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Hire a Vet? It Says Yes

When President Obama challenged the private sector this past August to hire 100,000 unemployed veterans by the end of 2013, he shared the stage with companies...

Closing the Girl Gap in Science
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Closing the Girl Gap in Science

Southern Illinois University is one of the few U.S. schools where males outnumber female students, as women make up just 44 percent of undergraduates. 

It's Next Hot Job: Hadoop Guru
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It's Next Hot Job: Hadoop Guru

The managing director of JPMorgan Chase's office of the CIO makes a case for Hadoop as the big data platform, and career track, of the future.

­ic 'cyber-Commons' Wall Pops with 3-D Imagery
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­ic 'cyber-Commons' Wall Pops with 3-D Imagery

University of Illinois at Chicago's Electronic Visualization Laboratory has added a third dimension to its information-sharing "Cyber-Commons" tiled display wall...

Online Game Aims to Improve Scientific Peer Review Accuracy
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Online Game Aims to Improve Scientific Peer Review Accuracy

A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that greater cooperation between the reviewer and author of scientific research...

Generation Jobless: Students Pick Easier Majors Despite Less Pay
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Generation Jobless: Students Pick Easier Majors Despite Less Pay

Although the number of college graduates increased about 29 percent from 2001 to 2009, the number graduating with engineering degrees increased just 19 percent...

Computing Contractors to Cost More Than Permanent Staff
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Computing Contractors to Cost More Than Permanent Staff

The price of hiring computer professionals as contractors is set to cost more than permanent staff thanks to the growing strength of Australia's economy, according...

India Embraces Technology as the Path From Poverty
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India Embraces Technology as the Path From Poverty

You notice a pattern amidst the crush of people on the overcrowded roads of India. Every few miles there's a cellphone tower and a fresh-looking building poking...

­niversities, Industry Team ­p For 'greener' Electronics
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­niversities, Industry Team ­p For 'greener' Electronics

Three leading U.S. universities and 15 companies have jointly launched a collaborative research center whose holistic approach to energy efficiency development...

Students ­se Futuristic Technology to Dive Into the Past
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Students ­se Futuristic Technology to Dive Into the Past

A new partnership between the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the Watermen's Museum in historic Yorktown Virginia lets schoolchildren use robotic subs...

Breakthrough Scientific Discoveries No Longer Dominated By the Very Young, Study Finds
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Breakthrough Scientific Discoveries No Longer Dominated By the Very Young, Study Finds

Scientists under the age of 40 used to make the majority of significant breakthroughs in chemistry, physics and medicine — but that is no longer the case, new research...

Pc Changed His World
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Pc Changed His World

Kevin Berg lives with cerebral palsy, and operates a computer-repair business with the combination of a head-wand, a touch-screen tablet computer, and the support...

STEM Jobs Outlook Strong, but Collaboration Needed to Fill Jobs
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STEM Jobs Outlook Strong, but Collaboration Needed to Fill Jobs

U.S. businesses are in a Catch-22. They've got plenty of jobs in science, technology, engineering, and math — STEM — ready to fill. Unfortunately, the supply...

Why Science Majors Change Their Minds (it's Just So Darn Hard)
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Why Science Majors Change Their Minds (it's Just So Darn Hard)

The number of college freshmen interested in majoring in a STEM field on the rise. But roughly 40 percent end up switching to other subjects or failing to get...

Boomerang Employees
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Boomerang Employees

Corporate alumni networks are experiencing a surge in popularity as professional services and technology companies struggle to find skilled workers to fill their...

Five Ways to Keep Your Rock Star Employees Happy
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Five Ways to Keep Your Rock Star Employees Happy

Far more important than extravagant perks or salary, it is the small things that keep the most talented employees happy, such as bosses who make time for one-on...

How to Predict the Future
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How to Predict the Future

Imagining the future, we naturally think of it as a different place to the one we live in now. It is populated with new technologies, advanced science, and perhaps...

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Facebook Ceo Mark Zuckerberg Recruits Harvard Students

Sometimes you can go home again. Mark Zuckerberg, who famously dropped out of Harvard College to start a little Web site called Facebook, will be back there on...

Study Suggests Women Score Low on Tech Aptitude Tests For Lack of Interest
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Study Suggests Women Score Low on Tech Aptitude Tests For Lack of Interest

A new study by a University of Iowa researcher suggests males score higher on technical aptitude tests than females because boys and men are simply more interested...

Web Search Technology to Aid Researchers Using Oral Histories
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Web Search Technology to Aid Researchers Using Oral Histories

Web-based technology developed at University of Kentucky Libraries allows researchers to pinpoint specific terms within recorded oral history interviews making...
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