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Hurricane Irma Just Made a Digital Walkie-Talkie the No. 1 App Online
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Hurricane Irma Just Made a Digital Walkie-Talkie the No. 1 App Online

As Hurricane Harvey dropped anchor over Southeast Texas last week, Zello became the go-to app for rescuers working to save thousands of people trapped by floodwaters...

Water and Air: Flying Fish ­aav Can Go Anywhere
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Water and Air: Flying Fish ­aav Can Go Anywhere

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are developing a fixed-wing, unmanned vehicle that can autonomously operate underwater and then propel itself into the air...

Argonne Efforts Accelerate 3-D Printing Journey
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Argonne Efforts Accelerate 3-D Printing Journey

Scientists are investigating the entire 3-D printing process to discover both how defects form and methods to avoid them.

How to Close the Gender Gap in Tech
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How to Close the Gender Gap in Tech

Why do so few women work in tech? It isn't that they can't do math or are biologically unsuited to the tasks.

Fear of Robots Taking Jobs Spurs a Bold Idea: Guaranteed Pay
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Fear of Robots Taking Jobs Spurs a Bold Idea: Guaranteed Pay

Driverless trucks. Factory robots. Delivery drones. Virtual personal assistants.

How Retractions Hurt Scientists' Credibility
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How Retractions Hurt Scientists' Credibility

Faulty research creates a significant drop in citations of a scientist's prior published work, a new study says. 

Tweets on Academic Papers 'mechanical and Devoid of Original Thought'
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Tweets on Academic Papers 'mechanical and Devoid of Original Thought'

Academics are often encouraged to use social media sites to disseminate their research findings, but a new study says that most tweeting on academic research is...

Scanning the Future, Radiologists See Their Jobs at Risk
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Scanning the Future, Radiologists See Their Jobs at Risk

In health care, you could say radiologists have typically had a pretty sweet deal.

Banks Look to Step ­p Employee Surveillance
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Banks Look to Step ­p Employee Surveillance

Banks already using algorithms to monitor traders are looking to expand surveillance to cover more employees in the wake of the Wells Fargo & Co. scandal.

Most Tv Computer Scientists Are Still White Men; Google Wants to Change That
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Most Tv Computer Scientists Are Still White Men; Google Wants to Change That

More than three-quarters of TV and movie characters engaged with computer science are men and more than two-thirds are white. Women of color are practically invisible...

Why a 24-Year-Old chipmaker Is One Of tech's Hot Prospects
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Why a 24-Year-Old chipmaker Is One Of tech's Hot Prospects

Engineers at CTA.ai, an imaging-technology start-up in Poland, are trying to popularize a more comfortable alternative to the colonoscopy.

The Myths and Realities of Studying Computer Science
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The Myths and Realities of Studying Computer Science

An education in computers in Delhi schools tends not to prepare students for a career in computer science.

Putin: Leader in Artificial Intelligence Will Rule World
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Putin: Leader in Artificial Intelligence Will Rule World

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that whoever reaches a breakthrough in developing artificial intelligence will come to dominate the world.

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Sponsors Teen Video Challenge
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Sponsors Teen Video Challenge

The winner of the Breakthrough Junior Challenge, a video competition to generate student interest in STEM fields, will be awarded a $250,000 scholarship, and his...

Acting Like a Muscle, Nano-Sized Device Lifts 165 Times its Own Weight
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Acting Like a Muscle, Nano-Sized Device Lifts 165 Times its Own Weight

Rutgers University-New Brunswick engineers have discovered an economical way to make a nano-sized device that can lift 165 times its weight repeatedly, an effect...

These Robots Are ­sing Static Electricity to Make Nikes
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These Robots Are ­sing Static Electricity to Make Nikes

The most labor intensive part of putting together a pair of Nikes is assembling the "upper"—the flexible part of the shoe that sits on top of your foot.

Silicon Shows Promise as Li-Ion Battery Anode
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Silicon Shows Promise as Li-Ion Battery Anode

Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland replaced graphite anodes with silicon anodes in lithium-ion batteries, possibly quadrupling anode capacity.

AI Analyzes Gravitational Lenses 10 Million Times Faster
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AI Analyzes Gravitational Lenses 10 Million Times Faster

Researchers from the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have shown that neural networks can accurately analyze complex distortions in...

Nasa Working with Partners to Provide Harvey Response
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Nasa Working with Partners to Provide Harvey Response

NASA is using its assets and expertise from across the agency to help respond to Hurricane Harvey—now Tropical Storm Harvey—which has been a disaster of unprecedented...

Coders In Wealthy and Developing Countries Lean on Different Programming Languages
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Coders In Wealthy and Developing Countries Lean on Different Programming Languages

Stack Overflow published an analysis this week that identified a small but meaningful divide between the programming technologies used in wealthy countries and...
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