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Alex Muller
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Stay Away from Negative Thoughts to Improve Problem Solving Ability
New research suggests that keeping away from tendency to brood even for a small amount of time will help you to increase problem-solving ability. ...
Asteroid hunting venture wants you to suggest crowdfunding projects
Planetary Resources, the billionaire-backed private venture that’s aiming to hunt down and mine near-Earth asteroids, is looking for suggestions about projects that could attract extra...
Chinas current nuclear energy situation
The Chinese government reinvigorated its civilian nuclear energy program last week with three major actions. First, it announced the release of a long awaited...
A very smart ape in Japan crushes any human challenger at a number memory game.
In what seems like a blow for humanity, a very smart chimpanzee in Japan crushes any human challenger at a number memory game. After...
Pirates dreams come true
In the popular culture, the giant octopus has always been a notorious enemy to pirates. But when it comes to the new service Boxopus, Internet...
Two new exoplanets orbit scarily close to each other
Kepler-36b is a rocky planet only about 1.4 times the size of Earth. It’s not habitable, though: at only 11 million miles from its star,...
Water Desalination across Nanoporous Graphene
Two materials scientists from MIT have shown in simulations that nanoporous graphene can filter salt from water at a rate that is 100 to 1000...
Never a better time to buy: SSD prices in consistent decline
This is, of course, great news for manufacturers and enthusiasts alike. It has never been in doubt that SSD’s outperform their mechanically spinning counterparts. However,...
How Wireless Charging Will Keep Toxic Waste Out of Landfills
Rechargeable batteries were supposed to keep trash out of landfills. Instead they replaced old garbage with new. Consumers throw away billions of battery chargers every...
Building block of a programmable neuromorphic substrate: a digital neurosynaptic core
IBM SyNAPSE team has fabricated a key building block of a modular neuromorphic architecture: a neurosynaptic core, IBM Almaden scientist Dr. Dharmendra S Modha’s Cognitive...