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Nasa Symposium: Futuristic Space Exploration Concepts
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Nasa Symposium: Futuristic Space Exploration Concepts

Each year, NASA funds a handful of futuristic concepts to push forward the boundaries of space exploration.

Chicago Becomes First City to Launch Array of Things
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Chicago Becomes First City to Launch Array of Things

Chicago this week is installing the first of an eventual 500 nodes for the Array of Things, a "fitness tracker" that will collect data on the city's environment...

Can You Hear Me Now? Spotty Reception in the Heart of Silicon Valley
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Can You Hear Me Now? Spotty Reception in the Heart of Silicon Valley

My phone connection kept dropping out, which didn’t make sense because I was in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Beating Bitcoin Bad Guys
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Beating Bitcoin Bad Guys

Sandia helps federal law enforcement develop a cryptocurrency forensics tools to prevent the use of Bitcoin by criminals.

Pay Attention! Tesla's Autopilot Will Lock Out Lackadaisical Drivers
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Pay Attention! Tesla's Autopilot Will Lock Out Lackadaisical Drivers

Driver-assist functions are coming quickly these days.

The Man Who Created Leappad Wants To Turn Your Eyes Into a Mouse
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The Man Who Created Leappad Wants To Turn Your Eyes Into a Mouse

First came the computer mouse. Then the touchscreen.

G.e., the 124-Year-Old Software Start-­p
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G.e., the 124-Year-Old Software Start-­p

It may not qualify as a lightning-bolt eureka moment, but Jeffrey R. Immelt, chief executive of General Electric, recalls the June day in 2009 that got him thinking...

Graphene Key to Growing 2-D Semiconductor with Extraordinary Properties
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Graphene Key to Growing 2-D Semiconductor with Extraordinary Properties

A newly discovered method for making two-dimensional materials could lead to new electronic properties and their application in next-generation electronics.

Majority of Mathematicians Hail from Just 24 Scientific 'families'
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Majority of Mathematicians Hail from Just 24 Scientific 'families'

Most of the world's mathematicians fall into just 24 scientific 'families', one of which dates back to the fifteenth century.

The Hype, and Hope, of Artificial Intelligence
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The Hype, and Hope, of Artificial Intelligence

Earlier this month, on his HBO show "Last Week Tonight," John Oliver skewered media companies' desperate search for clicks.

3-D Printed Structures 'remember' Their Shapes
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3-D Printed Structures 'remember' Their Shapes

Heat-responsive materials may aid in controlled drug delivery and solar panel tracking.

Bounty Hunters Are Legally Hacking Apple and the Pentagon–for Big Money
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Bounty Hunters Are Legally Hacking Apple and the Pentagon–for Big Money

Nathaniel Wakelam became a bounty hunter when he was 18.

China's $100 Billion Chip Supremacy Bid Unrealistic: Bain
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China's $100 Billion Chip Supremacy Bid Unrealistic: Bain

China faces an uphill battle in its push to become the global leader in computer chips because of a lack of technological know-how and talent, according to an analysis...

Streamlining Accelerated Computing For Industry
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Streamlining Accelerated Computing For Industry

Companies in industries as diverse as aerospace, car manufacturing, and wind power have been turning to supercomputers to investigate complex design problems related...

Happy 25th Birthday to the World Wide Web
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Happy 25th Birthday to the World Wide Web

Internauts, today we celebrate this glorious technology that brings us all together! On August 23, 1991--25 years ago today--the public gained access for the first...

Stretchy Supercapacitors Power Wearable Electronics
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Stretchy Supercapacitors Power Wearable Electronics

In a step toward wearable electronics, a team of researchers has produced a stretchy micro-supercapacitor using ribbons of graphene.

Solving Network Congestion
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Solving Network Congestion

The MegaMIMO system from MIT CSAIL speeds data transfer by coordinating multiple routers at the same time.

Obama's Science Legacy: Betting Big on Biomedical Science
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Obama's Science Legacy: Betting Big on Biomedical Science

When president-elect Barack Obama chose physicist John Holdren as his top science adviser in December 2008, some biomedical researchers worried that the pick signalled...

Maker Movement Turns Scientists Into Tinkerers
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Maker Movement Turns Scientists Into Tinkerers

To do science, scientists need money—and usually a lot of it because specialized equipment and tools don’t come cheap.

Stanford Scientists Combine Satellite Data, Machine Learning to Map Poverty
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Stanford Scientists Combine Satellite Data, Machine Learning to Map Poverty

Stanford University researchers used machine learning and high-resolution satellite imagery to identify impoverished regions in Africa.
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