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Classical Computing Embraces Quantum Ideas

"Thinking quantumly" can lead to new insights into long-standing problems in classical computer science, mathematics and cryptography, regardless of whether quantum computers ever materialize...

New Machine Bridges Classical and Quantum Computing

So-called boson-sampling computers could serve as a stopgap until the development of more capable quantum computers

Scientific American Staff Picks: 10 Apps for Your Smart Phone or Tablet

Load up your new device with these geek-centric apps

January 2013 Briefing Memo

Tool Tells True Tweets from Fakes

An algorithm can evaluate tweets within the overall Twitter flow to assess their veracity. Larry Greenemeier reports

National Geographic Genographic 2.0

Citizen scientists can learn more about their genetic makeup and history, helping National Geographic researchers in the process

Instagram Says It Now Has the Right to Sell Your Photos

Instagram said today that it has the perpetual right to sell users' photographs without payment or notification, a dramatic policy shift that quickly sparked a public outcry

Engineers Hunt for Ways to Cool Computing

Increasingly, heat looms as the single largest obstacle to computing's continued advancement. Solutions could include liquid coolants or circuits arrayed on 3-D grids like the brain

Blood Clots Are Ready for Their Close-Up [Slide Show]

A new cutting-edge computer simulation of clot formation could improve treatments for stroke and heart attacks

Blood Clots Are Ready for Their Close-Up [Slide Show]

A new cutting-edge computer simulation of clot formation could improve treatments for stroke and heart attacks

Google Maps Already No. 1 among Free iPhone Apps

Google Maps gets back on the road on iOS

Google Tweaks Image Search to Make Porn Harder to Find

Search for porn using Google Image Search today and you might not find much

Exotic Quantum Effects Could Follow from Compound Now Confirmed to Conduct Only at Surface

New findings from three teams may solve a 40-year-old mystery regarding the odd electrical behavior of samarium hexaboride, which may be a topological insulator in its bulk form

Yahoo Mail Revamp Aims for Speed, Simplicity

The longstanding e-mail service underwent a revamp to focus on faster access to e-mail, fewer distractions, and an easier-to-use interface

Double-Star Systems May Hide a Third Companion

Scientists speculate that an energetic "kick" could boot a star out of orbit and drive the remaining pair closer together

Online Social Science: Can the Web Graduate from Digital Petri Dish to Virtual Laboratory?

Social scientist Duncan Watts talks about how the Web can deliver on its decade-old promises of delivering researchers with unprecedented access to fodder for behavioral research

Why 3-D Printing Matters for "Made in U.S.A."

The federal government plans to increase funding to institutions researching 3-D printing, a technology the White House hopes will boost U.S. manufacturing

McAfee's Rookie Mistake Gives Away His Location

The former software mogul was at a resort in Guatemala, according to geolocation metadata stored in an Internet photograph uploaded Monday

Does Size Matter? iPhone 5 vs. Galaxy S3 vs. Galaxy Note 2

Size matters to some smartphone consumers

Scientific American's 2012 Gadget Guide: Tech That Will Satisfy Your Inner Geek [Slide Show]

SA has combed shopping malls and Web sites for 10 of the geekiest gadgets that leverage science and technology in novel and surprising ways