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Computer Scientist Explores Device-Independent Mobile Apps
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Computer Scientist Explores Device-Independent Mobile Apps

Eli Tilevich of Virginia Tech has garnered a Microsoft Research Software Engineering Innovation Foundation Award to solve the problems of porting applications across...

Within Reach: Engineers to Add Arms and Hands to ­AVs
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Within Reach: Engineers to Add Arms and Hands to ­AVs

Engineers at Drexel University will investigate adding dexterous limbs to unmanned aerial vehicles as part of a U.S. National Science Foundation grant.

Identifying Dolphins With Technology
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Identifying Dolphins With Technology

A computer program developed by students at Eckerd College simplifies the process of manual photo identification of bottlenose dolphins and other species.

Writing Graphics Software Gets Much Easier
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Writing Graphics Software Gets Much Easier

A new programming language for image-processing algorithms yields code that's much shorter and clearer — but also faster.

Finding the Talent Your Business Needs
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Finding the Talent Your Business Needs

How CIOs are meeting the challenge of a small high-tech pool by making the most of the teams they have.

Forget Pencils and Paper: Smartphones and E-Readers Are the New School Supplies
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Forget Pencils and Paper: Smartphones and E-Readers Are the New School Supplies

The use of technology in the classroom is growing beyond computers to improve student learning, according to Kansas State University education technology expert...

Encouraging College Women Into STEM Studies
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Encouraging College Women Into STEM Studies

Research suggests that attracting women to STEM fields may be about learning connections and not just role models.

Why Investors Willingly Pay Speed Traders Extra Billions
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Why Investors Willingly Pay Speed Traders Extra Billions

When high-frequency traders defend themselves against criticism that they're screwing up the stock market by distorting prices or making it more volatile, their...

Is Algebra Necessary?
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Is Algebra Necessary?

A typical American school day finds some six million high school students and two million college freshmen struggling with algebra.

Roosevelt Island: New York's New Tech Hub
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Roosevelt Island: New York's New Tech Hub

In a sliver of land in New York City's East River, where a lunatic asylum and smallpox hospital once stood, banners proclaim with unabashed assurance (or chutzpah)...

Columbia ­niversity Creates Data Sciences Institute
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Columbia ­niversity Creates Data Sciences Institute

As part of its Applied Sciences NYC Initiative, New York City will assist Columbia University's plan to create a world-class center for data sciences and engineering...

Ten-Year-Old Problem in Theoretical Computer Science Falls
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Ten-Year-Old Problem in Theoretical Computer Science Falls

Computer scientists have finally answered the question of whether whether shared entanglement between the provers in multiprover interactive proof systems weaken...

Google Science Fair Answers and Raises Questions
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Google Science Fair Answers and Raises Questions

Here's what a successful scientist looks like: Sabera Talukder is standing in an elegantly lighted hall at Google, surrounded by peers from around the world, explaining...

Startup's Software Simulates Wireless Environments
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Startup's Software Simulates Wireless Environments

A Tennessee company, Networcsim, has licensed software from Oak Ridge National Laboratory that will help industries install wireless networks more cost-effectively...

Are Social Media Making the Resume Obsolete?
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Are Social Media Making the Resume Obsolete?

Social networking sites such as Facebook are starting to replace the paper resume as the primary way for professional workers to attract the attention of recruiters...

­niversities Invited to Train Cyber Spooks
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­niversities Invited to Train Cyber Spooks

The British government is hoping to shore up its defenses against cybercrime through post-graduate training, and has asked universities to apply for funding to...

Visualization Tool Analyzes Large-Scale Data Sets
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Visualization Tool Analyzes Large-Scale Data Sets

A research team at the Georgia Tech Research Institute has developed a software tool that enables users to perform in-depth analysis of modeling and simulation...

­niversity Researchers Are Designing, Building Robotic Manta Ray
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­niversity Researchers Are Designing, Building Robotic Manta Ray

Stingrays and manta rays are among nature's most elegant swimmers. Researchers at four universities are trying to emulate the seemingly effortless but powerful...

Cell Phone Screener Identifies Women With Anemia in the Developing World
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Cell Phone Screener Identifies Women With Anemia in the Developing World

Biomedical engineering students at Johns Hopkins University have invented a way to use cell phones in developing nations to identify pregnant women with dangerous...

Card Game Lets Players Try Their Hand at Computer Security
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Card Game Lets Players Try Their Hand at Computer Security

A new card game developed by University of Washington computer scientists gives teenage and young-adult players a taste of what it means to be a computer-security...
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