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Boffins copy bees to boost web servers

Boffins copy bees to boost web servers

The swarm intelligence of well-organised honey bees could be used to improve the efficiency of web servers, according to new research..
Robert Jaques Nov 20 2007 7:12AM Hardware
Boffins prepare for UK NanoForum 2007

Boffins prepare for UK NanoForum 2007

Nanotechnology experts and entrepreneurs from around the world will gather in London at the UK NanoForum 2007 later this month.
Staff Writers Nov 19 2007 2:05PM Hardware
Boffins turn to executable biology

Boffins turn to executable biology

Scientists are using a new technique to study biological systems by mapping them as if they were computer programs..
Matt Chapman Nov 12 2007 7:22AM Software
Boffins automate silicon chip debugging

Boffins automate silicon chip debugging

US researchers have developed a technology that automates the process of debugging silicon chip designs..
Robert Jaques Nov 8 2007 7:35AM Hardware
Boffins build radio from carbon nanotube

Boffins build radio from carbon nanotube

Good vibrations.
Robert Jaques Nov 2 2007 12:03PM Hardware
Boffins fire up quantum cascade microscope

Boffins fire up quantum cascade microscope

Engineering researchers have developed a quantum cascade laser nano-antenna in what they describe as a "major feat" of nanotechnology..
Robert Jaques Oct 31 2007 7:47AM Hardware
Boffins develop wind-powered USB charger

Boffins develop wind-powered USB charger

Boffins have created a small fan-based charger that can help boost the battery life of consumer technology goods..
Matt Chapman Oct 22 2007 6:34AM Hardware
Xerox boffins work on selective encryption

Xerox boffins work on selective encryption

Researchers at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (Parc) have demonstrated new software designed to increase speed and accuracy when removing sensitive or confidential material from documents..
Ian Williams Oct 19 2007 2:21PM Security
Boffins give computers 'common sense'

Boffins give computers 'common sense'

Computer scientists use Google Labs widget in object recognition software.
Robert Jaques Oct 19 2007 6:49AM Hardware
Boffins bend light 'backwards'

Boffins bend light 'backwards'

A newly discovered material that causes light to refract "backwards" has the potential to improve the efficiency of optical networking devices, researchers reported today..
Robert Jaques Oct 18 2007 6:42AM Software
Boffins zoom in on digital image search

Boffins zoom in on digital image search

Searching for digital photographs is set to become easier thanks to smart software developed by researchers at Penn State University..
Robert Jaques Oct 17 2007 7:21AM Software
British boffins float flying saucer

British boffins float flying saucer

UK scientists have perfected a 'flying saucer' that could be used to replace helicopters..
Iain Thomson Oct 17 2007 7:21AM Hardware
Boffins in a spin over quantum breakthrough

Boffins in a spin over quantum breakthrough

US boffins have unveiled a material which they believe could be as important to next-generation quantum computing as silicon is to the computers of today.
Robert Jaques Oct 9 2007 10:38PM Hardware
Boffins promise large-scale nano-material manufacture

Boffins promise large-scale nano-material manufacture

Scientists have demonstrated that a new 'soft lithography' technique can be used to manufacture complex nano-materials inexpensively on an industrial scale.
Robert Jaques Oct 9 2007 9:20AM Hardware
Boffins double mobile phone memory

Boffins double mobile phone memory

US computer engineers have developed compression technology that effectively doubles the usable memory on embedded systems such as mobile phones and cameras without any changes to hardware or applications.
Robert Jaques Sep 28 2007 10:47AM Hardware
Boffins tout bandwidth as global currency

Boffins tout bandwidth as global currency

An international team of computer scientists has proposed a next-generation e-commerce system that uses internet bandwidth as a global 'currency'.
Robert Jaques Aug 31 2007 7:16AM Telco/ISP
Boffins light way for photonic transistors

Boffins light way for photonic transistors

Scientists have published a new theory which describes how the transistors in next-generation quantum computers may be created.
Robert Jaques Aug 29 2007 7:42AM Hardware
Boffins believe there is life on Mars

Boffins believe there is life on Mars

New analysis of data from the Viking Mars probes, which landed on the planet in the 1970s, suggests that life may well exist on the surface.
Iain Thomson Aug 28 2007 8:13AM Strategy
Boffins patent paper battery

Boffins patent paper battery

Researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed ultra-thin flexible batteries and energy storage devices that can be powered by blood, sweat or urine.
Staff Writers Aug 16 2007 6:02AM Hardware
US boffins claim graphics processing breakthrough

US boffins claim graphics processing breakthrough

US computer scientists have developed a technique that allows the generation of highly complex images like smoke-filled bars and smog-choked cityscapes without the computational drag and slow speeds that have dogged previous computer graphics methods.
Robert Jaques Aug 14 2007 1:50PM Software

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