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As K-12 Classrooms Go High-Tech, Colleges Get More Virtual
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As K-12 Classrooms Go High-Tech, Colleges Get More Virtual

Across America, the latest technologies are being stuffed into backpacks, propped up in classrooms, and enabling learning across vast distances.

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Computer Science Becomes Stanford's Most Popular Major

For the first time in Stanford's history, computer science has become the most popular undergraduate major—a milestone for a school conceived on a farm but now...

For Popular Khan Academy, a Critical Voice Amid the Adulation
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For Popular Khan Academy, a Critical Voice Amid the Adulation

In the past year, education-reform icon Sal Khan has been lauded by Bill Gates as the "teacher to the world" and has been listed among Time magazine's 100 most...

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World-Class Cryptos Wanted: Researchers Seek Help Decoding "Encrypted Warhead"

Researchers have renewed their call for help in cracking an "encrypted warhead" they believe was unleashed by a powerful nation-state and may be poised to search...

In a Valley of Vc Clones, Google Ventures Does More Than Just Write Checks
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In a Valley of Vc Clones, Google Ventures Does More Than Just Write Checks

Joe Kraus isn't just a Google Ventures partner. He's also a poker player, and I think he knows that both pursuits involve a certain amount of gambling, regardless...

Russian Tech Giants Aim to Replicate Success Abroad
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Russian Tech Giants Aim to Replicate Success Abroad

The gleaming, glass-fronted building towers over its more traditional neighbors in this quiet street in central Moscow. But it is not just Yandex's headquarters...

Commercial Blue-Sky Research Lives on at Ibm's Watson Center
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Commercial Blue-Sky Research Lives on at Ibm's Watson Center

In the decades following World War II, the U.S. emerged as the leading center of scientific research through the efforts of three types of institutions: its research...

Software to Help Cities Monitor Traffic More Accurately
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Software to Help Cities Monitor Traffic More Accurately

New software developed at Ohio State University helps in-road traffic detectors count cars more accurately — and save city planners money.

More Than Money: Researchers Identify What Motivates Workers
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More Than Money: Researchers Identify What Motivates Workers

A sense of belonging and attachment to a group of co-workers is a better motivator for some employees than money, according to a new study by University of Iowa...

Suny Stony Brook Launches Institute For Advanced Computational Science
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Suny Stony Brook Launches Institute For Advanced Computational Science

Stony Brook University is launching a new world-class Institute for Advanced Computational Science, and will collaborate closely with the U.S. Department of...

Economic Strains Don't Crimp Tech Job Opportunities in Asia-Pacific
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Economic Strains Don't Crimp Tech Job Opportunities in Asia-Pacific

There is a healthy demand for engineers and information technology specialists in the Asia-Pacific region, increasingly the result of companies expanding their...

Math and Science Fields Battle Persistent Gender Gap
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Math and Science Fields Battle Persistent Gender Gap

Many colleges that specialize in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields have taken steps to increase female enrollment by creating opportunities...

Women and Tech: Why Don't Girls Want to Be Geeks?
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Women and Tech: Why Don't Girls Want to Be Geeks?

Last month Yahoo appointed a self-styled "super geek" as its chief executive. Nothing unusual there—except this one was a woman and a pregnant one to boot. 

Within Reach: Engineers to Add Arms and Hands to ­AVs
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Within Reach: Engineers to Add Arms and Hands to ­AVs

Engineers at Drexel University will investigate adding dexterous limbs to unmanned aerial vehicles as part of a U.S. National Science Foundation grant.

Finding the Talent Your Business Needs
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Finding the Talent Your Business Needs

How CIOs are meeting the challenge of a small high-tech pool by making the most of the teams they have.

Encouraging College Women Into STEM Studies
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Encouraging College Women Into STEM Studies

Research suggests that attracting women to STEM fields may be about learning connections and not just role models.

Why Investors Willingly Pay Speed Traders Extra Billions
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Why Investors Willingly Pay Speed Traders Extra Billions

When high-frequency traders defend themselves against criticism that they're screwing up the stock market by distorting prices or making it more volatile, their...

Is Algebra Necessary?
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Is Algebra Necessary?

A typical American school day finds some six million high school students and two million college freshmen struggling with algebra.

Roosevelt Island: New York's New Tech Hub
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Roosevelt Island: New York's New Tech Hub

In a sliver of land in New York City's East River, where a lunatic asylum and smallpox hospital once stood, banners proclaim with unabashed assurance (or chutzpah)...

Columbia ­niversity Creates Data Sciences Institute
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Columbia ­niversity Creates Data Sciences Institute

As part of its Applied Sciences NYC Initiative, New York City will assist Columbia University's plan to create a world-class center for data sciences and engineering...
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