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Supercomputers Will Play Major Role in Cancer Moonshot Initiative
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Supercomputers Will Play Major Role in Cancer Moonshot Initiative

High performance supercomputers will play a major role in the Cancer Moonshot initiative, the U.S. effort to double the rate of progress in cancer prevention, diagnosis...

DARPA Integrates Network of Space Sensors to Help Avoid Collisions in Space
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DARPA Integrates Network of Space Sensors to Help Avoid Collisions in Space

DARPA's OrbitOutlook (O2) program is looking to improve space safety by collecting data on man-made space debris from military and commercial space surveillance...

Researchers Sue the Government Over Computer Hacking Law
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Researchers Sue the Government Over Computer Hacking Law

In the age of big data analytics, the proprietary algorithms web sites use to determine what data to display to visitors have the potential to illegally discriminate...

Obama Administration Releases $150m in Grants For Techhire
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Obama Administration Releases $150m in Grants For Techhire

The Obama administration has issued $150 million in grants for 39 technology-related partnerships in 25 states and Washington, D.C. Awardees will use this money...

Trump's Secret Data Reversal
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Trump's Secret Data Reversal

Donald Trump has dismissed political data operations as "overrated," but his campaign is now bolstering its online fundraising and digital outreach by turning to...

How Non-Techies Can Get a Master's Degree in Computer Science
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How Non-Techies Can Get a Master's Degree in Computer Science

Northeastern University's ALIGN program is creating a pipeline of graduates with a master's degree in computer science by drawing upon undergraduates with degrees...

Bridge to Coveted Electronic Properties
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Bridge to Coveted Electronic Properties

A new tabletop laser system achieves sought-after energies needed for advanced characterization of electronic properties with unprecedented precision and range.

Engineers to Use Cyborg Insects as Biorobotic Sensing Machines
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Engineers to Use Cyborg Insects as Biorobotic Sensing Machines

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are using a locust's sense of smell to develop new biorobotic sensing devices.

Tech Graduates in Demand Amid Skills Shortage
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Tech Graduates in Demand Amid Skills Shortage

Even before the ink had dried on her thesis, Deirdre Corr had a dilemma: which job offer should she take up? She wasn't alone.

Intel Outside as Other Companies Prosper from AI Chips
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Intel Outside as Other Companies Prosper from AI Chips

Back in 1997, Andy Grove, then chief executive officer of Intel, became one of the first corporate titans to embrace the teachings of Harvard Business School professor...

Data Centers Continue to Proliferate While Their Energy ­se Plateaus
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Data Centers Continue to Proliferate While Their Energy ­se Plateaus

A new report from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has found that electricity consumption by data centers in the United States, after rising rapidly for more...

Meet the Smartest, Cutest AI-Powered Robot You've Ever Seen
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Meet the Smartest, Cutest AI-Powered Robot You've Ever Seen

Boris Sofman taps his phone, and the robot on the conference room table in front of him wakes up. Not in that gadget-y way, like when a laptop screen turns on,...

This Message Will Self-Destruct
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This Message Will Self-Destruct

Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed an electron-beam writing technique that allows for nanoscale engineering of future graphene-based...

First Crispr Clinical Trial Gets Green Light from ­S Panel
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First Crispr Clinical Trial Gets Green Light from ­S Panel

CRISPR, the genome-editing technology that has taken biomedical science by storm, is finally nearing human trials.

Driverless Cars: Who Gets Protected?
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Driverless Cars: Who Gets Protected?

A new study shows that the public is conflicted over the safety of autonomous vehicles, taking a notably inconsistent approach of how the vehicles should perform...

How Well Do Facial Recognition Algorithms Cope with a Million Strangers?
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How Well Do Facial Recognition Algorithms Cope with a Million Strangers?

University of Washington researchers are using the MegaFace challenge competition to evaluate and improve the performance of face recognition algorithms at the...

Whom Are You Voting For? This Guy Can Read Your Mind.
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Whom Are You Voting For? This Guy Can Read Your Mind.

Neuroscientist Ryan McGarry swabbed a brain activity headset with saline solution and lowered it onto Brian Hazel's head, connecting circular prongs gingerly to...

'eccentric Orbits' Chronicles the Stunning Failure (and Improbable Revival) of the Iridium Satellite Phone
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'eccentric Orbits' Chronicles the Stunning Failure (and Improbable Revival) of the Iridium Satellite Phone

The business sections of bookstores overflow with guides to success—the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, for instance, has stamped his name on more than a...

How Maglev Works
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How Maglev Works

The idea for Maglev (magnetic levitation) trains came to James Powell as he sat in a traffic jam. There must be a better way to travel on land than cars or traditional...

System ­ses Sound to Locate Water Main Leaks
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System ­ses Sound to Locate Water Main Leaks

Researchers have developed a technique to locate water network leaks with 99.5% accuracy.
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