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Breaking Bottlenecks to the Electronic-Photonic Information Technology Revolution
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Breaking Bottlenecks to the Electronic-Photonic Information Technology Revolution

A team of researchers have created an optical communications device that translates electrical bits into photonic bits at speeds tens of times faster than current...

Researchers 3D Print Electronics and Cells Directly on Skin
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Researchers 3D Print Electronics and Cells Directly on Skin

Researchers at the University of Minnesota used a customized, 3D printer to print electronics on a human hand. The technology could be used by soldiers on the battlefield...

Who Controls Your Data?
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Who Controls Your Data?

The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will change how companies and individuals collect, store and share data.

Smithsonian Launches Pilot Program of 'Pepper' Robots
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Smithsonian Launches Pilot Program of 'Pepper' Robots

Humanoid Pepper robots have been deployed in six Smithsonian museums to test how robot technology can enhance visitor experiences and educational offerings.

Chips Down: China Aims to Boost Semiconductors as Trade War Looms
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Chips Down: China Aims to Boost Semiconductors as Trade War Looms

Now, as a trade war with the United States looms, a government decision to accelerate the development of the domestic chip industry underlines how far those goals...

Made in China 2025: Beijing's Big Ambitions from Robots to Chips
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Made in China 2025: Beijing's Big Ambitions from Robots to Chips

China is looking to catch up with rivals like the United States and Germany in high-end technology, making a major push with a "Made in China 2025" strategy that...

Your Heartbeat Could Power a Smartphone
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Your Heartbeat Could Power a Smartphone

In "I Sing the Body Electric," the poet Walt Whitman waxed lyrically about the "action and power" of "beautiful, curious, breathing, laughing flesh."

Sitting with the Cyber-Sleuths Who Track Cryptocurrency Criminals
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Sitting with the Cyber-Sleuths Who Track Cryptocurrency Criminals

Spiky yellow and blue shapes begin to fill a screen that spans an entire wall in a lab at Imperial College London.

Staff Changes Upend White House Cyber Team
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Staff Changes Upend White House Cyber Team

The White House cybersecurity team is undergoing a major shuffle that former officials say could jeopardize the administration's efforts to develop cyber policy...

Why Silicon Valley Shouldn't Work With the Pentagon
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Why Silicon Valley Shouldn't Work With the Pentagon

Is Silicon Valley going to war?

NT­ Robot Autonomously Assembles an IKEA Chair
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NT­ Robot Autonomously Assembles an IKEA Chair

Nanyang Technological University scientists have developed a robot that can autonomously assemble an IKEA chair in 20 minutes.

What the Latest Strike on Syria Succeeded At (and What It Didn't)
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What the Latest Strike on Syria Succeeded At (and What It Didn't)

On April 13, the United States, France, and the United Kingdom launched the largest barrage of cruise missiles since the opening of the Gulf War.

A Graphene Roll-Out
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A Graphene Roll-Out

Engineers have developed a scalable manufacturing process that produces long strips of high-quality graphene, a possible pathway to commercialization.

Robots Could Be Girls' Ticket to Future
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Robots Could Be Girls' Ticket to Future

The University of Southern California is trying to expose young people to robotics and computer science through the robotics open house, an annual event that draws...

Robots Ride to the Rescue Where Workers Can't Be Found
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Robots Ride to the Rescue Where Workers Can't Be Found

When Zbynek Frolik needed new employees to handle surging orders at his cavernous factories in central Bohemia, he fanned advertisements across the Czech Republic...

Hackathons Are ­sually Dominated by Men; This One Was Just for Girls
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Hackathons Are ­sually Dominated by Men; This One Was Just for Girls

"HeartOnSleeve," "Too Tired to be Tired," "Moodchanger," "Food for Less Thought." If these apps sound like something a teen girl would love, that's because they...

The White House Loses Its Cybersecurity Brain Trust
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The White House Loses Its Cybersecurity Brain Trust

Today, the White House confirmed that cybersecurity coordinator Rob Joyce will head back to the National Security Agency, where he previously ran the nation's top...

Attacks in ­K and Syria Highlight Growing Need for Chemical-Forensics Expertise
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Attacks in ­K and Syria Highlight Growing Need for Chemical-Forensics Expertise

As investigations continue into the attempted assassination of a former Russian double agent and his daughter in Britain, findings released this week have renewed...

Trade War or Not, China Is Closing the Gap on ­.S. in Technology IP Race
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Trade War or Not, China Is Closing the Gap on ­.S. in Technology IP Race

China's rising investment in research and expansion of its higher education system mean that it is fast closing the gap with the United States in intellectual property...

A Revealer of Secrets in the Data of Life and the ­niverse
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A Revealer of Secrets in the Data of Life and the ­niverse

In statistics, abstract math meets real life. To find meaning in unruly sets of raw numbers, statisticians like Donald Richards first look for associations: statistical...
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