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Researchers from the University of Washington (UW) and Microsoft Research Connections (MRC) are working together to develop a non-invasive, technological solution that promises to improve both the

Learn how technology that helps manage data from clinical trials is facilitating the implementation of a clinical trial investigating a method to reduce childhood mortality caused by pneumonia in

Meet Purity, a young South African woman who knows, first-hand, the physical, mental, and emotional pain that HIV inflicts on those infected with the virus.

More than 1.8 million people die of HIV-related causes each year—approximately 5,000 deaths per day. HIV is a particularly significant threat in the sub-Saharan region of Africa.

Meet Purity, a young South African woman who knows, first-hand, the physical, mental, and emotional pain that HIV inflicts on those infected with the virus.

More than 1.8 million people die of HIV-related causes each year—approximately 5,000 deaths per day. HIV is a particularly significant threat in the sub-Saharan region of Africa.

Researchers from the University of Washington (UW) and Microsoft Research Connections (MRC) are working together to develop a non-invasive, technological solution that promises to improve both the

Robotic technologies have the potential to play a major role in search-and-rescue missions—particularly in disaster areas that are dangerous for humans.

This video shows handheld projector systems have the potential to enable users to dynamically augment environments with digital graphics.

HoloDesk is a novel interactive system combining an optical see through display and Kinect camera to create the illusion that users are directly interacting with 3D graphics.

Microsoft Research Asia and Bing's engineering teams in China and the US collaborated to develop "Tiger," the next-generation index serving platform for Bing.

We are starting to see a fundamental transformation in how we interact with computers and what we can expect from them.

Microsoft researchers are rethinking computing, whether it is the transformative effects of many-core parallelism on programming systems and architectures to massive cloud-computing systems and

Microsoft researchers around the globe highlight research contributions to Kinect for Xbox 360 and collaborations with the team that developed the product.

At Microsoft Research, we are celebrating 20 years of turning ideas into products that deliver wonderful things for people.

KinectFusion takes live depth data from a moving depth camera and creates high-quality 3-D models in real time. The system enables a user to scan a whole room and its contents within seconds.

Peter Lee and Jim Larus describe what brought them to Redmond--and what keeps them there. Learn more research.microsoft.com/20anniversary

Research is an essential part of being human. From blue sky breakthrough ideas to finding solutions for small problems, research can help.

For Microsoft Research's 20th anniversary, researchers and collaborators share their thoughts about the future of Microsoft Research and computer science.

What gets a researcher up in the morning? Hear some firsthand accounts. Learn more research.microsoft.com/20anniversary

The people who work at Microsoft Research that make the organization come to life. Hear a few of them describe what it's like to work here. Learn more research.microsoft.com/20anniversary

Computer-science collaborators describe Microsoft Research's role as a leader and partner. Learn more research.microsoft.com/20anniversary

With the explosion of data collection that is outpacing Moore's Law, Microsoft Research is developing and applying algorithms to massive amounts of data to help understand the genetic causes of

Partners and collaborators look back at 20 years of Microsoft Research and share their thoughts on the importance of the organization today. Learn more research.microsoft.com/20anniversary

Microsoft researchers continue to work to revolutionize our relationships with computers as they become more like us and do more for us.

The Kinect-based Object Digitization project enables the creation of 3-D objects based on just a couple of snapshots.

We present KinectFusion, a system that takes live depth data from a moving depth camera and in real-time creates high-quality 3D models.

Microsoft Research and Microsoft Hardware collaborated to develop the Touch Mouse.

What do you get when you bring 36 developers together for 24 hours to dream and code on Kinect?

Developers who were given early access to the Kinect for Windows SDK beta talk about the features they love—including skeletal tracking and speech recognition—and the amazing applications this SDK