news 2010

Computer Science/Telecom - 7.05
’You’re gonna need a bigger quote!’: What makes movie lines memorable
Whether it's a line from a movie, an advertising slogan or a politician's catchphrase, some statements take hold in people's minds better than others. By applying computer analysis to a database of movie scripts, Cornell researchers have found some clues to what makes a line memorable.

Law/Forensics - Computer Science/Telecom - 23.04
Speakers echo language style of superiors, especially if they need something
Want to know who holds the power? Just listen carefully, preferably with a little help from a computer. Research at Cornell shows that people speaking to someone of perceived superior status often unconsciously echo the linguistic style of that person.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Computer Science/Telecom - 2.04
Fewer deaths, complications with robotic bladder cancer surgery, but cost is higher
By Rachel Champeau April 02, 2012 Category: Academics & Faculty , Arts & Humanities , Campus News , Health Sciences , Research , UCLA News With technological advancements opening the door to less invasive medical procedures, robotic-assisted surgery is becoming increasingly popular, despite being more expensive than traditional surgery.

Physics/Astronomy - Computer Science/Telecom - 14.12.2011
The "Supernova of a Generation" Shows Its Stuff
It was the brightest and closest stellar explosion seen from Earth in 25 years, dazzling professional and backyard astronomers alike. Now, thanks to this rare discovery—which some have called the "supernova of a generation"—astronomers have the most detailed picture yet of how this kind of explosion happens.

Computer Science/Telecom - Physics/Astronomy - 6.12.2011
Computer Simulations Shed Light on the Physics of Rainbows
Researchers simulated a variety of rainbows. Here, their simulations, bounded by black boxes, are inserted into photographs of real rainbows. Computer scientists at UC San Diego, who set out to simulate all rainbows found in nature, wound up answering questions about the physics of rainbows as well.

Computer Science/Telecom - Physics/Astronomy - 17.11.2011
More reliable and power efficient ferroelectric memories
A team documented what is called the nanoscale switching of a ferroelectric memory bit. Ferroelectric materials have the potential to replace some of the current memory technologies, and may offer greater storage and require less power to retain computer data.

Computer Science/Telecom - Business/Economics - 3.11.2011
Computer scientists identify Yelp security leak
Weakness in social media site, exposing users' personal data, has been corrected Computer scientists at Harvard, Boston University, and Yale stumbled upon a privacy leak in the mobile version of the popular Yelp social networking review site ( m.yelp.com ) in late October.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Computer Science/Telecom - 29.09.2011
MIT: Computer science gives a boost to heart health
A new study shows that using computer science techniques to help determine risk of death in heart attack sufferers yields more accurate results. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), the University of Michigan, Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and Harvard Medical School have developed a new tool that can more accurately determine risk of death in patients who have suffered a heart attack.

Computer Science/Telecom - Life Sciences - 12.07.2011
Engineers build a nanoscale device for brain-inspired computing
Researchers at the Stanford School of Engineering have delivered a nanoelectronic synapse that might drive a new class of microchips that can learn, adapt and make probability-based decisions in complex environments.

Computer Science/Telecom - Mathematics - 28.06.2011
The math of the Rubik’s cube
New research establishes the relationship between the number of squares in a Rubik?s-cube-type puzzle and the maximum number of moves required to solve it. Last August, 30 years after the Rubik's cube first appeared, an international team of researchers proved that no matter how scrambled a cube got, it could be solved in no more than 20 moves.

Computer Science/Telecom - 18.05.2011
’Mind reading’ brain scans reveal secrets of human vision
"Mind reading" scans show that, to our brains, a sparse line drawing of a street scene is almost as recognizable as a detailed color photograph. Researchers were able to determine that study participants were looking at this street scene even when the participants were only looking at the outline.

Physics/Astronomy - Computer Science/Telecom - 11.04.2011
Physicists Discover New Way to Visualize Warped Space and Time
PASADENA, Calif.—When black holes slam into each other, the surrounding space and time surge and undulate like a heaving sea during a storm. This warping of space and time is so complicated that physicists haven't been able to understand the details of what goes on—until now.

Computer Science/Telecom - Literature/Linguistics - 10.02.2011
What determines the length of words?
Why are some words short and others long? For decades, a prominent theory has held that words used frequently are short in order to make language efficient: It would not be economical if 'the' were as long as ‘phenomenology,' in this view.

Mathematics - Computer Science/Telecom - 3.01.2011
Mathematical model shows how groups split into factions
The school dance committee is split; one group wants an "Alice in Wonderland" theme; the other insists on "Vampire Jamboree." Mathematics could have predicted it. Social scientists have long argued that when under stress, social networks either end up all agreeing or splitting into two opposing factions.

Earth Sciences - Computer Science/Telecom - 8.12.2010
Redrawing the map of Great Britain based on human interaction
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - A group of researchers at MIT, Cornell University and University College London have used one of the world's largest databases of telecommunications records to redraw the map of Great Britain.