Fitness Tests for Old Nuclear Reactors
Can nuclear power stations operate safely for 80 years?
August 2012
Computing | Cover Story
Low-Power Chips to Model a Billion Neurons
A miniature, massively parallel computer, powered by a million ARM processors, could produce the best brain simulations yet
By Steve FurberFeatures
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Chinese Search Giant Goes Mobile
A new smartphone OS is Baidu’s bid to own mobile search
Curiosity’s 1-Ton Touchdown
The Mars rover will rely on dead reckoning and radar to land on the Red Planet
Declarations of Cyberwar
What the revelations about the U.S.-Israeli origin of Stuxnet mean for warfare
Opinion
Africans Dial Up Innovation
No longer content to import technology, Africans are using cellphones to spur indigenous innovation
Measuring the Impact of Altmetrics
When it comes to ranking academic influence, PageRank is just the start
Virtual Reality Is Addictive and Unhealthy
Interactive technologies give us a quick fix, and that's not a good thing
Departments
Adobe Lightroom and Corel AfterShot Pro
Two programs can help you get your photo house in order
How to Run the Khan Academy Off-line
With a basic knowledge of HTML, you can tailor this complex app to your needs
Pocket Studios
Hollywood pros are starting to use smartphones to record music and film
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