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Keyboard technique developed to monitor Parkinson’s at home

Editorial Team Oct 5, 2016

In a paper published today in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers at MIT and elsewhere describe a technique they have developed to monitor Parkinson’s disease progression as patients interact with a computer keyboard. Parkinson’s…

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Time-tracking wasting your time? Don’t flip out – or do?

Daisy Stapley-Bunten Oct 4, 2016

Introduced on Kickstarter, ZEI° is the 8-sided device which makes time tracking simple and elegant. No more minutes wasted writing how many minutes it takes to write the minutes. This time tracking device allows you to record different…

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Discovery of dark matter could win scientists Nobel Physics Prize

Editorial Team Oct 4, 2016

Scientists behind the groundbreaking discoveries of gravitational waves and the existence of dark matter are seen as potential favorites for Tuesday's announcement of the Nobel Physics Prize. Gravitational waves are 'ripples' in the…

Energy

Advance in low-cost clean energy generation

Editorial Team Oct 4, 2016

A substantial advance in generating electricity through a combination of concentrating solar power and thermoelectric materials has been reported by researchers at the University of Houston and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. By…

Computers

You learn something new every day, but what about algorithms?

Editorial Team Oct 4, 2016

Computation is stuck in a rut. The integrated circuits that powered the past 50 years of technological revolution are reaching their physical limits. This predicament has computer scientists scrambling for new ideas: new devices built…

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NASA’s Curiosity rover continues to explore

Editorial Team Oct 4, 2016

After collecting drilled rock powder in arguably the most scenic landscape yet visited by a Mars rover, NASA's Curiosity mobile laboratory is driving toward uphill destinations as part of its two-year mission extension that commenced…

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Our galaxy’s most mysterious star puzzles astronomers

Editorial Team Oct 4, 2016

A star known by the unassuming name of KIC 8462852 in the constellation Cygnus has been raising eyebrows both in and outside of the scientific community for the past year. In 2015 a team of astronomers announced that the star underwent…

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Google software invasion ahead?

Editorial Team Oct 3, 2016

While the company has offered no official preview, it is expected to unveil a new line of Google-branded smartphones, a tablet and a home virtual assistant. Analysts anticipate that the internet titan will expand on a vision laid out by…

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Apple privacy concerns: We hope you have nothing to hide…

Editorial Team Oct 3, 2016

When a user sends someone a message through Apple’s iMessage feature, Apple encrypts that message between Apple devices so that only the sender and recipient can read its contents. But a Wednesday report from news site the Intercept is a…

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No slacking allowed: Eye tracking in ‘Digital Classroom’

Editorial Team Sep 29, 2016

Eye tracking technology leader SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) has launched a new framework for educational researchers that collects eye tracking and behavioral data from up to 40 students simultaneously. The innovative solution makes large…