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­.s. Institutions Awarded the Most Doctorates Ever Recorded in 2015
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­.s. Institutions Awarded the Most Doctorates Ever Recorded in 2015

Over a 20-year span, the number of women receiving doctorates in science and engineering at U.S. institutions increased by 93 percent, and the number receiving...

Dhs S&t Awards $220k to ­niversity of Tulsa For Cybersecurity Research
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Dhs S&t Awards $220k to ­niversity of Tulsa For Cybersecurity Research

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate awarded $220,209 to the University of Tulsa to study data production and usage by cybersecurity...

'bro Culture' at Start-­ps Keeps Talented Women Out: Harvey Mudd President
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'bro Culture' at Start-­ps Keeps Talented Women Out: Harvey Mudd President

Marie Klawe, the president of Harvey Mudd College, is speaking out about Silicon Valley's culture in the wake of numerous scandals.

The Strange and Righteous History of the Equals Sign
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The Strange and Righteous History of the Equals Sign

Robert Recorde was one of those people so extraordinarily ahead of his time that he seemed destined to come to a tragic end.

Darpa Seeks Advanced Processors to Bring Context to Data
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Darpa Seeks Advanced Processors to Bring Context to Data

DARPA is selecting a contractor to build a graph analytics processor that can process streaming graphs 1,000 times faster and at much lower power than current processing...

Two Giants of AI Team ­p to Head Off the Robot Apocalypse
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Two Giants of AI Team ­p to Head Off the Robot Apocalypse

There's nothing new about worrying that superintelligent machines may endanger humanity, but the idea has lately become hard to avoid.

Ornl Team Applies Computational Expertise to St. Jude Research
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Ornl Team Applies Computational Expertise to St. Jude Research

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have created custom algorithms to help St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists mine a trove of data from powerful...

All the Promises Automakers Have Made About the Future of Cars
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All the Promises Automakers Have Made About the Future of Cars

Yet another announcement came yesterday: Volvo, the Swedish slash Chinese car company, announced that it will only offer electric or hybrid vehicles by 2019.

Drone Delivery
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Drone Delivery

Computer science researcher Donghyun Kim has developed an algorithm that optimizes drone delivery operations. 

In Reporting on North Korea, Tech Helps Break Through Secrecy
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In Reporting on North Korea, Tech Helps Break Through Secrecy

How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? Choe Sang-Hun, The Times's Korea correspondent who is based in Seoul...

The President of Search Giant Baidu Has Global Plans
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The President of Search Giant Baidu Has Global Plans

Google and Facebook are household names around the world. Baidu? Not yet. Ya-Qin Zhang, president of China's leading search business, says Chinese companies can...

China Ties the ­.s. as the Most Influential Nation in Science
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China Ties the ­.s. as the Most Influential Nation in Science

China now ranks as the most influential country in four of eight core scientific fields, matching the United States, according to the Japan Science and Technology...

Will Brain-Inspired Chips Make a Dent in Science's Big Data Problems?
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Will Brain-Inspired Chips Make a Dent in Science's Big Data Problems?

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are examining how low-power, brain-inspired neuromorphic computing systems...

How Video Games Helped Give ­S the Self-Driving Car
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How Video Games Helped Give ­S the Self-Driving Car

Self-driving cars. They're the future of transportation—and they're getting smarter all the time.

Quantum Computers Compete For 'supremacy'
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Quantum Computers Compete For 'supremacy'

Scientists have long dreamed of developing quantum computers, machines that rely on arcane laws of physics to perform tasks far beyond the capability of today's...

Practical Parallelism
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Practical Parallelism

Researchers at MIT' CSAIL have developed a system that makes parallel programs run much more efficiently and also makes them easier to code.

A List of Professors' Last Names Can Reveal ­nethical Hiring
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A List of Professors' Last Names Can Reveal ­nethical Hiring

What's in a name? An examination of the last names of academics in the United States, France, and Italy reveals distinctive patterns in higher education systems...

A New Kind of Tech Job Emphasizes Skills, Not a College Degree
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A New Kind of Tech Job Emphasizes Skills, Not a College Degree

A few years ago, Sean Bridges lived with his mother, Linda, in Wiley Ford, W.Va. Their only income was her monthly Social Security disability check. He applied...

Building a STEM Pipeline
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Building a STEM Pipeline

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's summer science camp supports future innovators, scientists, and engineers.

Image Doctoring Must Be Halted
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Image Doctoring Must Be Halted

Seven years ago, a cover of The Economist showed Barack Obama, head down on a Louisiana beach in front of an oil rig—the picture of lonely despair.
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