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Blockchain: A Better Way to Track Pork Chops, Bonds, Bad Peanut Butter?
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Blockchain: A Better Way to Track Pork Chops, Bonds, Bad Peanut Butter?

Frank Yiannas has spent years looking in vain for a better way to track lettuce, steaks and snack cakes from farm and factory to the shelves of Walmart, where he...

Bubble-Recoil Could Be Used to Cool Microchips, Even in Space
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Bubble-Recoil Could Be Used to Cool Microchips, Even in Space

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have shown how a miniscule vapor-recoil force can be harnessed to cool high-power microelectronics, even in...

Brain-Controlled Robots
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Brain-Controlled Robots

A team from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and Boston University has created a feedback system that lets people communicate with...

Model Considers Personality to Help Manage Smartphone Interruptions
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Model Considers Personality to Help Manage Smartphone Interruptions

A Rutgers University study reveals that personality traits influence and help predict a user's receptiveness to smartphone notifications.

Forget Welding. The Hottest New Vocational Schools Do Digital Design
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Forget Welding. The Hottest New Vocational Schools Do Digital Design

"Ten years ago no one even knew what user experience design was," says John Paul Rowan, vice president at the Savannah College of Art and Design. No longer. Like...

Nasa Orbiter Steers Clear of Mars Moon Phobos
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Nasa Orbiter Steers Clear of Mars Moon Phobos

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft performed a previously unscheduled maneuver this week to avoid a collision in the near future with Mars' moon Phobos.

Printing Data-Driven Wearables That Mimic Nature
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Printing Data-Driven Wearables That Mimic Nature

MIT lecturer Jessica Rosenkrantz writes programs that mimick processes in nature to "grow" objects that can be digitally fabricated.

Amazon Deepens University Ties in Artificial Intelligence Race
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Amazon Deepens University Ties in Artificial Intelligence Race

Amazon.com Inc has launched a new program to help students build capabilities into its voice-controlled assistant Alexa, the company told Reuters, the latest move...

Online Platform Plays Matchmaker For Researchers Seeking Collaborators
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Online Platform Plays Matchmaker For Researchers Seeking Collaborators

The newly launched Research4Impact networking site connects people from the academic, nonprofit, and government sectors who are interested in collaborating.

Laid-Off It Workers Worry ­.s. Is Losing Tech Jobs to Outsourcing
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Laid-Off It Workers Worry ­.s. Is Losing Tech Jobs to Outsourcing

IT workers laid off by the University of California, San Francisco and replaced by an Indian outsourcing firm are concerned that high-paying positions may be a...

Singing Posters and Talking Shirts: Turning Everyday Objects Into Fm Radio Stations
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Singing Posters and Talking Shirts: Turning Everyday Objects Into Fm Radio Stations

A new technique pioneered by University of Washington engineers uses ambient radio signals to turn everyday objects into FM radio stations.

Want to Explore the Deep Sea? The Secret Is Sound
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Want to Explore the Deep Sea? The Secret Is Sound

No place on this planet is more inhospitable to human life than the deep oceans.

Scientists Demo Physical Design of Non-Deterministic ­niversal Turing Machine
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Scientists Demo Physical Design of Non-Deterministic ­niversal Turing Machine

Researchers from The University of Manchester have shown that it is possible to build a non-deterministic universal Turing machine using DNA molecules.

Nsa Risks Talent Exodus Amid Morale Slump, Trump Fears
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Nsa Risks Talent Exodus Amid Morale Slump, Trump Fears

The National Security Agency risks a brain-drain of hackers and cyber spies due to a tumultuous reorganization and worries about the acrimonious relationship between...

How the Media Are ­sing Encryption Tools to Collect Anonymous Tips
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How the Media Are ­sing Encryption Tools to Collect Anonymous Tips

There was a time when a whistleblower had to rely on the Postal Service, or a pay phone, or an underground parking garage to leak to the press.

Nsf Grant Supports 'research Experiences For ­ndergraduates' Program
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Nsf Grant Supports 'research Experiences For ­ndergraduates' Program

Florida Atlantic University has received a $339,984 National Science Foundation grant to host a summer research program designed to encourage undergraduates students...

How Artificial Intelligence Will Save Lives In the 21st Century
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How Artificial Intelligence Will Save Lives In the 21st Century

Researchers using machine learning achieved an exponential advance in suicide prediction, potentially giving clinicians the ability to predict who will attempt...

Trump Signs Laws to Promote Women in STEM
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Trump Signs Laws to Promote Women in STEM

Two new laws signed by President Donald Trump will let NASA and the National Science Foundation push for women and girls to get into STEM fields.

Triboelectric Nanogenerators Boost Mass Spectrometry Performance
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Triboelectric Nanogenerators Boost Mass Spectrometry Performance

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have shown that replacing conventional power supplies with triboelectric nanogenerators can boost the sensitivity...

Computational Models Guide Swarms of Flying Drones
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Computational Models Guide Swarms of Flying Drones

Using principles inspired by bird and insect behavior, University at Buffalo engineers are creating software to enable teams of off-the-shelf drones to work together...
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