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Open Access Research Journal to Launch Next Year
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Open Access Research Journal to Launch Next Year

The American Educational Research Association announced that it will launch AERA Open, an online, peer-reviewed journal that will be freely available to all readers...

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40 Years Ago, Ethernet's Fathers Were the Startup Kids

Bob Metcalfe, Dave Boggs, and the rest of the scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 were a lot like young developers at a Silicon Valley startup...

The Audacious Plan to End Hunger with 3D Printed Food
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The Audacious Plan to End Hunger with 3D Printed Food

Anjan Contractor's 3D food printer might evoke visions of the "replicator" popularized in Star Trek, from which Captain Picard was constantly interrupting himself...

How to Best Manage Workaholics
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How to Best Manage Workaholics

Workaholics tend to live in extremes, with great job satisfaction on the one hand and high levels of frustration and exhaustion on the other. A new Florida State...

Iowa VP for Research Addresses Next-Generation Supercomputers at Congressional Hearing
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Iowa VP for Research Addresses Next-Generation Supercomputers at Congressional Hearing

Daniel Reed, the University of Iowa's vice president for research and economic development, will urge congressional lawmakers to support exascale computing at a...

Before Tumblr, Founder Made Mom Proud. He Quit School.
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Before Tumblr, Founder Made Mom Proud. He Quit School.

When David Karp was 14, he was clearly a bright teenager.

Big Data Could Generate Millions of New Jobs
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Big Data Could Generate Millions of New Jobs

With data analytics now one of the fastest growing fields in IT, it stands to reason that data scientists are in demand. That's great for people with the requisite...

If Your Shrink Is a Bot, How Do You Respond?
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If Your Shrink Is a Bot, How Do You Respond?

Her hair is brown and tied back into a professional-looking ponytail.

Helper Robots Are Steered, Tentatively, to Care For the Aging
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Helper Robots Are Steered, Tentatively, to Care For the Aging

In the opening scene of the movie "Robot & Frank," which takes place in the near future, Frank, an elderly man who lives alone, is arguing with his son about going...

Un Award Recognizes Role For Ict in Road Safety
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Un Award Recognizes Role For Ict in Road Safety

The United Nations recognized the President of Switzerland, the chairman of Robert Bosch GmbH, and the President of the International Automobile Federation for...

The Rise of the Graduate Entrepreneur
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The Rise of the Graduate Entrepreneur

With the market for traditional corporate jobsis shrinking and a new market for entrepreneurial startups growing, more and more graduates are reassessing their...

Why Google and the Pentagon Want 'quantum Computers'
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Why Google and the Pentagon Want 'quantum Computers'

Imagine a computer that can teach your mobile phone to recognize any object it sees, or one that can instantly find optimal travel routes for thousands of planes...

Canada Comes to Silicon Valley to Poach High-Tech Workers Struggling with Immigration Problems
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Canada Comes to Silicon Valley to Poach High-Tech Workers Struggling with Immigration Problems

Canada has landed in Silicon Valley with a brazen message: Give us your smart, your restless, your huddled Googleplex workers yearning to breathe life into the...

Moshe Vardi: Robots Could Put Humans Out of Work By 2045
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Moshe Vardi: Robots Could Put Humans Out of Work By 2045

Robots began replacing human brawn long ago—now they're poised to replace human brains.

National Lab Provides Backdrop for 'Star Trek: Into Darkness'
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National Lab Provides Backdrop for 'Star Trek: Into Darkness'

The National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was utilized as a film set for "Star Trek: Into Darkness."

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Gregory Nagy, a professor of classical Greek literature at Harvard, is a gentle academic of the sort who, asked about the future, will begin speaking of Homer and...

What the Obama Campaign's Chief Data Scientist Is Up to Now
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What the Obama Campaign's Chief Data Scientist Is Up to Now

The chief data scientist of President Barack Obama's reelection campaign is headed to the University of Chicago. Rayid Ghani will serve as the chief data scientist...

Demand for IT Grads Is Driving ­p Supply, Study Finds
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Demand for IT Grads Is Driving ­p Supply, Study Finds

High demand for IT professionals is driving up the number of college students pursuing IT-related degrees, according to a Dice.com report, which says the number...

Nine Things to Consider Before Accepting That It Job Offer
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Nine Things to Consider Before Accepting That It Job Offer

There are nine questions you need to ask yourself before you change IT jobs. In short, you need to be interviewing the company just as much as they are interviewing...

STEM Hub Unveils New Tools for Advancing Education
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STEM Hub Unveils New Tools for Advancing Education

Over 250 local and regional leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics recently gathered to hear about the Long Island STEM Hub's new initiatives...
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