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Women Are Better in Tech Than Men, Says a Report
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Women Are Better in Tech Than Men, Says a Report

The Brookings Institution finds that women have better digital skills than men but are still underrepresented in the industry.

Survey of Bug Bounty Hunters Shows Who Pans For Pwns
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Survey of Bug Bounty Hunters Shows Who Pans For Pwns

Asking the crowd for help in fixing security problems is going mainstream.

Five Technologies That Will Rock Your World
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Five Technologies That Will Rock Your World

After the Russian hacking of the 2016 election, many people worry that technology has gone too far.

Bill to Get More Veterans Into STEM Fields Headed to House Floor
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Bill to Get More Veterans Into STEM Fields Headed to House Floor

U.S. Rep. Neal Dunn's, R-Fla., proposal to usher more veterans into STEM fields is gaining steam on Capitol Hill.

Motion Sensors Step Toward Low-Cost, High-Performance Wearable Technology
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Motion Sensors Step Toward Low-Cost, High-Performance Wearable Technology

Researchers from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering have developed a class of motion sensors that could herald a near future of ubiquitous, fully integrated, and...

Wine 'legs' and Minibot Motors
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Wine 'legs' and Minibot Motors

The physical phenomenon that helps create wine "legs" can be harnessed to propel tiny motors to carry out tasks on the surface of water, a published report says...

Foreign Students Have Begun to Shun the ­nited States
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Foreign Students Have Begun to Shun the ­nited States

In a potential threat to future U.S. innovation, new international enrollment at U.S. colleges is down for the first time in more than a decade, according to a...

Bioengineered Robotic Hand with Its Own Nervous System Will Sense Touch
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Bioengineered Robotic Hand with Its Own Nervous System Will Sense Touch

An interdisciplinary team of scientists are developing a bioengineered robotic hand with a sensor-based peripheral nervous system that will pass tactile information...

Can Computers Be Creative?
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Can Computers Be Creative?

Researchers from Pennsylvania State University have received $900,000 from DARPA to teach computers how to generate original design ideas and then determine if...

With Future Full Of Jobs To Fill, Training Programs Take Aim At Skills Gap
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With Future Full Of Jobs To Fill, Training Programs Take Aim At Skills Gap

Year Up is a nonprofit that trains young adults from low-income and underserved communities for professional careers. It's free and students even get a stipend....

Molecular Magnetism Packs Power with 'messenger Electron'
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Molecular Magnetism Packs Power with 'messenger Electron'

A molecular magnet structure created at the University of Wisconsin-Madison could be used in advanced computing, super-cold research, or to further explore the...

Is Computer Science A Foreign Language? Georgia Says Yes, Sees Boost In Enrollment
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Is Computer Science A Foreign Language? Georgia Says Yes, Sees Boost In Enrollment

The state of Georgia has come up with the strategy to boost enrollment in high school computer science classes.

Diagnosing Supercomputer Problems
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Diagnosing Supercomputer Problems

A team of computer scientists and engineers from Sandia National Laboratories and Boston University have developed a framework that uses machine learning to automatically...

Giving Students Freedom in the STEM Classroom
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Giving Students Freedom in the STEM Classroom

Texas schools are turning to project-based learning to solve problems associated with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teaching and learning...

China Pulls Ahead of ­.s. in Latest Top500 List
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China Pulls Ahead of ­.s. in Latest Top500 List

The fiftieth TOP500 list of the fastest supercomputers in the world has China overtaking the United States in the total number of ranked systems. The U.S. presence...

How 'self-Driving' Trucks Connected the Australian Outback
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How 'self-Driving' Trucks Connected the Australian Outback

The trucks that roam the highways of the Australian outback are a lot bigger than the average 18-wheeler.

Slac Knows How the ­niverse Works. Now It's Targeting Your Needs
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Slac Knows How the ­niverse Works. Now It's Targeting Your Needs

You could be forgiven for thinking the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory's glory days are long over.

More Evidence That Humans and Machines Are Better When They Team ­p
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More Evidence That Humans and Machines Are Better When They Team ­p

Instead of just fretting about how robots and AI will eliminate jobs, we should explore new ways for humans and machines to collaborate, says Daniela Rus, director...

Meet the Winners of the Biggest Ever Face-Recognition Challenge
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Meet the Winners of the Biggest Ever Face-Recognition Challenge

The results are in from the biggest computer face-recognition contest to date.

The Computer Scientist Who Prefers Paper
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The Computer Scientist Who Prefers Paper

For years, Barbara Simons was the loneliest of Cassandras—a technologist who feared what technology had wrought. Her cause was voting: Specifically, she believed...
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