energy distribution system for the next generation.“I have always had an interest in going back to India to make things better,” he says. “If you provide electricity, productivity levels go up, and ...
Microsoft touching up Windows 8 to address gripes
May 7, 2013 1:14 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsMicrosoft is retooling the latest version of its Windows operating system to address the complaints and confusion that have been blamed for deepening a slump in personal computer sales. The tune up announced Tuesday are part of a software package known as "Blue" scheduled to be released in time...
Cleaner energy, warmer climate?
May 7, 2013 12:00 am | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | CommentsThe growing global demand for energy, combined with a need to reduce emissions and lessen the effects of climate change, has increased focus on cleaner energy sources. But what unintended consequences could these cleaner sources have on the changing climate? Researchers at MIT now have some answers to that question, using biofuels as a test case. Their study, recently released in Geophysical Research Letters, found that land-us...
Adobe shifts to subscriptions for software package
May 6, 2013 4:26 pm | by BARBARA ORTUTAY - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | CommentsAdobe says it is moving to an online subscription-based model for the software package it sells to designers, Web developers, video editors and other creative professionals. Adobe Systems Inc. said Monday that it will not release new versions of its Creative Suite software package. Instead, the...
McAfee to acquire Finnish company StoneSoft
May 6, 2013 3:14 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsSoftware company McAfee Inc. said Monday that it will acquire firewall product maker StoneSoft Corp. for about $389 million. McAfee said the purchase of the Finnish company will extend its global leadership position in network security and provide customers with unparalleled security. "McAfee is...
MIT signs Compact for Sustainable Future with City of Cambridge and Harvard
May 6, 2013 3:10 pm | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | CommentsIn what is considered to be the first agreement of its kind, MIT, Harvard University and the City of Cambridge have entered into a compact to work collaboratively to address issues related to climate change on a local basis.The “Community Compact for a Sustainable Future” lays out a framework for the signatories — and othe...
More than a good eye: Carnegie Mellon robot uses arms, location and more to discover objects
May 6, 2013 12:35 pm | by EurekAlert! | CommentsA robot can struggle to discover objects in its surroundings when it relies on computer vision alone. But by taking advantage of all of the information available to it — an object's location, size, shape and even whether it can be lifted — a robot can continually discover and refine its understanding of objects, say researchers.
EU: Motorola may have violated antitrust rules
May 6, 2013 12:30 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsThe European Commission said Monday that Motorola Mobility may have abused its dominant market position by denying Apple the right to use technology essential for mobile phones. It is a violation of European Union antitrust rules for a patent holder to deny use to technologically essential...
A KAIST research team developed in vivo flexible large scale integrated circuits
May 6, 2013 12:27 pm | by EurekAlert! | CommentsThe Department of Materials Science and Engineering at KAIST has developed in vivo silicon-based flexible large scale integrated circuits for bio-medical wireless communication. Silicon-based semiconductors have played significant roles in signal processing, nerve stimulation, memory storage, and wireless communication in implantable electronics.
