New publication offers security tips for WiMAX networks
Government agencies and other organizations planning to use WiMAX- Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access-networks can get technical advice on improving the security of their systems from a draft computer security guide prepared by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). view more (2009-10-07)
What to do with 15 million gigabytes of data
When it is fully up and running, the four massive detectors on the new Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the CERN particle-physics lab near Geneva are expected to produce up to 15 million gigabytes, aka 15 petabytes, of data every year view more (2008-11-03)
Code for unbreakable quantum encryption generated at record speed over fiber
Raw code for 'unbreakable' encryption, based on the principles of quantum physics, has been generated at record speed over optical fiber at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). view more (2006-04-19)
Get mobile, get promoted
Without that five minutes chat by the watercooler, the open-ended lunch break, or a boss's beckoning door, homeworkers can often feel isolated from colleagues and the opportunities for informal networking and mentoring that are wrought by the almost mythical 9-to-5. view more (2008-04-21)
Science team talks up an internet games revolution
New technology that lets computer games fans round the world talk as well as play together online makes gaming more friendly, exciting and educational, according to new research. A team from the University of Sussex Informatics department carried out a social experiment using the voice-enabled XBox Live, one of the new online computer games... view more... (2004-05-05)
The National Radiological Protection Board advises holiday makers against overexposure to high sunlight
The incidence of skin cancer in the UK has significantly increased in recent years. There are now over 40,000 new cases and nearly 2,000 deaths from skin cancer in the UK each year. Much of this increase has been attributed to overexposure to sunlight not only when abroad but also sunbathing at home. In one recent study in Scotland, a third of... view more... (2003-05-27)
Aggie physicists unite with Ivy League to develop anthrax detection method
Texas A&M University and Princeton University physicists have joined forces to perfect a powerful new weapon in the war on terrorism - a laser technique to identify deadly anthrax spores. Their results are published in the prestigious journal Science, due to hit newsstands tomorrow. view more (2007-04-13)
Face-to-face contact in a virtual environment
Although many sectors of the telecommunications industry are eagerly awaiting a ray of hope on the economic horizon, the prospects for video conferencing systems look good: Last year, sales on the European market increased by almost 15 percent, and the consultant Frost & Sullivan predicts that the growth rate will exceed 20 percent next year.... view more... (2003-03-10)
Data fly like bees to blossoms
The future belongs to mobile data processing. But the bandwidth offered by Bluetooth & Co exceeds what many devices need and power consumption is also too high. A CMOS production line has been set up in Duisburg for the sparing wireless standard ZigBee. One characteristic of brave new electronic world is the increasing use of wireless... view more... (2004-03-18)
Emergency links: NIST identifies 'sweet spot' for radios in tunnels
As part of a project to improve wireless communications for emergency responders, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have confirmed that underground tunnels-generally a difficult setting for radios-can have a frequency "sweet spot" at which signals may travel several times farther than at other... view more... (2008-05-19)
An online technical information system for the steel construction industry
STEELBIZ is an on-line information system designed to improve the performance of the European steel construction industry. It provides engineers with technical information, design guides, building regulations, case studies and, for broadband users, voiceover Continuing Professional Development (CPD) lectures. The STEELBIZ project is led by the... view more... (2003-10-29)
Maintaining the brain's wiring in aging and disease
Researchers at the Babraham Institute near Cambridge, supported by the Alzheimer's Research Trust and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), have discovered that the brain's circuitry survives longer than previously thought in diseases of ageing such as Alzheimer's disease. view more (2008-12-08)
University of Ulster Helping Change The Face of Healthcare
University of Ulster researchers are working with clinicians at one of Northern Ireland's leading hospitals on novel ways to harness information and communication technology to provide a better service to patients. view more (2004-12-15)
Schools sign up for safe surfing
Schools in Yorkshire are signing up fast to a package designed to stop children as young as three looking at pornographic sites on the Web. Very young children as young can look at sexually explicit and racist Internet sites if they are using nursery-school computers where passwords and filters can be flawed. The problem is a growing worry for... view more... (2002-05-18)
Separate signals through optical fibres for ultrafast home network
Dutch-sponsored researcher Christos Tsekrekos has investigated how a small network for at home or in a company can function optimally. His research analyses the MGDM technique (Mode Group Diversity Multiplexing) of the Eindhoven University of Technology. view more (2008-01-25)
Plant Tomogram
New methods have emerged lately that allow to examine images of a living tissue without cutting it off an animal or a plant. The most advanced of them is the optical coherent tomography (OCT) method. The OCT device has been built and tried on plants by scientists from Nizhni Novgorod. Living tissues are turbid. They are almost impervious to the... view more... (2004-03-02)
2 for 1: NIST design enables more cost-effective quantum key distribution
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a simpler and potentially lower-cost method for distributing strings of digits, or "keys," for use in quantum cryptography, the most secure method of transmitting data. view more (2008-05-30)
'Dead time' limits quantum cryptography speeds
Quantum cryptography is potentially the most secure method of sending encrypted information, but does it have a speed limit" According to a new paper by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), technological and security issues will stall maximum transmission rates at... view more... (2007-10-01)
EU Approves 1.75 Billion Euro Programme for IST Projects
The new two-year work programme for the Information Society Technologies theme of the Sixth Framework Programme has been approved by the EU's member states. This opens the way for three new calls for proposals for research and development funding of more than 1.75 billion euros. view more (2004-10-12)
Storytelling in virtual environments
Armed with the latest in Virtual Reality (VR), museums can entertain visitors far and wide. Over a third of the people who tested a new interactive and 3D system -flying over a Greek gorge or touring an ancient Asian temple - said their experience was better than a real trip. view more (2005-05-23)
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