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Fbi Seeks Social Media Monitoring Tool

The goal is to use the tool to keep on top of breaking events, incidents and emerging threats, the agency said in a recent Request for Information from IT vendors...

Genetics Inspired Research Prevents Cyber Attacks
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Genetics Inspired Research Prevents Cyber Attacks

Leveraging the concept of "survival of the fittest," Wake Forest University researchers are fighting the continual evolution of computer viruses, worms and malware...

Motherhood 'Detrimental' to Women's Scientific Careers, Study Concludes
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Motherhood 'Detrimental' to Women's Scientific Careers, Study Concludes

Women with advanced degrees in math-intensive academic fields drop out of fast-track research careers primarily because they want children — not because their...

Why Nasa's Really Into Making Video Games
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Why Nasa's Really Into Making Video Games

Most people think of NASA as an organization full of rocket scientists. But while the U.S. space agency has spent decades launching spaceships and working on other...

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The Age of Big Data

Good with numbers? Fascinated by data? The sound you hear is opportunity knocking.

Linux Job Openings on the Rise: Dice Report
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Linux Job Openings on the Rise: Dice Report

Dice reports that although Linux skills are in demand, finding talent is difficult for many organizations, which has boosted salaries and bonuses for Linux professionals...

Building a 'blind-Friendly' Internet
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Building a 'blind-Friendly' Internet

Rakesh Babu, a blind assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, says the Internet is critical to education and social interaction in today’s...

Darpa Dodges Obama Budget Death Ray, Keeps Its $2.8 Billion
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Darpa Dodges Obama Budget Death Ray, Keeps Its $2.8 Billion

For most of the U.S. military's far-flung community of scientists and engineers, Monday was a day to pop a Xanax.

Georgia Tech Develops Computational Algorithm to Assist in Cancer Treatments
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Georgia Tech Develops Computational Algorithm to Assist in Cancer Treatments

Georgia Tech has created a new data analysis algorithm that quickly transforms complex RNA sequence data into usable content for biologists and clinicians.

Scientists Deploy Lasers, Gps Technology to Improve Snow Measurements
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Scientists Deploy Lasers, Gps Technology to Improve Snow Measurements

Scientists are working to solve a critical wintertime weather mystery: how to accurately measure the amount of snow on the ground.

Mitx Prototype Course Opens For Enrollment
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Mitx Prototype Course Opens For Enrollment

In December, MIT announced the launch of an online learning initiative called "MITx." Starting this week, interested learners can now enroll for free in the initiative’s...

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Tides Are Changing For Web Surfers

David Weinberger has a new book out entitled Too Big to Know in which he argues that one of the implications of a comprehensively networked society is that the...

Electrical Engineers Build 'no-Waste' Laser
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Electrical Engineers Build 'no-Waste' Laser

A team of University of California, San Diego researchers has built the smallest room-temperature nanolaser to date, as well as an even more startling device: a...

Anyone Can Learn to Be More Inventive
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Anyone Can Learn to Be More Inventive

Cognitive psychology researcher Anthony McCaffrey has developed a tookit to help individuals overcoming common roadblocks to problem-solving and invention. Initial...

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Google's Very First Employee, Craig Silverstein

Google's very first employee, Craig Silverstein, is leaving the company to join the high-profile online learning phenom, Khan Academy.

How One Kitchen Table in Brooklyn Became a School for Coders
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How One Kitchen Table in Brooklyn Became a School for Coders

Every week at a kitchen table in Brooklyn, coders Amit Pitaru and David Nolen host a salon/workshop called Kitchen Table Coders, bringing together a small group...

Average Silicon Valley Tech Salary Passes $100,000
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Average Silicon Valley Tech Salary Passes $100,000

Average annual salaries for Silicon Valley technology workers surpassed the $100,000 mark last year for the first time ever, pushed higher by the strength of...

Darpa's Ls3 Legged Robot Prototype Gets Its First Outdoor Exercise
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Darpa's Ls3 Legged Robot Prototype Gets Its First Outdoor Exercise

DARPA's prototype robotic "pack mule" stands up, lies down, and follows a leader while carrying 400 lbs. of a squad's gear.

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'cyberspace Requires a World-Class Cyber Warrior'

With growing worries about the threat of "cyber warfare," militaries around the world are racing to recruit the computer specialists they believe may be central...

Professor Receives Grant to Study Entanglement in Quantum Systems
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Professor Receives Grant to Study Entanglement in Quantum Systems

A grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research is supporting the investigating of scientific obstacles to quantum computers, cryptography and teleportation...
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