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How Nasa Steers the International Space Station Around Space Junk
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How Nasa Steers the International Space Station Around Space Junk

Orbiting about 250 miles (400-ish km) above our heads is one of the most complex and expensive engineering projects that the human race has ever put together: the...

Huawei's Best-Kept Secret: An Army of Engineers
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Huawei's Best-Kept Secret: An Army of Engineers

Huawei Technologies Co. has made a name supplying network equipment to clients world-wide, but the Chinese company's emphasis on research and development over manufacturing...

Portable Imaging System Provides Real-Time Inspection of Sealed Containers
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Portable Imaging System Provides Real-Time Inspection of Sealed Containers

A unique, lightweight, compact, low-cost X-ray system that uses the MiniMAX camera to provide real-time inspection of sealed containers and facilities.

Technology ­nlocks a Secret About a 10th Century Poem
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Technology ­nlocks a Secret About a 10th Century Poem

With the help of computer analysis, a team of Wheaton scholars has uncovered a 1,200-year-old secret about an Old English poem.

Why the Airline Industry Needs Another Data Revolution
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Why the Airline Industry Needs Another Data Revolution

Over the years, airline travel has been a prime testbed for advanced computing and data tools.

The Only Thing Programmers Have to Fear Is... All of These Things
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The Only Thing Programmers Have to Fear Is... All of These Things

Software developer is generally considered a pretty good job, and with good reason.

Evolution Makes the Grade
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Evolution Makes the Grade

Five US states have adopted science education standards that recommend introducing two highly charged topics—climate-change science and evolution—into classrooms...

High Potential
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High Potential

In 2006, when Tomás Palacios completed his PhD in electrical and computer engineering at the University of California at Santa Barbara, he was torn between taking...

Twitter Etiquette: The Do's and Don'ts of Tweeting
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Twitter Etiquette: The Do's and Don'ts of Tweeting

Don't embarrass yourself, lose a job, or tarnish your image with one dumb tweet.

Data Scientists Most Sought After
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Data Scientists Most Sought After

There is a growing demand by U.S. employers for data scientists who can analyze and manipulate the mountains of information generated and stored in the Internet...

Intel Technology Chief Rattner to Step Down
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Intel Technology Chief Rattner to Step Down

One of the most familiar faces at Intel events, Justin Rattner, is giving up the post of chief technology officer at the giant chip maker.

The Most Important Radio Station You've Never Heard of Marks 50 Years on the Air
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The Most Important Radio Station You've Never Heard of Marks 50 Years on the Air

Every night, while millions of Americans are fast asleep, clocks and wristwatches across the country wake up and lock on to a radio signal beamed from the base...

Investors Buy Into Software-Defined Networks, Will Customers Follow?
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Investors Buy Into Software-Defined Networks, Will Customers Follow?

As Superstorm Sandy bore down on the East coast last year, companies with data centers in its path needed another location fast. But moving computer servers is...

Protecting Data in the Cloud
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Protecting Data in the Cloud

A new hardware component design makes data encryption more secure by disguising cloud servers' memory-access patterns.  

Companies Look at Wrong Things When Using Facebook For Hiring
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Companies Look at Wrong Things When Using Facebook For Hiring

Employers using Facebook to screen job applicants may have a fundamental misunderstanding of online behavior and therefore may be eliminating desirable job candidates...

­.s. Public Supports ­se of ­nmanned Aircraft Systems
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­.s. Public Supports ­se of ­nmanned Aircraft Systems

A new report shows that a majority of the U.S. population supports the use of unmanned aircraft, or drones, for homeland security, fighting crime, search and rescue...

Thin-Film Diamonds May Enhance Electronics
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Thin-Film Diamonds May Enhance Electronics

Applying thin-film diamond coatings at lower temperatures expands options for manufacturers and may allow them to enhance future electronic devices.

The Seventy-Billion-Mile Telescope
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The Seventy-Billion-Mile Telescope

When I was a teen-ager, I spent many nights gazing through a telescope at an amateur observatory in Cranford, New Jersey. Saturn, to the naked eye, is a shining...

Siri's Creators Demonstrate an Assistant That Takes the Initiative
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Siri's Creators Demonstrate an Assistant That Takes the Initiative

In a small, dark, room off a long hallway within a sprawling complex of buildings in Silicon Valley, an array of massive flat-panel displays and video cameras track ...

Google Ventures Stresses Science of Deal, Not Art of the Deal
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Google Ventures Stresses Science of Deal, Not Art of the Deal

Here is how the venture capital game used to be played around here: A friend calls a friend who knows a guy.
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