News articles tagged with 'algorithm' (Page 10)
Scientists design a new class of weakened polioviruses
— 29 Jun 2008 14:53 | HealthA team of molecular biologists and computer scientists at Stony Brook University has designed and synthesised a new class of weakened polioviruses. They used their synthesising method…
Scientists develop neural implant that learns with the brain
— 25 Jun 2008 11:10 | HealthDevices known as brain-machine interfaces could someday be used routinely to help paralysed patients and amputees control prosthetic limbs with just their thoughts. Now, University…
'Saucy' software update finds symmetries dramatically faster
— 11 Jun 2008 21:02 | TechnologyComputer scientists at the University of Michigan developed open-source software that cuts the time to find symmetries in complicated equations from days to seconds in some cases…
An algorithm that may guide applicants in proposing new top-level domains
— 19 May 2008 13:43 | TechnologyAt the request of a worldwide Internet organisation, a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed an algorithm that may guide applicants…
Optimal online communication
— 24 Apr 2008 14:09 | TechnologyDutch researcher Peter Korteweg has developed algorithms for wireless networks. The algorithms focus on optimising communication to a central point in such networks, for example, by…
Engineering students: Headset muffles loud, unnerving MRI noises
— 23 Apr 2008 14:09 | TechnologyHaving an MRI exam, an experience many people describe as stressful and uncomfortable, could soon become a bit more pleasant, thanks to the work of a team of University of Florida engineering…
A better fog and smoke machine from researchers at UC San Diego
— 17 Apr 2008 11:58 | TechnologyUC San Diego computer scientists have created a fog and smoke machine for computer graphics that cuts the computational cost of making realistic smoky and foggy 3-D images, such as…
Particle swarm optimisation improves digital photos
— 2 Feb 2008 09:57 | PhysicsA new approach to cleaning up digital photos and other images has been developed by researchers in the UK and Jordan. The research, published recently in Inderscience's International…
Software coordinates 19 mirrors, focuses James Webb Space Telescope
— 24 Aug 2007 15:16 | AstronomyScientists and engineers have created and successfully tested a set of algorithms and software programs which are designed to enable the 19 individual mirrors comprising NASA's powerful…