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Where Nobel Winners Get Their Start
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Where Nobel Winners Get Their Start

There are many ways to rank universities, but one that's rarely considered is how many of their graduates make extraordinary contributions to society.

British Banks Keep Cyber Attacks Under Wraps to Protect Image
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British Banks Keep Cyber Attacks Under Wraps to Protect Image

Britain's banks are not reporting the full extent of cyber attacks to regulators for fear of punishment or bad publicity, bank executives and providers of security...

China Has Now Eclipsed US in AI Research
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China Has Now Eclipsed US in AI Research

Humanity may still be years if not decades away from producing sentient artificial intelligence.

Penn State, Rutgers Win Grant to Create Virtual Data Collaboratory
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Penn State, Rutgers Win Grant to Create Virtual Data Collaboratory

Penn State has received a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to fund an interdisciplinary team of researchers from Penn State, Rutgers, and other institutions...

Ad Algorithms Might Choose You to Be a Paid Product Promoter
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Ad Algorithms Might Choose You to Be a Paid Product Promoter

That's the sound of Ryan Detert's invite-only mobile app, Influential, trying to get the attention of one of his select group of users.

Number of Women Working in It to Rise By 2020
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Number of Women Working in It to Rise By 2020

The number of women working in the information technology (IT) field is expected to increase through 2020 as IT becomes pervasive throughout organizations, according...

The Artist Revealing New York's Secretive, Hidden Network
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The Artist Revealing New York's Secretive, Hidden Network

Ingrid Burrington has spent the last two years looking for the internet. Now she sees it wherever she goes.

There Is a Blind Spot in AI Research
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There Is a Blind Spot in AI Research

This week, the White House published its report on the future of artificial intelligence (AI)—a product of four workshops held between May and July 2016 in Seattle...

World's First 'cybathlon' Pits High-Tech Prosthetics Against One Another
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World's First 'cybathlon' Pits High-Tech Prosthetics Against One Another

Bob Radocy finished screwing a light bulb into a lamp perched on the desk ... and the crowd went wild.

Scrapping Ict Gcse 'was a Mistake' Finds Education and It Skills Report
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Scrapping Ict Gcse 'was a Mistake' Finds Education and It Skills Report

A new report says the U.K. government's November 2015 decision to scrap basic ICT instruction at secondary and A-Level schools was a mistake.

Facebook Has Repeatedly Trended Fake News Since Firing Its Human Editors
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Facebook Has Repeatedly Trended Fake News Since Firing Its Human Editors

The Intersect ran a little experiment a few weeks ago: During the work day, we’d check in with Facebook each hour, on the hour, and record which topics were trending...

The Search For Virtual Reality's Killer App
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The Search For Virtual Reality's Killer App

Sony Corp.'s release of the PlayStation VR on Thursday brings virtual reality to the cusp of mainstream adoption.

Vr Started with Gaming, But It Will Take Over Every Other Industry
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Vr Started with Gaming, But It Will Take Over Every Other Industry

"We are looking at sensory immersion.

Why Do Some STEM Fields Have Fewer Women Than Others?
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Why Do Some STEM Fields Have Fewer Women Than Others?

A University of Washington study identifies three main factors driving gender disparities across STEM fields.

Designing For 3-D Printing
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Designing For 3-D Printing

The "Foundry" tool from MIT CSAIL lets non-programmers design a wide range of multi-material 3-D-printed objects.

Synchronizing Optical Clocks To One Quadrillionth Of A Second
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Synchronizing Optical Clocks To One Quadrillionth Of A Second

Despite distance and turbulence challenges, a team of researchers has successfully used a frequency comb to demonstrate femtosecond-level optical clock synchronization...

Welcome Your New Robot Overlords: Humans
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Welcome Your New Robot Overlords: Humans

I became a robot.

Dhs S&t Selects 10 Start-­ps For First Responder Innovation
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Dhs S&t Selects 10 Start-­ps For First Responder Innovation

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate has selected 10 startup companies to be part of a program designed to bring startups...

Celebrating Pioneering Women in STEM at the MIT Libraries
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Celebrating Pioneering Women in STEM at the MIT Libraries

For Ada Lovelace Day, an annual celebration of the history of women in STEM fields, the MIT Libraries looks at 10 women with works in its significant collection...

­nder Hawaii's Starriest Skies, a Fight Over Sacred Ground
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­nder Hawaii's Starriest Skies, a Fight Over Sacred Ground

Little lives up here except whispering hopes and a little bug called Wekiu.
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