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German-Style Training For American Factory Workers
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German-Style Training For American Factory Workers

German robotics company Festo AG wants to make American factory workers more tech-savvy.

Map of Body's Protein-Folding Machinery Wins a Major Medical Prize
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Map of Body's Protein-Folding Machinery Wins a Major Medical Prize

It's speculation season once again for Nobel Prize watchers.

Google Is Target of European Backlash on ­.s. Tech Dominance
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Google Is Target of European Backlash on ­.s. Tech Dominance

A top German official called for Google to be broken up.

Making Artificial Membranes on Silicon
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Making Artificial Membranes on Silicon

Artificial membranes mimicking those found in living organisms have been developed by scientists in Chile through a "dry" process, marking the first time an artificial...

Sandia Cyber-Testing Contributes to Dhs Transition to Practice
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Sandia Cyber-Testing Contributes to Dhs Transition to Practice

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transition to Practice program is giving cybersecurity technologies developed at the U.S. national laboratories a better...

Why I Just Asked My Students To Put Their Laptops Away
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Why I Just Asked My Students To Put Their Laptops Away

I teach theory and practice of social media at NYU, and am an advocate and activist for the free culture movement, so I’m a pretty unlikely candidate for internet...

Shenzhen Trip Report Visiting the World's Manufacturing Ecosystem
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Shenzhen Trip Report Visiting the World's Manufacturing Ecosystem

Last year, a group of Media Lab students visited Shenzhen with, bunnie, an old friend and my hardware guru.

The Man Who Will Build Google's Elusive Quantum Computer
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The Man Who Will Build Google's Elusive Quantum Computer

John Martinis is one of the world's foremost experts on quantum computing, a growing field of science that aims to process information at super high speeds using...

Doped Nanoribbons Called a Step Towards Graphene Transistor
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Doped Nanoribbons Called a Step Towards Graphene Transistor

Researchers from Empa and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research have developed a new method to selectively dope graphene molecules with nitrogen atoms...

Plate Tectonics Found on Europa
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Plate Tectonics Found on Europa

If you have got an idea for how to study Europa, then NASA wants to hear from you.

Manual Control
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Manual Control

Oblong Industries is bringing gesture-control technology developed for Steven Spielberg's "Minority Report" and other Hollywood films to corporate conference rooms...

Nato Agrees Cyber Attack Could Trigger Military Response
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Nato Agrees Cyber Attack Could Trigger Military Response

NATO leaders agreed on Friday that a large-scale cyber attack on a member country could be considered an attack on the entire U.S.-led alliance, potentially triggering...

Federal Funding for Basic Research Decreased Slightly in FY 2012
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Federal Funding for Basic Research Decreased Slightly in FY 2012

Federal funding for basic research performed at universities and colleges decreased 0.3 percent between fiscal years 2011 and 2012, according to the U.S. National...

Apple's iPhone 6 First Responders
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Apple's iPhone 6 First Responders

As Apple prepares to unveil the iPhone 6 on Sept. 9, engineers are toiling in secrecy to make sure everything works properly.

Consortium to Focus on Developing a New Architecture For the Internet
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Consortium to Focus on Developing a New Architecture For the Internet

Launching a critical new phase in developing the Internet of the future, a consortium of universities and technology companies will promote the development and...

Atomically Thin Material Opens a Door for Integrated Nanophotonic Circuits
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Atomically Thin Material Opens a Door for Integrated Nanophotonic Circuits

A new combination of materials can efficiently guide electricity and light along the same tiny wire, a finding that could be a step towards building computer...

E-Sports Set Video Gamers Fighting For Real Money in Virtual Contests
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E-Sports Set Video Gamers Fighting For Real Money in Virtual Contests

A bewitching creature—half woman, half deer—battles a shaman and a sentient tree.

The Coming Age of the Internet Naturalist
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The Coming Age of the Internet Naturalist

Three years ago, Shaun Winterton was looking at photos of bugs on Flickr.

Gigabytes Don't Matter Anymore in the Online Storage War
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Gigabytes Don't Matter Anymore in the Online Storage War

If you still think storing files online is all about who offers the most gigabytes for the lowest price, you weren't there when Jared Leto showed up at BoxWorks...

Quantum Patents Licensed for Commercial Encryption Applications
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Quantum Patents Licensed for Commercial Encryption Applications

Los Alamos National Laboratory has licensed a compact random-number-generation technology to Whitewood Encryption Systems for use in commercial cryptographic systems...
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