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Teaching Ventures Catch the Programming Wave
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Teaching Ventures Catch the Programming Wave

With computer programmers in demand, new start-ups that aim to train people in coding skills are also becoming hot properties.

Study Debunks Myths About Gender and Math Performance
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Study Debunks Myths About Gender and Math Performance

A major study of recent international data on school mathematics performance casts doubt on some common assumptions about gender and math achievement — in particular...

Silicon Fen Shows Off Its Wares at Cambridge Showcase
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Silicon Fen Shows Off Its Wares at Cambridge Showcase

The iPad hovers over the poster showing a picture of a fire. Suddenly the static image bursts into flames with a crackle.

Minorities, Women Often Discouraged From Entering Engineering, Science Fields
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Minorities, Women Often Discouraged From Entering Engineering, Science Fields

Many female and minority scientists claim they were discouraged from going into their chosen profession, according to Bayer's Facts of Science Education XV survey...

Dna: The Next Big Hacking Frontier
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Dna: The Next Big Hacking Frontier

Imagine computer-designed viruses that cure disease, new bacteria capable of synthesizing an unlimited fuel supply, new organisms that wipe out entire populations...

Vision Scientists Demonstrate Innovative Learning Method
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Vision Scientists Demonstrate Innovative Learning Method

New research suggests it may be possible to learn high-performance tasks with little or no conscious effort through visual perceptual learning.

Metal Lab Develops Multiple Ways to Experience Virtual Reality
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Metal Lab Develops Multiple Ways to Experience Virtual Reality

Iowa State University's METaL virtual reality facility is designed to be a versatile, everyday research tool. It will be used to study and develop 3-D visual display...

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Pentagon Fast-Tracks Hacker Research

The Pentagon has long had a love-hate relationship with computer hackers: On the outside, they can infiltrate vulnerable defense networks. On the inside, they...

Programming Should Take Pride of Place in Our Schools
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Programming Should Take Pride of Place in Our Schools

If we don't change the way ICT is thought about and taught, we're shutting the door on our children's futures.

Women in It
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Women in It

Men are still dominant when it comes to top IT positions in higher education, and  women face in the field face numerous challenges. Dominican University CIO Jill...

With a Leaner Model, Start-­ps Reach Further Afield
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With a Leaner Model, Start-­ps Reach Further Afield

Lee Redden, 26, a Ph.D. student in engineering at Stanford, recently decided to shelve his education and help found a start-up company.

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Retailers Are Losing the Software Talent Wars

For a decade, Target outsourced its website operations to Amazon.com. The Minneapolis retail giant began preparing two years ago to take control of the site when...

STEM Literacy Beyond STEM Occupations
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STEM Literacy Beyond STEM Occupations

A new report from Georgetown University defines why science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) literacy is important both inside and outside STEM fields,...

Gchq Aims to Recruit Computer Hackers with Code-Cracking Web Site
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Gchq Aims to Recruit Computer Hackers with Code-Cracking Web Site

Government intelligence service targets "self-taught" hackers with cryptic Web site that features no obvious branding.

Picture This: Better Decisions Through Data Visualization
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Picture This: Better Decisions Through Data Visualization

Can you visualize data? That’s the question raised by the Data Visualization Student Challenge, a U.S. Department of Transportation competition that invited college...

Technology-Rich Learning Environment Improves Tech Retention Rates
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Technology-Rich Learning Environment Improves Tech Retention Rates

Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology have found that use of a technology-rich learning environment in undergraduate engineering-technology courses...

Building It Talent From the Ground ­p
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Building It Talent From the Ground ­p

Interest in technology, particularly consumer technology, is at an all-time-high among teenagers in Hong Kong. But that passion isn't encouraging students to pursue...

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How to Get Your Kid Into an Elite Computer Science Program

Robotics competitions, programming skills tip the scales for college applicants; being a girl helps.

Hottest Major on Campus? Computer Science
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Hottest Major on Campus? Computer Science

The nation's best undergraduate computer science programs are bracing for a record number of applications this fall, as more students are lured by plentiful jobs...

Foreign Firms Troll For Tech Grads
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Foreign Firms Troll For Tech Grads

Foreign technology companies, many of which are led by foreign-born tech workers who left the U.S. due to visa issues, increasingly are recruiting some of the U...
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