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China's Tianhe-2 Remains Atop Top500 Supercomputer List
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China's Tianhe-2 Remains Atop Top500 Supercomputer List

For the fifth consecutive time, the Tianhe-2 supercomputer developed by China's National University of Defense Technology, has retained its position as the world's...

Screen Addiction Is Taking a Toll on Children
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Screen Addiction Is Taking a Toll on Children

Excessive use of computer games among young people in China appears to be taking an alarming turn and may have particular relevance for American parents whose children...

Computing at the Speed of Light
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Computing at the Speed of Light

Sergio Cantu, a second-year Ph.D. student at MIT, studies lasers to increase computational speed and security.

Study Highlights Striking Racial and Gender Gaps in High School STEM
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Study Highlights Striking Racial and Gender Gaps in High School STEM

High school boys are more likely to take engineering and technology classes and to consider pursuing postsecondary STEM majors, despite the fact that male and female...

Researchers Develop Basic Computing Elements For Bacteria
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Researchers Develop Basic Computing Elements For Bacteria

Sensors, memory switches, and circuits can be encoded in common human gut bacterium.

Moxie Marlinspike: The Coder Who Encrypted Your Texts
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Moxie Marlinspike: The Coder Who Encrypted Your Texts

In the past decade, Moxie Marlinspike has squatted on an abandoned island, toured the U.S. by hopping trains, he says, and earned the enmity of government officials...

Toss Your Manual Overboard; Augmented Reality Aims at Big Industry
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Toss Your Manual Overboard; Augmented Reality Aims at Big Industry

For better or for worse, augmented reality (AR) is charging forward in the consumer space—but there's a place for AR in the industrial world as well.

Rowan Vr Center Expands Research, Partnership Opportunities
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Rowan Vr Center Expands Research, Partnership Opportunities

A new Virtual Reality Center at Rowan University provides state-of-the-art research capabilities to Rowan students and professors as well as regional businesses...

The Secret Startup That Saved the Worst Website in America
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The Secret Startup That Saved the Worst Website in America

Loren Yu was on a weekend trip in Los Angeles when he received an urgent email from a friend. The friend, Kalvin Wang, had a proposition.

I Spent Spring Break Teaching Girls to Code
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I Spent Spring Break Teaching Girls to Code

During spring break, I taught thirty girls how to complete projects in game design with Scratch, develop apps with MIT AppInventor, create robotics programs with...

Seven Teams Reach 2016 DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge Finals
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Seven Teams Reach 2016 DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge Finals

Seven teams have earned the right to compete in the finals of DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge, a tournament designed to speed the development of automated security...

The 24/7 Search For Killer Quakes
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The 24/7 Search For Killer Quakes

At 17 minutes past midnight on Saturday 25 April, Rob Sanders's computer started chiming with alerts.

Analyzing Galaxy Images with Ai: Astronomers Teach a Machine How to 'see'
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Analyzing Galaxy Images with Ai: Astronomers Teach a Machine How to 'see'

A team of astronomers and computer scientists at the University of Hertfordshire have taught a machine to analyze galaxy images with artificial intelligence.

Csail Report: Giving Government Special Access to Data Poses Major Security Risks
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Csail Report: Giving Government Special Access to Data Poses Major Security Risks

Granting governments access to encrypted data would increase data security concerns, the authors of a new report say.

Climate Scientists Discuss Future of Their Field
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Climate Scientists Discuss Future of Their Field

Some 2,000 climate scientists are flocking to Paris this week to chew over their research ahead of December's crucial round of negotiations in the French capital...

For Start-­ps, How Many Angels Is Too Many?
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For Start-­ps, How Many Angels Is Too Many?

Shortly after presenting her start-up to potential investors at a conference, Nancy Hua was bombarded by eager suitors.

Building Blocks Focus on Email Security and Piv Credentials
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Building Blocks Focus on Email Security and Piv Credentials

NIST  has proposed two new cybersecurity building blocks, one to help organizations improve the security of email, the other to enable mobile devices to provide...

Car Dashboards That Act Like Smart Phones Raise Safety Issues
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Car Dashboards That Act Like Smart Phones Raise Safety Issues

When it comes to dashboard displays that are more like smart phones, two things are clear: Customers want them, and automakers are intent on supplying them.

Could Black Phosphorus Be the Next Silicon?
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Could Black Phosphorus Be the Next Silicon?

Research suggests the material could make it possible to pack more transistors on a chip.

Autonomous Taxis Would Deliver Significant Environmental and Economic Benefits
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Autonomous Taxis Would Deliver Significant Environmental and Economic Benefits

A new study from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that a fleet of driverless taxis would be cost-effective and would greatly reduce per-mile greenhouse...
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