In one small win for Einstein, one giant win for mankind, scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute have proved his General Theory of Relativity on a cosmic scale through their research of large galaxy clusters. Accordingly, the clusters — which [...]
Microsoft Research celebrates 20 years of crazy innovation
Microsoft Research was founded way back in 1991 as a way of turning cutting edge concepts into products. Over the years, the division has been behind some of the most exciting ideas that have come out of Redmond, from fluffy [...]
Cellular Networks Have Issues, Says Research
A group of researchers from the University of Michigan and Microsoft Research released a paper titled An Untold Story of Middleboxes in Cellular Networks in which they reveal why and how cellular service is both sub-optimal and insecure. How did [...]
MIT research team improves wireless security, is starting with the man in the middle
Now that they’ve finished building a robot capable of making cakes, MIT’s researchers can get on with the serious business of improving our wireless security. In a new study it reveals a technique dubbed tamper-evident pairing that stops so-called man-in-the-middle [...]
YC-Funded Science Exchange: A Central Marketplace For Core Research Facilities
Scientists, get ready for some disruption. Last month I wrote about Quartzy, a nifty startup that’s looking to help scientists streamline their labs by making it easy to keep track of who has which reagents (which is actually a bigger [...]
That's pretty amazing, it'll be really useful for handing out ...