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Ad system that can spot an online shopper

NEWS: 11:00 11 July 2010

Fed up of sponsored links cluttering up online searches? A new system promises to reduce frustration by only serving up ads to shoppers

Animated 3D models extracted from single-camera video

NEWS: 11:00 10 July 2010 | 1 comment

People in video footage can be transformed into 3D computer animations, opening up the prospect of cheap motion capture

Innovation: Shrewd search engines know what you want

16:10 09 July 2010 | 2 comments

The next generation of search engines will pay more attention to users to help everyone get what they're after – except for computer hackers

Stabilisers will let deep-sea wind turbines stand tall

NEWS: 16:05 09 July 2010

Objections to offshore wind farms will disappear if the turbines can be built to float far out at sea

Nanoparticle bandages could detect and treat infection

15:34 09 July 2010 | 1 comment

A new kind of medical dressing uses bacteria's own toxins to trigger defence against infection

Google should answer some searching questions

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: 15:10 09 July 2010

The search engine's claims that its results are impartial are not supported by research, argues John M. Simpson

Wanted: little levers to probe the quantum divide

THIS WEEK: 17:58 08 July 2010 | 9 comments

We could probe the boundaries of the divide between the quantum and everyday-scale worlds by "entangling" two simple, tiny levers

Darwinian algorithm cuts the need for surgery

13:18 08 July 2010 | 1 comment

A genetic algorithm has reduced the power use of brain implants and thus the need for operations to replace their batteries

US cellphone expansion could deafen radio astronomers

UPFRONT: 11:48 08 July 2010 | 1 comment

A plan to expand the wireless spectrum could pull the curtains further over radio astronomers' window on the sky

Star wars: a new hope for arms control in space

THIS WEEK: 18:00 07 July 2010

The regulation of space weapons and satellite interceptors is back on the US agenda, but will everyone agree before Earth is caged in orbiting junk?

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Clouds add depth to computer landscapes

A single camera watching the shadows of clouds moving across a landscape can allow a computer to calculate topography

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Computerised critics to find music you'll like

For music sites to be better at suggesting sounds we will like, their computers need to be able to tell trance from tango

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Signs of hope in the Gulf: the final fix?

12:15 09 July 2010

News suggests it could be sooner rather than later that the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is stopped - but there potential pitfalls to navigate

First piloted solar-powered night flight

17:00 08 July 2010 - updated 17:29 08 July 2010

Solar Impulse's first plane flies for 26 hours straight, circling over Switzerland through the night on nothing but sunshine

Microwave universe: Planck's first hi-res image

15:19 05 July 2010 - updated 13:02 06 July 2010

The Planck telescope gives us a view of the oldest light in the universe, with a tenfold increase in resolution over the last telescope, says Kate McAlpine

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