DARPA’s New Cyber Targeted-Attack Analyzer Program
DARPA’s new Cyber Targeted-Attack Analyzer program looks at how information is connected and moves to uncover and prevent targeted attacks without a human having to…
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Machine-Learning Algorithms Could Help Debunk Twitter Rumors
Twitter is one of the fastest and most comprehensive ways of staying abreast of breaking news. However, it’s not always easy to tell whether these…
Simulated Brain Performs Well at Simple Tasks
The Semantic Pointer Architecture Unified Network (Spaun) was created by theoretical neuroscientists to simulate complex behavior from fewer neurons. The scientists published their findings in…
Cyber-Attacks Could Be Thwarted By CPU Symbiotes
Targets for hackers are becoming more widespread. The chips running car engines, routers that form the Internet’s backbone, power plants, and rail lines are all…
High-Energy Physicists Set New Record for Data Transfer
Physicists at the California Institute of Technology have set a new record for data network data transfer speeds. The international team of high-energy physicists, computer…
Verifying Identity With Patterns Could Make Computers More Secure
If there’s one thing that should be learned by everyone with the most recent hacking fiasco of Wired’s Mat Honan, passwords aren’t secure. A team…
Algorithm Analyzes Information From Medical Images to Identify Disease
Scientists at MIT have developed an algorithm that can analyze information from medical images to identify diseased areas of the brain and their connections with…
2D Molybdenum Disulfide Shows Potential as Platform for Electronic Devices
A newly published study from researchers at MIT details the use of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) as a 2D platform for electronic devices, possibly opening the…
Newly Designed Transcription Factors Can Bind to DNA and Turn on Specific Genes
A new study from MIT and Boston University scientists describes a new method of using zinc fingers to design transcription factors for nonbacterial cells and…
Halide, A New and Improved Programming Language for Image Processing Software
In an effort to improve image-processing software, a team of researchers developed a new programming language called Halide, which is easier to read, write and…
Nanotechnology Used to Create “Magnetic Domain-Wall Ratchet” Memory
A newly published study details how scientists at the Eindhoven University of Technology developed “magnetic domain-wall ratchet” memory, computer memory that is built up from…
Self-Assembling Polymer Molecules Create Complex Microchip Structures
Using tiny posts to guide the patterning of self-assembling polymer molecules, researchers at MIT developed a new technique to create perfect square and rectangular patterns…
Algorithms Improve AUV Navigation and Detecting Capabilities
Scientists have taken a step forward on the path to engineering completely autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for minesweeping and other risky underwater missions. MIT engineers…
Tensor Display Uses Several Layers of LCDs to Produce 3D Illusion
Similar to the dual layered LCD screens used by Nintendo’s 3DS to create glasses-free 3D images, engineers at MIT developed a “Tensor Display,” which uses…
New Algorithm Speeds Up Genome Sequencing
By developing a way to mathematically represent the genomes of different species, or of different individuals within a species, such that the overlapping data is…
New Chip Combines Energy from Solar, Thermal and Vibration Sources
Using a chip to simultaneously harness power from natural light, heat, and vibrations in the environment, MIT researchers are working to develop battery-free monitoring systems…
New Algorithm Enables Wi-Fi Connected Vehicles to Share Data
Next month at the ACM SIGACT-SIGOPS Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing, a team of researchers will present a new algorithm they developed that allows…
New MIT Software Solves Many of SSH’s Problems
Designed by researchers at MIT and freely available on a number of different websites, the remote-login program called Mosh solves many of SSH’s problems. The…