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Hearing the Russian Meteor, in America
May 3, 2013 12:00 am | by Georgia Institute of Technology | CommentsNew research could let vehicles, robots collaborate with humans
May 3, 2013 12:00 am | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | CommentsYou get into your car and ask it to get you home in time for the start of the big game, stopping off at your favorite Chinese restaurant on the way to grab some takeout. But the car informs you that the road past the Chinese restaurant is closed for repairs, so you will not make it home in 30 minutes unless you choose a different food outlet. You select a nearby Korean restaurant from the options the car suggests, and set off on the c...
Teradata's Q1 profit down 35 percent
May 2, 2013 6:33 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsData management company Teradata Corp. reported Thursday its first-quarter profit dropped 35 percent as the company got off to what its CEO acknowledged was a slow start to the year. Net income at Teradata, which helps financial, marketing and other companies store and analyze data, fell to $59...
Intel's CEO pick sticks to tried-and-true formula
May 2, 2013 6:10 pm | by MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | CommentsIn picking Brian Krzanich as its next CEO, Intel Corp. stuck to a familiar playbook amid a game-changing shift in computing that has raised worries about the future of the world's largest chipmaker. Ever since Intel co-founders Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore ceded their roles as the first two...
Intel names Krzanich as chipmaker's next CEO
May 2, 2013 2:44 pm | by PETER SVENSSON - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | CommentsIntel's chief operating officer, Brian Krzanich, will become its next CEO in two weeks, tasked with steering the world's largest chipmaker through an industry shake-up that is seeing tablets and smartphones overshadow Intel's base in personal computers. Intel, one of the pillars of Silicon...
Book: A New Understanding of ADHD in Children and Adults
May 2, 2013 2:43 pm | by Yale UniversityYale University | CommentsYaleNews features works recently or soon to be published by members of the University community. Descriptions are based on material provided by the publishers. Authors of new books may forward publishers’ book descriptions to us by email....
NASA rover prototype set to explore Greenland ice sheet
May 2, 2013 2:32 pm | by Eurekalert! | CommentsNASA's newest scientific rover is set for testing May 3 through June 8 in the highest part of Greenland. The robot known as GROVER, which stands for both Greenland Rover and Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicle for Exploration and Research, will roam the frigid landscape collecting measurements...
Bonding with your virtual self may alter your actual perceptions
May 2, 2013 2:28 pm | by Eurekalert! | CommentsWhen people create and modify their virtual reality avatars, the hardships faced by their alter egos can influence how they perceive virtual environments, according to researchers.A group of students who saw that a backpack was attached to an avatar that they had created overestimated the heights of virtual hills...
On-site asbestos detector offers promise of better workplace safety
May 2, 2013 2:27 pm | by Eurekalert! | CommentsAsbestos was once called a miracle material because of its toughness and fire-resistant properties. It was used as insulation, incorporated into cement and even woven into firemen's protective clothing. Over time, however, scientists pinned the cause of lung cancers such as mesothelioma on asbestos fiber inhalation.
Calories draw people to food, like it or not
May 2, 2013 12:05 pm | by Yale UniversityYale University | CommentsPeople like food because it contains calories they need to survive. However, researchers from The John B Pierce Laboratory and Yale have discovered an interesting twist to the basic biology story: Calories trigger responses in areas of the brain that control eating behavior independently of how much the subject likes the flavor....
Use of laser light yields versatile manipulation of a quantum bit
May 2, 2013 11:37 am | by EurekAlert! | CommentsBy using light, researchers at UC Santa Barbara have manipulated the quantum state of a single atomic-sized defect in diamond –– the nitrogen-vacancy center –– in a method that not only allows for more unified control than conventional processes, but is more versatile, and opens up the possibility of exploring new solid-state quantum systems.
NIST demonstrates transfer of ultraprecise time signals over a wireless optical channel
May 2, 2013 11:37 am | by EurekAlert! | CommentsBy bouncing eye-safe laser pulses off a mirror on a hillside, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have transferred ultraprecise time signals through open air with unprecedented precision equivalent to the "ticking" of the world's best next-generation atomic clocks.
Intel taps COO Krzanich as chipmaker's next CEO
May 2, 2013 11:31 am | by PETER SVENSSON - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | CommentsIntel said Thursday that it has chosen its chief operating officer, Brian Krzanich, as its new CEO. He will steer the world's largest chipmaker in an era where PC sales are cratering while smartphones and tablets thrive. Krzanich, who is 52, will replace Paul Otellini on May 16, at the company's...
Shaking things up: NIST researchers propose new old way to purify carbon nanotubes
May 2, 2013 11:28 am | by EurekAlert! | CommentsAn old, somewhat passé, trick used to purify protein samples based on their affinity for water has found new fans at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where materials scientists are using it to divvy up solutions of carbon nanotubes, separating the metallic nanotubes from semiconductors.
UK man jailed for selling fake bomb detectors
May 2, 2013 11:26 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsA British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake bomb detectors to 10 years in jail, saying the millionaire had shown a cavalier disregard for potentially fatal consequences. James McCormick made an estimated 50 million pounds ($77.8 million) from the sales of his non-working detectors...
