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Ion bombardment of metal surfaces is an important, but poorly understood, nanomanufacturing technique. New research using sophisticated supercomputer simulations has shown what goes on in trillionths of a second. The advance could lead to better ways to predict the phenomenon and more uses of the technique to make new nanoscale products.

Engineers have shown that a computer can be taught to automatically label every song on the Internet using sets of examples provided by unpaid music fans. The researchers report that their solution, "game-powered machine learning," would enable music lovers to search every song on the web.

Web-based software dashboard helps facility managers assess the potential impact of settings changes or daylight harvesting applications.

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Google suffers its first patent defeat since taking over Motorola Mobility in a battle over how Android handles texts.

China embraces the smartphone app economy

Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind. - Donald Knuth

If you think you are worth what you know, you are very wrong. Your knowledge today does not have much value beyond a couple of years. Your value is what you can learn and how easily you can adapt to the changes this profession brings so often. - Jose M. Aguilar