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Solar-Powered Carousel Opens at the National Zoo
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Solar-Powered Carousel Opens at the National Zoo

One of the only solar-powered carousels in the world is now open at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. The carousel features hand-carved and hand-painted animals and...

Hatching Ideas, and Companies, By the Dozens at Mit
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Hatching Ideas, and Companies, By the Dozens at Mit

How do you take particles in a test tube, or components in a tiny chip, and turn them into a $100 million company?

How to Reduce America's Talent Deficit
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How to Reduce America's Talent Deficit

Brad Smith, executive vice president and general counsel of Microsoft, weighs in on what academia and industry can do to produce more graduates with the IT skills...

IT Employment is Still Soaring, and So are Bonuses
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IT Employment is Still Soaring, and So are Bonuses

With unemployment in the IT industry at historically low levels, companies are increasing their payments of bonuses as they scramble to fill open positions and...

Microsoft Hires Jeannette Wing to Head Microsoft Research International
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Microsoft Hires Jeannette Wing to Head Microsoft Research International

Jeannette Wing, a leading figure in computer science research, will join Microsoft Research in January 2013 as vice president, head of Microsoft Research International...

Social Media Changing Collaborative Research
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Social Media Changing Collaborative Research

Scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville are using a collaboration portal designed to encourage collaborative "open science" by providing scientists...

Middle Schoolers Tap Research-Grade Robotic Telescopes
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Middle Schoolers Tap Research-Grade Robotic Telescopes

Approximately 1,400 middle schoolers will explore the universe with research-grade robotic telescopes over the next three years, thanks to a $1.6 million program...

Company Plans 'revolutionary' Eavesdropping Technology to Help Governments Monitor Internet Chats
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Company Plans 'revolutionary' Eavesdropping Technology to Help Governments Monitor Internet Chats

According to law enforcement agencies, the rising popularity of Internet chat services like Skype has made it difficult to eavesdrop on suspects' communications...

­.s. Bolsters National Push to Expand Computing Education
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­.s. Bolsters National Push to Expand Computing Education

Through a five-year, $6.24 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Massachusetts Amherst will...

Nsf Grant to Improve Computer Science Education
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Nsf Grant to Improve Computer Science Education

Building on its success in drawing more women and under-represented minority students to study computer science, UMass Amherst has won a $6.24 million grant from...

Demand for Software Engineers Keeps Climbing and So Do the Salaries
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Demand for Software Engineers Keeps Climbing and So Do the Salaries

Skyrocketing demand is leading to higher salaries and improved career prospects for software engineers across the United States.

Supercomputer Simulations Studied to Improve Military and Sports Helmet Designs
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Supercomputer Simulations Studied to Improve Military and Sports Helmet Designs

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico are comparing supercomputer simulations of blast waves on the brain with clinical studies...

Want Better Employees? Get Somebody Else to Rate Their Personalities
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Want Better Employees? Get Somebody Else to Rate Their Personalities

Businesses will get more accurate assessments of potential and current employees if they do away with self-rated personality tests and ask those being assessed...

Gates Foundation Awards $3 Million in Mooc Grants
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Gates Foundation Awards $3 Million in Mooc Grants

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded 12 grants, totaling more than $3 million, in new investments in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).

Executives & Academics Partner to Advance STEM Education & Careers
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Executives & Academics Partner to Advance STEM Education & Careers

The Business-Higher Education Forum, a network of executives and college presidents, is focusing on programs to promote deeper learning and science, technology,...

Hacking Contest Seeks to Attract Women to Information Security
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Hacking Contest Seeks to Attract Women to Information Security

The Power of Community security conference in Seoul recently held the final round of a hacking contest called the Power of XX, a women-only skills competition intended...

With Millions Paid in Hacker Bug Bounties, Is the Internet Any Safer?
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With Millions Paid in Hacker Bug Bounties, Is the Internet Any Safer?

The night before the end of Google's Pwnium contest at the CanSecWest security conference this year in Vancouver, a tall teen dressed in khaki shorts, tube socks...

Ten Signs It May Be Time to Quit Your Job
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Ten Signs It May Be Time to Quit Your Job

There are ways to spot the warning signs that it may be time to quit your day job.

STEM Pathways
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STEM Pathways

Many universities are reaching out to community colleges to set up programs that encourage science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.

It Employment Will Finish Year in the Black
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It Employment Will Finish Year in the Black

Despite some concerns earlier this year, it's safe to say that IT employment will finish 2012 well in the black.
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