September 28, 2016

September 26, 2016

Venkat Padmanabhan received the 2016 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Engineering Sciences from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research India for his pioneering work on indoor localization, smartphone-based sensing and mobile communication. The award recognizes outstanding work in science and technology…

September 25, 2016

September 23, 2016

Microsoft Research says it is close to perfecting software that can measure tumours accurately in 3D from normal Computerised Tomography (CT) scans. The job of determining the extent of tumours is currently done by hand with limited accuracy. The "Inner…

September 21, 2016

Bill Thies was named a 2016 Fellow of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for his work creating communication and digital technologies to advance the social and economic well-being of low-income communities in the developing world. He is a…

September 21, 2016

Josh Benaloh received the 2016 Pioneer Award in August 2016 from the Electronic Frontier Foundation for his contribution to the “Keys Under Doormats” report. The publication argues against requests from Congress and law enforcement agencies for exceptional access to encrypted data and…

September 20, 2016

Microsoft says its eventual goal is to make cells into living computers that could someday be programmed—and even reprogrammed—to treat diseases like cancer.

September 20, 2016

In the summer of 2015 a team of hackers attempted to take control of an unmanned military helicopter known as Little Bird. The helicopter, which is similar to the piloted version long-favored for U.S. special operations missions, was stationed at…

September 20, 2016

Although individual projects vary widely, Microsoft's overarching philosophy toward solving cancer focuses on two basic approaches: one is rooted in the idea that cancer and other biological processes are information processing systems, and the other is more data-driven.