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Is 'work-Life Balance' in Tech a Myth?
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Is 'work-Life Balance' in Tech a Myth?

Are tech pros really willing to live on energy drinks, and sleep on office couches, in order to get the job done? For many, the answer is "no."

Rampant Software Errors May ­ndermine Scientific Results
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Rampant Software Errors May ­ndermine Scientific Results

The opportunities for both subtle and profound errors in software and data management are boundless, yet they remain surprisingly underappreciated. It is therefore...

It Takes A Network
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It Takes A Network

MIT's Rising Stars workshop helps female electrical engineering and computer science graduate students and postdocs build a professional network with a focus on...

Julia Gets $600K
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Julia Gets $600K

Julia, a dynamic language for technical computing, has been given $600,000 by the Moore Foundation to help move the core open-source language and libraries into...

Managing the Data Deluge For National Security Analysts
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Managing the Data Deluge For National Security Analysts

Sandia Labs researchers are developing solutions to help analyze huge amounts of data in real-time, including presenting sensor images in searchable form.

Computers Uncover Mechanism That Stabilizes Plasma Within Tokamaks
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Computers Uncover Mechanism That Stabilizes Plasma Within Tokamaks

A team of physicists has discovered a mechanism that prevents the electrical current flowing through fusion plasma from repeatedly peaking and crashing.

Crowdsourcing Competition Examines How Cancers Originate And Evolve
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Crowdsourcing Competition Examines How Cancers Originate And Evolve

An international consortium has created a public challenge to optimize the discovery of genetically distinct groups of cells within cancers that could respond differently...

A Computer Science Department For the 21st Century
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A Computer Science Department For the 21st Century

Yale University will expand its computer science faculty by more than 25 percent, from 20 to 26 professors, and has made the department a part of its engineering...

Incite Grants Awarded to 56 Computational Research Projects
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Incite Grants Awarded to 56 Computational Research Projects

The DOE Office of Science announced 56 projects aimed at addressing some of the world's most challenging scientific questions. The projects will share 5.8 billion...

How DNA and a Supercomputer Can Help Sustain Honey Bee Populations
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How DNA and a Supercomputer Can Help Sustain Honey Bee Populations

Researchers from Ohio State University are using the latest DNA sequencing technology and a supercomputer to uncover what plants honey bees rely on.

Professor Develops Framework For Teaching Networks
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Professor Develops Framework For Teaching Networks

A framework co-developed by a Binghamton University researcher could help future scientists improve their understanding of all types of networks, from social media...

Complex Problem Made Simple Sends Computer Scientists Wild
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Complex Problem Made Simple Sends Computer Scientists Wild

Theoretical computer scientists are humming with excitement after László Babai of the University of Chicago announced a purported proof that Graph Isomorphism can...

Google's Robot Group Struggles to Fill Leadership Vacuum as It Shoots For Ambitious Launch Before 2020
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Google's Robot Group Struggles to Fill Leadership Vacuum as It Shoots For Ambitious Launch Before 2020

Nearly two years ago, Google announced a new robotics division that had secretly snapped up almost ten companies.

To Infinity: How Pixar Brought Computers to the Movies
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To Infinity: How Pixar Brought Computers to the Movies

Ed Catmull's office could be a window into the brain of Pixar.

How to Judge Scientists' Strengths
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How to Judge Scientists' Strengths

When the director of a research institute asked his Twitter followers for a practical way to dig out promising candidates from the hundreds of applications sitting...

Astronomers Begin Building Super Telescope to See Dawn of the ­niverse
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Astronomers Begin Building Super Telescope to See Dawn of the ­niverse

The biggest and baddest telescope in the world stands atop a volcanic peak in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa.

Imitating Human Brain Synapses Could Lead to Smarter Electronics
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Imitating Human Brain Synapses Could Lead to Smarter Electronics

Scientists report the development of a synthetic synapse that mimics the plasticity of the human brain, marking a forward step in efforts to develop human-like...

The Internet Lives in a Huge Hotel in Manhattan
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The Internet Lives in a Huge Hotel in Manhattan

There is no shortage of cool stuff to see on the Internet, but the Internet itself—the networks and servers and cables tying it all together—is pretty mundane....

The Digital Revolution in Higher Education Has Already Happened. No One Noticed.
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The Digital Revolution in Higher Education Has Already Happened. No One Noticed.

The digital revolution in higher education has happened.

Large Companies Game H-1b Visa Program, and Jobs Leave the ­.s.
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Large Companies Game H-1b Visa Program, and Jobs Leave the ­.s.

Théo Négri, a young software engineer from France, had come up with so many novel ideas at his job at an Internet start-up in San Francisco that the American entrepreneur...
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