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The Power of Prediction Markets
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The Power of Prediction Markets

It was a great way to mix science with gambling, says Anna Dreber.

Blockchain Platform Developed By Banks to Be Open-Source
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Blockchain Platform Developed By Banks to Be Open-Source

A blockchain platform developed by a group that includes more than 70 of the world's biggest financial institutions is making its code publicly available, in what...

Cancer's Big Data Problem
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Cancer's Big Data Problem

Cancer researchers don't have tools to efficiently process the mountain of available genetic data to make more precise predictions for therapy. The U.S. Department...

The Gender Ratio In Tech Is Getting Worse, Says New Research
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The Gender Ratio In Tech Is Getting Worse, Says New Research

The share of women in computing jobs is on track to decline from 24% to 22% over the next 10 years, according to a new report.

Designing The Future Internet
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Designing The Future Internet

Rutgers' Dipankar Raychaudhuri in the forefront of creating a mobile-friendly Internet that can handle billions of devices and smart gadgets.

Why Isn't the U.s. Better at Predicting Extreme Weather?
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Why Isn't the U.s. Better at Predicting Extreme Weather?

At 11 o'clock on the night of Sept. 29, the National Hurricane Center in Miami posted an updated prediction for Hurricane Matthew.

CIA Prepping For Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia
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CIA Prepping For Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia

The Obama administration is contemplating an unprecedented cyber covert action against Russia in retaliation for alleged Russian interference in the American presidential...

Can We Find More Benign Nanomaterials?
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Can We Find More Benign Nanomaterials?

Chemists at the University of Iowa will research the effects of nanomaterials on the environment and human health using a network of supercomputers funded by the...

Prepping a Robot For Its Journey to Mars
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Prepping a Robot For Its Journey to Mars

MIT senior Sarah Hensley aims to improve Earth's most advanced humanoid robot, in advance of its trip to the Red Planet.

Leo Beranek, Acoustics Designer and Internet Pioneer, Dies at 102
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Leo Beranek, Acoustics Designer and Internet Pioneer, Dies at 102

Leo L. Beranek, an engineer whose company designed the acoustics for the United Nations and concert halls at Lincoln Center and Tanglewood, then built the direct...

Nanowires as Sensors in New Type of Atomic Force Microscope
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Nanowires as Sensors in New Type of Atomic Force Microscope

A new type of atomic force microscope uses a tiny nanowire sensors that enables the measurement of both the size and direction of forces.

Wearable Tattoo Sends Alcohol Levels To Your Cell Phone
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Wearable Tattoo Sends Alcohol Levels To Your Cell Phone

Engineers have developed a wearable, non-invasive monitoring device that measures alcohol levels in perspiration.

Apple Gets Its First Director of AI
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Apple Gets Its First Director of AI

Apple is hiring a rising star in the world of deep learning to serve as its first director of AI research. Ruslan Salakhutdinov, an associate professor at Carnegie...

A Sense of Scale: The Best Microscopy of 2016
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A Sense of Scale: The Best Microscopy of 2016

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was born while Galileo was still alive, and he ended up developing a similar skill in lens making to that of Galileo.

Maths Becomes Biology's Magic Number
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Maths Becomes Biology's Magic Number

"If you want a career in medicine these days you're better off studying mathematics or computing than biology."

Want College to Pay Off? These Are the 50 Majors with the Highest Earnings.
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Want College to Pay Off? These Are the 50 Majors with the Highest Earnings.

Engineering and technology are among the most challenging fields of study in college, but all of that hard work apparently is paying off, as many of the top-earning...

Scientists Find Static 'stripes' of Electrical Charge in Copper-Oxide Superconductor
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Scientists Find Static 'stripes' of Electrical Charge in Copper-Oxide Superconductor

Fixed arrangement of charges coexists with material's ability to conduct electricity without resistance.

Stepping ­p Security For an Internet-of-Things World
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Stepping ­p Security For an Internet-of-Things World

The vision of the so-called internet of things—giving all sorts of physical things a digital makeover—has been years ahead of reality. But that gap is closing fast...

Engineers Reveal Fabrication Process For Revolutionary Transparent Sensors
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Engineers Reveal Fabrication Process For Revolutionary Transparent Sensors

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison have described in detail how to fabricate and use transparent graphene neural electrode arrays in various applications...

With Help From Docker, Google's Go Jumps in Popularity
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With Help From Docker, Google's Go Jumps in Popularity

The language has climbed to 16th place in Tiobe index and could claim Programming Language of the Year honors.
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