A James Cook University scientist is part of an international team that’s used new ‘big data’ analysis to achieve a major advance in understanding neurological disorders su... Read more
A group of Florida Museum of Natural History scientists has issued a “call to action” to use big data to tackle longstanding questions about plant diversity and evolution and forecast how pl... Read more
Researchers harness big data to improve poverty maps, a much-needed tool to aid world’s most vulnerable For years, policymakers have relied upon surveys and census data to track and respond... Read more
Researchers at Columbia University, Princeton and Harvard University have developed a new approach for analyzing big data that can drastically improve the ability to make accurate prediction... Read more
Early influenza detection and the ability to predict outbreaks are critical to public health. Reliable estimates of when influenza will peak can help drive proper timing of flu shots and pre... Read more
Helping computers learn to tackle big-data problems outside their comfort zones Imagine combing through thousands of mugshots desperately looking for a match. If time is of the essence, the... Read more
New technologies and big data are revolutionizing how we track and protect threatened species. The challenge is how to use all this new information most wisely. Scientists estimate that we a... Read more
FREQUENT visitors to the Hustler Club, a gentlemen’s entertainment venue in New York, could not have known that they would become part of a debate about anonymity in the era of “big data”. B... Read more
The technology world is looking at ways to make everything more efficient. The question is, will this be good for the many, or the mighty few? Earlier this month, General Electric announced... Read more
A fast-paced game app where players pretend they are baggage screening officers operating airport x-ray scanners has provided researchers with billions of pieces of data in record time, acco... Read more
Stanford researchers are building layers of logic and memory into skyscraper chips that are smaller, faster, cheaper – and taller For decades, the mantra of electronics has been smaller, fas... Read more
Botanists at Trinity College Dublin have launched a database with information that documents significant ‘life events’ for nearly 600 plant species across the globe. They clubbed together wi... Read more
A photo is worth a thousand words, but what if the image could also represent thousands of other images? New software developed by UC Berkeley computer scientists seeks to tame the vast amou... Read more
IBM plans to spend $3 billion over the next five years on research and development for computer chips, both to stretch the limits of conventional semiconductors and to hasten the commerciali... Read more