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Highlights from the 2016 World Maker Faire
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Highlights from the 2016 World Maker Faire

The chill in the air last weekend was a reminder that fall has arrived in New York City.

Smallest. Transistor. Ever.
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Smallest. Transistor. Ever.

A research team at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has created a transistor with a working 1-nanometer gate.

'we're Doing It Wrong'  Vandana Sikka on Computer Science Education
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'we're Doing It Wrong' Vandana Sikka on Computer Science Education

The alarming lack of computer science educated students is only matched by the lack of teachers in this discipline. Infosys Foundation USA chair Vandana Sikka talks...

Abi Names Highest Scoring Organizations from 2016 Top Companies Program
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Abi Names Highest Scoring Organizations from 2016 Top Companies Program

The Anita Borg Institute has announced the 2016 Top Companies for Women Technologists Leadership Index. The national benchmark program named 25 organizations as...

Europe's Love/hate Relationship with Silicon Valley, and What that Means For ­.s. Tech Firms
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Europe's Love/hate Relationship with Silicon Valley, and What that Means For ­.s. Tech Firms

The last time Mark Zuckerberg visited Berlin, he appeared to be having a really good time.

Science at Cusp of 'transformational' Grasp of Life via Cell Modeling, Researchers Say
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Science at Cusp of 'transformational' Grasp of Life via Cell Modeling, Researchers Say

A new paper recently published in the Journal of Molecular Biology shows how advances in molecular biology and computer science around the world soon may lead to...

Tech Billionaires Convinced We Live in the Matrix Are Secretly Fund Scientists to Break Us Out of It
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Tech Billionaires Convinced We Live in the Matrix Are Secretly Fund Scientists to Break Us Out of It

Some of the world's richest and most powerful people are convinced that we are living in a computer simulation. And now they're trying to do something about it.

STEM Programs Find Sexist Culture Hard to Shake
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STEM Programs Find Sexist Culture Hard to Shake

Many female students say that they still feel unwelcome in STEM culture, citing microaggressions and sometimes even downright misogyny

3-D-Printed Robots With Shock-Absorbing Skins
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3-D-Printed Robots With Shock-Absorbing Skins

By "programming" customized soft materials, an MIT CSAIL team can 3-D print safer, nimbler, more durable robots.

Even with Rising Wages, Robot Revolution Skips Restaurants
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Even with Rising Wages, Robot Revolution Skips Restaurants

Clamshell grills are making burger flipping obsolete at McDonald’s, Johnny Rockets and other burger chains. Digital kiosks, tabletop tablets and mobile phones are...

Research Resolves a Debate Over 'Killer Electrons' in Space
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Research Resolves a Debate Over 'Killer Electrons' in Space

Newly published findings by an international team of researchers answer a fundamental question about our space environment and will help scientists develop methods...

The Myths and Reality About Interstellar Travel
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The Myths and Reality About Interstellar Travel

Science fiction writers and moviemakers have shown us countless visions of humanity spread out across the Universe, so you might be forgiven for thinking that we've...

The Computer Voting Revolution Is Already Crappy, Buggy, and Obsolete
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The Computer Voting Revolution Is Already Crappy, Buggy, and Obsolete

Six days after Memphis voters went to the polls last October to elect a mayor and other city officials, a local computer programmer named Bennie Smith sat on his...

Turning to the Brain to Reboot Computing
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Turning to the Brain to Reboot Computing

With computation stuck in a rut, computer scientists are scrambling for new ideas.

Nsf Grant Preps Milwaukee Teachers For Computer Science Certification
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Nsf Grant Preps Milwaukee Teachers For Computer Science Certification

Marquette University has received a $1 million U.S. National Science Foundation grant that will lead to thousands of Milwaukee Public Schools students learning...

Go Hack or Go Home
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Go Hack or Go Home

Students, hackers, and business firms gathered at Texas A&M's annual hackathon to design programs in different coding competitions.

Nsf Funds Big Data Project in Digital Agriculture
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Nsf Funds Big Data Project in Digital Agriculture

The NSF if funding a collaborative project focused on data science and Big Data applications in agriculture, concentrated on automating the Big Data lifecycle for...

Why Big Pharma Wants to Collect 2 Million Genomes
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Why Big Pharma Wants to Collect 2 Million Genomes

Five months after announcing its intentions to gather genome sequences from 2 million people, pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has selected geneticist David Goldstein...

Iphone Exploit Bounty Surges to an Eye-Popping $1.5 Million
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Iphone Exploit Bounty Surges to an Eye-Popping $1.5 Million

A controversial broker of security exploits is offering $1.5 million (£1.2 million) for attacks that work against fully patched iPhones and iPads, a bounty that's...

Connecting Data Scientists with Regional Challenges
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Connecting Data Scientists with Regional Challenges

The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded $11 million to Big Data Spokes projects and associated planning activities.
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