Cryptocurrency tech is vulnerable to tampering, a DARPA analysis finds
A new analysis commissioned by DARPA quantifies how the decentralized tech that runs the currency system could be compromised.
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'Predatory Bacteria' Might Be Enlisted In Defense Against Antibiotic Resistance
Microbe-eating-microbes are found in "almost every ecosystem on Earth," says a defense department scientist who hopes bacteria of this type might one day be deployed to fight human infections.
Backflipping Robot Is A Giant Leap For Robot Kind
As it jumps, twists and lands a full backflip, Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot takes another step toward full functionality in a world designed for humans.
Electrical Stimulation To Boost Memory: Maybe It's All In The Timing
Research in epilepsy has found a key to why small pulses of electricity to the brain sometimes help and sometimes hurt a failing memory. Brains hurt by physical trauma or dementia might benefit, too.
Inside DARPA, The Pentagon Agency Whose Technology Has 'Changed the World'
Journalist Sharon Weinberger discusses the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency, which develops innovative scientific technologies for the military. Her new book is The Imagineers of War.
Someday Disposable Drones May Deliver A Payload, Then Vanish
DARPA, the Pentagon's R&D agency, is working with partners to develop low-cost gliders that travel about 100 miles and disappear within hours. The vehicles could have humanitarian and military uses.
At DARPA Challenge, Robots (Slowly) Move Toward Better Disaster Recovery
Developers of disaster recovery robots gathered in California this weekend to compete for a $2 million prize. Some robots shone. Many got stuck, moved at a snail's pace or fell down on the course.
The Pentagon Wants These Robots To Save The Day
A competition in California is trying to ready robots for disaster response. But the bots have a ways to go.