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The Sites That Know Your Dream Job Before You Do
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The Sites That Know Your Dream Job Before You Do

Maybe you read Gone Girl because Amazon recommended it; watched Breaking Bad because Netflix suggested you'd like it; even met the love of your life because OKCupid...

Researcher Awarded $1.2 Million to Study High Performance Materials
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Researcher Awarded $1.2 Million to Study High Performance Materials

The U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research has awarded $1,199,998 over three years to Giti Khodaparast of Virginia Tech to probe "Nonlinear and Terahertz...

Nanoscale Resistors For Quantum Devices
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Nanoscale Resistors For Quantum Devices

Researchers from the London Centre for Nanotechnology have made new thin-film chromium oxide resistors that could speed the development of quantum devices for computing...

Get Your Head Around the 13 Boldest Ideas in Science
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Get Your Head Around the 13 Boldest Ideas in Science

Science is full of mind-blowing and counterintuitive concepts.

Print Thyself
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Print Thyself

In February of 2012, a medical team at the University of Michigan's C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, in Ann Arbor, carried out an unusual operation on a three-month...

Boston Is an Innovation Hotbed and Doesn't Care Whether You Know It
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Boston Is an Innovation Hotbed and Doesn't Care Whether You Know It

The engineers and scientists spilling out of Greater Boston’s world-class universities built the foundations of the modern computing era and amassed the densest...

Apple and IBM Introduce First Offerings in Line of Mobile Apps For Business
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Apple and IBM Introduce First Offerings in Line of Mobile Apps For Business

For years, there has been a lot of talk about the consumerization of technology in the workplace. But so far, that has mostly meant employees using smartphones...

NIH Funds Robots to Assist People with Disabilities
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NIH Funds Robots to Assist People with Disabilities

Projects investigating co-robotics that might help with stroke rehabilitation, guide wheelchairs, and assist children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, are the focus...

7 Largest U.S. Districts to Teach Computer Science
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7 Largest U.S. Districts to Teach Computer Science

The U.S.'s seven largest school districts, which include New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Las Vegas, Houston, and Fort Lauderdale, are joining more than...

Power to the Internet of Things
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Power to the Internet of Things

As many as 50 billion devices will be online by the end of the decade.

The Huge, ­nseen Operation Behind the Accuracy of Google Maps
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The Huge, ­nseen Operation Behind the Accuracy of Google Maps

The maps we use to navigate have come a long way in a short time.

Microsoft Billionaire Takes On Cell Biology
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Microsoft Billionaire Takes On Cell Biology

Billionaire businessman and philanthropist Paul Allen plans to pump US$100 million into investigating the most basic unit of life—the cell.

Baer's Odyssey: Meet the Serial Inventor Who Built the World's First Game Console
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Baer's Odyssey: Meet the Serial Inventor Who Built the World's First Game Console

Even if you're a devoted fan of video games, there's a decent chance you're not familiar with the name Ralph H. Baer.

Unusual Electronic State Found in New Class of Unconventional Superconductors
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Unusual Electronic State Found in New Class of Unconventional Superconductors

A team of scientists has discovered an unusual form of electronic order in a new family of unconventional superconductors from which they can gain deeper insights...

Google's Intelligence Designer
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Google's Intelligence Designer

Demis Hassabis started playing chess at age four and soon blossomed into a child prodigy.

University Payloads Vie For Spot on 2018 Mars Mission
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University Payloads Vie For Spot on 2018 Mars Mission

Mars One announced ten Mars One University Competition finalists eligible to fly on the foundation's first unmanned Lander mission to Mars in 2018.

In North Korea, Hackers Are a Handpicked, Pampered Elite
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In North Korea, Hackers Are a Handpicked, Pampered Elite

Despite its poverty and isolation, North Korea has poured resources into a sophisticated cyber-warfare cell called Bureau 121, defectors from the secretive state...

Computer-Based Approach to Treating Anxiety May Reduce Suicide Risk
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Computer-Based Approach to Treating Anxiety May Reduce Suicide Risk

A group of psychology researchers at Florida State University have developed a computer-based approach to treating anxiety sensitivity that does not require a...

Computers That Teach By Example
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Computers That Teach By Example

MIT researchers have developed a pattern-recognition system that could improve human decision-making.

Hacked vs. Hackers: Game On
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Hacked vs. Hackers: Game On

Paul Kocher, one of the country's leading cryptographers, says he thinks the explanation for the world's dismal state of digital security may lie in two charts.
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