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Despite Controversy, Superconductor Research Is In A 'Golden Age'
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Despite Controversy, Superconductor Research Is In A 'Golden Age'

Despite some high-profile setbacks, the field of superconductivity is enjoying something of a renaissance, researchers say.

Universities Train Engineers for the Quantum Future
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Universities Train Engineers for the Quantum Future

Colleges are starting the process of educating future engineers in topics such as how quantum computing hardware components work and how to write quantum computing...

As Baby Boomers Retire, German Businesses Turn to Robots
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As Baby Boomers Retire, German Businesses Turn to Robots

As Germany's baby boomers retire, exacerbating the country's labor shortage, many companies are filling job openings with robots.

Using AI, Argonne Scientists Develop Self-Driving Microscopy Technique
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Using AI, Argonne Scientists Develop Self-Driving Microscopy Technique

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have developed an autonomous microscopy technique that uses AI to selectively target points of interest for scanning....

Energy-Storing Material Could Also Be Used To Build Electronic Gadgets
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Energy-Storing Material Could Also Be Used To Build Electronic Gadgets

A team of engineers have developed a structural supercapacitor that provides both structural support and energy storage capabilities.

Keshav Pingali Recognized With Ken Kennedy Award
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Keshav Pingali Recognized With Ken Kennedy Award

ACM has named Keshav Pingali of the University of Texas at Austin as the recipient of the 2023 ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award, which recognizes groundbreaking achievements...

Is AI Lying? Researchers Built An LLM Lie Detector to Find Out
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Is AI Lying? Researchers Built An LLM Lie Detector to Find Out

Researchers have built what they call a lie detector that can identify falsehoods in the output of large language models simply by asking a series of unrelated...

Why Do Companies' IT Projects Fail So Often?
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Why Do Companies' IT Projects Fail So Often?

A study of hundreds of IT project mishaps found that executives rarely identify the root causes of failing or underachieving tech investments because they focus...

Seven Simple Habits of The Top 1% of Engineers
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Seven Simple Habits of The Top 1% of Engineers

Phenomenal engineers all have some overlapping habits in the code they produce.

How Managers Discourage Employees From Sharing Their Best Ideas
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How Managers Discourage Employees From Sharing Their Best Ideas

Researchers found that employees came to regret offering a business suggestion to their boss when it led to more work, making them less likely to share ideas in...

Researchers Race to Build the World's Smallest Atomic Clock, Again
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Researchers Race to Build the World's Smallest Atomic Clock, Again

Responding to a DARPA challenge, research teams at Sandia National Laboratories are working to build smaller, more accurate atomic clocks. 

Professor to Develop Electronic Devices Made Entirely of Paper
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Professor to Develop Electronic Devices Made Entirely of Paper

Professor Seokheun (Sean) Choi wants to build electronic devices made entirely of paper as a nontoxic, cost-effective, and biodegradable alternative to silicon-...

Engineering Students Develop Battery Charging System for Soldiers
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Engineering Students Develop Battery Charging System for Soldiers

Electrical engineering students at the University of West Florida have developed a charging method that uses the motion of soliders as they walk to help charge...

Ranking the Best Computer Scientists
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Ranking the Best Computer Scientists

The 9th edition of Research.com ranking of the best scientists in the field of Computer Science is based on data consolidated from various data sources including...

Reports Paint Damaging Picture of Return-to-Office Mandates
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Reports Paint Damaging Picture of Return-to-Office Mandates

A trio of reports shows the damaging consequences of the return-to-office mandates. The reports from Greenhouse, the Federal Reserve, and Unispace collectively...

Why Mainframes Survive
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Why Mainframes Survive

Many companies continue to pay the licensing fees on mainframe hardware, OS, and applications, and maintain staff for the hundreds or thousands of support personnel...

Researchers Boost the Building Blocks of Computing
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Researchers Boost the Building Blocks of Computing

Researchers from the group of Jean Anne Incorvia, assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin, describe improvements on current semiconductor technology...

Employees Want ChatGPT at Work. Bosses Worry They'll Spill Secrets
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Employees Want ChatGPT at Work. Bosses Worry They'll Spill Secrets

Some corporate leaders have banned the use of generative artificial intelligence tools over concerns about exposing sensitive company and customer information. ...

What Makes Developers Productive?
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What Makes Developers Productive?

We tend to miss some factors that go into developer productivity, perhaps because they are hard to directly measure. But it is still worthwhile to ensure that you...

Shopify Calculator Shows How Much Meetings Are Costing the Company
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Shopify Calculator Shows How Much Meetings Are Costing the Company

In an escalating war on pointless meetings, Shopify has introducing a calculator that shows employees how much it costs to gather dozens of colleagues for a meeting...
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