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The People's Code – Now on Code.gov
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The People's Code – Now on Code.gov

The White House has launched Code.gov to help the United States unlock the potential of the Federal Government's software.

Computational Tool May Speed Drug Discovery
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Computational Tool May Speed Drug Discovery

A new computational tool is helping scientists see beyond static images of proteins to more efficiently understand how these molecules function, which could ultimately...

Plant-Genome Hackers Seek Better Ways to Produce Customized Crops
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Plant-Genome Hackers Seek Better Ways to Produce Customized Crops

When crop engineers from around the world gathered in London in late October, their research goals were ambitious: to make rice that uses water more efficiently...

Physicist Explores Science Behind Smartphones
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Physicist Explores Science Behind Smartphones

West Virginia University physics professor Micky Holcomb is making great progress in understanding the physics behind cell phones, laptops, and other computing...

Being More Like Men Does Not Help Women in STEM Careers
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Being More Like Men Does Not Help Women in STEM Careers

Women who planned to delay marriage and limit the number of children they wanted — which would let them focus exclusively on work — didn't get the same employment...

Inside the Classroom Where San Quentin Inmates Learn to Code
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Inside the Classroom Where San Quentin Inmates Learn to Code

At San Quentin State Prison in California, inmates are barred from using the internet, and many have been serving time since before smartphones existed. But a new...

Enough Hype: U.s. Economy Needs Internet of Things to Deliver
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Enough Hype: U.s. Economy Needs Internet of Things to Deliver

In the world of making everyday life more digital, something is starting to tip. You can see it at Noyes Air Conditioning Inc. on Monday mornings.

Carnegie Mellon to Study Ethical Issues Posed By Artificial Intelligence
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Carnegie Mellon to Study Ethical Issues Posed By Artificial Intelligence

As ethical and policy issues surrounding artificial intelligence and other computing technologies take center stage, K&L Gates LLP has made a $10 million gift to...

Web Pioneer Tries to Incubate a Second Digital Revolution
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Web Pioneer Tries to Incubate a Second Digital Revolution

Brian Behlendorf knows it's a cliché for veteran technologists like himself to argue that society could be run much better if we just had the right software.

Leading Chipmakers Eye Euv Lithography to Save Moore's Law
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Leading Chipmakers Eye Euv Lithography to Save Moore's Law

Even after you don a bunny suit and get deep inside Fab 8, it's hard to get a sense of scale.

We Went to the Grace Hopper Celebration. Here's What We're Bringing Back
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We Went to the Grace Hopper Celebration. Here's What We're Bringing Back

Members of The New York Times Developers recently made their first group trip to the Grace Hopper Celebration. At 15,000 attendees, GHC is the world's largest gathering...

Robotic Cleaning Technique Could Automate Neuroscience Research
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Robotic Cleaning Technique Could Automate Neuroscience Research

A robotic technique for cleaning the tiny patch-clamp pipettes that record signals from brain neurons could facilitate a new level of automation in neuroscience...

The Stakes Are Rising in Google's Antitrust Fight With Europe
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The Stakes Are Rising in Google's Antitrust Fight With Europe

Google is locked in a six-year battle with Europe's antitrust officials. And the stakes for both sides are getting higher.

Controversial Chinese Cybersecurity Law Enters Home Stretch For Approval
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Controversial Chinese Cybersecurity Law Enters Home Stretch For Approval

A controversial Chinese cybersecurity law that has sparked protests from foreign governments and business groups neared approval on Monday as parliament held the...

Nate Silver Blew It When He Missed Trump. Now He Really Needs to Get It Right.
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Nate Silver Blew It When He Missed Trump. Now He Really Needs to Get It Right.

Nate Silver is on the downtown 1 train. Possibly because he looks like a (modestly) hip math teacher, and hardly looks up from his phone, he goes unrecognized until...

Inclusion Increases Innovation at Brookhaven Lab
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Inclusion Increases Innovation at Brookhaven Lab

The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory hosted a two-day workshop focused on diversity and inclusion's role in innovation and discovery.

Collaboration Yields Open Source Technology For Computational Science
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Collaboration Yields Open Source Technology For Computational Science

The gap between the computational science and open source software communities just got smaller — thanks to an international collaboration among national laboratories...

How AI Is Shaking ­p the Chip Market
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How AI Is Shaking ­p the Chip Market

In less than 12 hours, three different people offered to pay me if I'd spend an hour talking to a stranger on the phone.

IBM Is Counting on Its Bet on Watson, and Paying Big Money For It
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IBM Is Counting on Its Bet on Watson, and Paying Big Money For It

Watson, can you grow into a multibillion-dollar business and become the engine of IBM's resurgence?

Pppl Physicists to Lead a Doe Exascale Computing Project
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Pppl Physicists to Lead a Doe Exascale Computing Project

Scientists at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) will take part in the Exascale Computing Project initiative with a focus on developing exascale-related...
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