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Breakthrough Scientific Discoveries No Longer Dominated By the Very Young, Study Finds
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Breakthrough Scientific Discoveries No Longer Dominated By the Very Young, Study Finds

Scientists under the age of 40 used to make the majority of significant breakthroughs in chemistry, physics and medicine — but that is no longer the case, new research...

Pc Changed His World
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Pc Changed His World

Kevin Berg lives with cerebral palsy, and operates a computer-repair business with the combination of a head-wand, a touch-screen tablet computer, and the support...

STEM Jobs Outlook Strong, but Collaboration Needed to Fill Jobs
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STEM Jobs Outlook Strong, but Collaboration Needed to Fill Jobs

U.S. businesses are in a Catch-22. They've got plenty of jobs in science, technology, engineering, and math — STEM — ready to fill. Unfortunately, the supply...

Why Science Majors Change Their Minds (it's Just So Darn Hard)
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Why Science Majors Change Their Minds (it's Just So Darn Hard)

The number of college freshmen interested in majoring in a STEM field on the rise. But roughly 40 percent end up switching to other subjects or failing to get...

Boomerang Employees
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Boomerang Employees

Corporate alumni networks are experiencing a surge in popularity as professional services and technology companies struggle to find skilled workers to fill their...

How to Predict the Future
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How to Predict the Future

Imagining the future, we naturally think of it as a different place to the one we live in now. It is populated with new technologies, advanced science, and perhaps...

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Facebook Ceo Mark Zuckerberg Recruits Harvard Students

Sometimes you can go home again. Mark Zuckerberg, who famously dropped out of Harvard College to start a little Web site called Facebook, will be back there on...

Study Suggests Women Score Low on Tech Aptitude Tests For Lack of Interest
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Study Suggests Women Score Low on Tech Aptitude Tests For Lack of Interest

A new study by a University of Iowa researcher suggests males score higher on technical aptitude tests than females because boys and men are simply more interested...

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Despite Problems, Silicon Valley Still an Innovation Magnet

All it takes is five minutes to compile a lengthy list of reasons not to come to Silicon Valley. The cost of living is off the charts. Traffic stinks. Housing...

Entrepreneurship Lessons for the Academic-Minded
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Entrepreneurship Lessons for the Academic-Minded

The slow pace of job creation has revived interest in getting promising new technologies out of university labs and into the marketplace. At Stanford University...

Three Ways to Uncover a Hidden Job
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Three Ways to Uncover a Hidden Job

While most candidates begin their job search online, the majority of the jobs in the United States and other countries are never advertised online. Here are a few...

Work Climate the Top Reason Women Leave Engineering
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Work Climate the Top Reason Women Leave Engineering

Despite successful interventions to increase the numbers of women earning degrees in engineering, the field faces a problem retaining those female engineers. The...

It Pros in Demand, Though Worker Confidence Low: Technisource
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It Pros in Demand, Though Worker Confidence Low: Technisource

Technisource's IT Employee Confidence Index fell in the third quarter to its lowest level in more than two years. The decline comes as a surprise because the U...

Cybersecurity Mainly Male Domain
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Cybersecurity Mainly Male Domain

While the U.S. government and private sector urgently try to beef up cybersecurity efforts, the IT field that supplies talent remains largely a male domain. At...

Your Technology Skills Have a Two Year Half-Life
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Your Technology Skills Have a Two Year Half-Life

From a marketability perspective,  a technology professional's skill set has a two year half-life. That said, there are things that you can do to keep yourself...

Cyber Workshop at Sandia Labs Seeks Potential Responses to Cyberattacks
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Cyber Workshop at Sandia Labs Seeks Potential Responses to Cyberattacks

The difficulties of defending utilities, commerce and national security against cyberattacks, and what to do to change that situation, were major themes of a recent...

The Gen Y Myth
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The Gen Y Myth

A new study finds that much of the perceived wisdom about Gen Y's attitude and approach to work appears to be wrong. This means that much of what business leaders...

More Demand, Fewer Grads Mean Tech Careers Continue to Boom
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More Demand, Fewer Grads Mean Tech Careers Continue to Boom

Demand for technology professionals continues to rise, as the technology industry remains one of the fastest growing career fields. Broader use of technology across...

Women Aren't Becoming Engineers Because of Confidence Issues
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Women Aren't Becoming Engineers Because of Confidence Issues

Women are less likely than men to stay in engineering majors and to become engineers because they want to have families and are more insecure about their math abilities...

Salaries Projected to Rise in 2012 For In-Demand It Professionals
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Salaries Projected to Rise in 2012 For In-Demand It Professionals

The newly released 2012 Salary Guides from Robert Half International project U.S. starting salaries for technology positions will increase 4.5 percent increase...
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