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Annual NAS Prize Will Recognize Convergence Research
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Annual NAS Prize Will Recognize Convergence Research

The National Academy of Sciences has announced the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in Convergence Research to be presented annually, beginning this year with...

The Big Business of Smashing Bugs
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The Big Business of Smashing Bugs

Frans Rosén is a tech entrepreneur by day and a bug bounty hunter by night.

Columbia Technology May Double Radio Frequency Data Capacity
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Columbia Technology May Double Radio Frequency Data Capacity

A team of Columbia Engineering researchers has invented full-duplex radio integrated circuits that can be implemented in nanoscale CMOS to enable simultaneous...

On Pi Day, How Scientists Use This Number
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On Pi Day, How Scientists Use This Number

If you like numbers, you will love March 14, 2015.

How One Man Invented the Console Adventure Game
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How One Man Invented the Console Adventure Game

There's this yellow guy who lives in a yellow castle, and he's on a quest for a gleaming chalice.

Teaching Robots to Be Moral
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Teaching Robots to Be Moral

"Chappie," the highest-grossing movie in America last weekend, is, to put it mildly, not a great film; the critics have given it a twenty-nine on Rotten Tomatoes...

DARPA Program Aims to Ensure Online Privacy Through Technology
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DARPA Program Aims to Ensure Online Privacy Through Technology

DARPA has announced plans to research and develop tools for online privacy in an effort to help individuals, enterprises, and U.S. government agencies protect...

Five Reasons to Love Math on Pi Day
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Five Reasons to Love Math on Pi Day

Experts at the National Institutes of Health who track scientific studies at the interface of math and biology share a quintet of reasons why math is important...

Security Risks, Privacy Issues Too Great For Internet Voting
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Security Risks, Privacy Issues Too Great For Internet Voting

The fundamental security risks and privacy problems of Internet voting are too great for its use in public elections, and those problems will not be resolved...

Complex Molecules Made to Order in Synthesis Machine
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Complex Molecules Made to Order in Synthesis Machine

Synthesizing complex molecules is a notoriously fiendish art—and a daily toil for many chemists.

Apple's Contribution to the Smartwatch: An App-Centric Approach and Wi-Fi
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Apple's Contribution to the Smartwatch: An App-Centric Approach and Wi-Fi

As much as patent and trade-dress lawsuits would like to stop it, getting to today's idea of a modern, mature smartphone was a collaborative effort.

Cybercriminals Are Misappropriating Businesses' Web Addresses
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Cybercriminals Are Misappropriating Businesses' Web Addresses

Cybercriminals targeting businesses are stealing more than customer passwords and credit-card numbers these days.

Teaching Programming to Preschoolers
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Teaching Programming to Preschoolers

Researchers at the MIT Media Laboratory are developing a system that enables young children to program interactive robots by affixing stickers to laminated sheets...

Developers Wrestle with Making 'killer App' For Apple Watch
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Developers Wrestle with Making 'killer App' For Apple Watch

Software developers say it will not be easy to come up with a "killer app" for Apple Inc's Watch—few have seen the product and the software is still in test mode...

Detecting Deception Online Is Not So Easy, Professor Says
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Detecting Deception Online Is Not So Easy, Professor Says

Phishing scams are so prevalent that some businesses have taken action by sending out fake phishing emails and educating employees who respond.

Computer Model Explains How Brain Learns to Categorize
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Computer Model Explains How Brain Learns to Categorize

New York University researchers have devised a computer model to explain how a neural circuit learns to classify sensory stimuli into discrete categories.

Mistrust and Meddling ­nsettles ­.s. Science Agency
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Mistrust and Meddling ­nsettles ­.s. Science Agency

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has had a tough couple of years.

Obama Seeks to Boost Training For High-Tech Jobs
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Obama Seeks to Boost Training For High-Tech Jobs

President Barack Obama is embarking on a 20-city drive to intensify job-specific training in the high-tech sector. The administration aims to place 50,000 graduates...

If an Algorithm Wrote This, How Would You Even Know?
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If an Algorithm Wrote This, How Would You Even Know?

Let me hazard a guess that you think a real person has written what you're reading. Maybe you're right. Maybe not.

Patented Process Builds Better Semiconductors, Improves Electronic Devices
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Patented Process Builds Better Semiconductors, Improves Electronic Devices

Kansas State University chemical engineer Jim Edgar has received a patent for a process that may improve electronic devices and benefit manufacturers of semiconductor...
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