Research articles

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  Disney researchers use electrical charge to create virtual textures

  By Louis Goddard on August 9, 2012 05:05 am + 12 comments

  Presenting at international graphics conference SIGGRAPH earlier this week, Disney researchers Continue reading…

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  Samsung boosts Android to 68.1 percent smartphone market share in latest IDC figures

  By Louis Goddard on August 8, 2012 07:53 am + 323 comments

  Some 68.1 percent of smartphones shipped in the second quarter of this year were powered by Android, Continue reading…

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  Curiosity: the latest on NASA's newest Mars rover

  By Jeff Blagdon on August 6, 2012 01:28 am

  Curiosity is the name of NASA's latest Mars rover, a car-sized nuclear powered robot whose lasers Continue reading…

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  Modern popular music does all sound the same, and it's getting louder too

  By Andrew Webster on July 30, 2012 10:17 am + 73 comments

  If you've ever turned on the radio and thought that all popular music sounds the same, it turns out Continue reading…

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  Scientists restore light sensitivity in blind mice using simple chemical injection

  By Vlad Savov on July 26, 2012 07:06 am + 9 comments

  Eyesight restoration has deservedly been the subject of much research over the years, but the latest Continue reading…

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  Horrifying robot baby wants a hug

  By Jeff Blagdon on July 26, 2012 03:29 am + 36 comments

  Finally, Osaka University’s infant robot Affetto is able to hug you like a real baby, with the Continue reading…

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  MIT model shows the most influential US airports for spreading disease

  By Andrew Webster on July 25, 2012 08:58 am + 18 comments

  Researchers at MIT have developed a new computer model that shows that it's not necessarily the Continue reading…

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  Scientists create artificial jellyfish from rat's heart

  By Justin Rubio on July 22, 2012 07:31 pm + 57 comments

  One day at the New England Aquarium in Boston, biophysicist Kit Parker saw a jellyfish and said "I Continue reading…

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  Microsoft researchers develop camera-based stylus concept for use on any display

  By Bryan Bishop on July 22, 2012 06:58 am + 45 comments

  Microsoft has never been shy in its assertions that the stylus has a place in modern computing, and Continue reading…

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  Stanford's computational cell model lets scientists experiment virtually

  By Evan Rodgers on July 20, 2012 05:31 pm + 7 comments

  Stanford scientists have created a full computational model of the Mycoplasma genitalium bacteria, Continue reading…