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The Quest for Better Superconducting Materials
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The Quest for Better Superconducting Materials

By gaining a better understanding of how and why chemical dopants alter the behavior of a parent material, scientists believe they can design superconductors that...

How the 'matthew Effect' Helps Some Scientific Papers Gain Popularity
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How the 'matthew Effect' Helps Some Scientific Papers Gain Popularity

Do scientific papers written by well-known scholars get more attention than they otherwise would receive because of their authors' high profiles? A new study...

Nus and Fuji Xerox Collaborate on Ict Research Projects
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Nus and Fuji Xerox Collaborate on Ict Research Projects

National University of Singapore and Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd. will collaborate on research projects involving digital documents and media delivery over wireless networks...

Video Games: New Way to Prepare Students for Community Service
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Video Games: New Way to Prepare Students for Community Service

Tufts University is developing and testing an interactive video game created in collaboration with the Engagement Game Lab at Emerson College to see if it can...

A Little Less Tech Luster in Cambridge
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A Little Less Tech Luster in Cambridge

On the streets of East London, signs of the city's blossoming tech scene are hard to miss.

How a Database of the World's Knowledge Shapes Google's Future
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How a Database of the World's Knowledge Shapes Google's Future

For all its success, Google's famous Page Rank algorithm has never understood a word of the billions of Web pages it has directed people to over the years.

The Inside Story of Tor, the Best Internet Anonymity Tool the Government Ever Built
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The Inside Story of Tor, the Best Internet Anonymity Tool the Government Ever Built

Last year, Edward Snowden turned over to the Guardian, a British newspaper, some 58,000 classified U.S. government documents.

One Day an Elevator Might Ask—are You Getting On?
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One Day an Elevator Might Ask—are You Getting On?

Microsoft researchers have enabled elevators in a company building to detect the likelihood that a person walking by will want to board it.

Opportunity Knocks Off 10 Years on Mars
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Opportunity Knocks Off 10 Years on Mars

A whirlwind tour of the Mars rover's past 10 years of adventures and discoveries by mission scientist Ray Arvidson.  

As the Mac Turns 30, Apple Ponders 'Post-PC' Era
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As the Mac Turns 30, Apple Ponders 'Post-PC' Era

When Apple introduced the Macintosh in 1984, people wondered whether everyone would need a personal computer one day.

Collaborative Software Helps Systems Engineers Link Performance and Cost
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Collaborative Software Helps Systems Engineers Link Performance and Cost

An advanced web-based tool created at a team at the Georgia Tech Research Institute allows users to visualize a systems engineering project's potential expense...

Preparing High Schoolers For Computer Science Careers
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Preparing High Schoolers For Computer Science Careers

Students at Lane Tech College Prep in Chicago are jumpstarting their future in computer science through a partnership with the University of Illinois at Chicago...

Computer Simulation of Blood Vessel Growth
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Computer Simulation of Blood Vessel Growth

University of Utah bioengineers have developed a computer simulation of blood vessel growth that represents a step toward better understanding of cancer metastasis...

Seeing Things: A New Transparent Display System Could Provide Heads-up Data
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Seeing Things: A New Transparent Display System Could Provide Heads-up Data

Transparent displays have a variety of potential applications—such as the ability to see navigation or dashboard information while looking through the windshield...

Nasa Receives Mars 2020 Rover Instrument Proposals For Evaluation
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Nasa Receives Mars 2020 Rover Instrument Proposals For Evaluation

NASA has received 58 proposals for science and exploration technology instruments to fly aboard the agency's next Mars rover in 2020, twice the usual number submitted...

Data Science Specialization Offered via Nine Moocs
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Data Science Specialization Offered via Nine Moocs

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health will offer a structured and comprehensive Data Science Specialization through a series of nine Massive Open...

Staying Cool by Getting Hot in the Nanoelectric Universe
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Staying Cool by Getting Hot in the Nanoelectric Universe

Research hints that nanodevices in microcircuits can protect themselves from heat generation, which could boost computing power without large-scale changes to electronics...

Ann Cavoukian
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Ann Cavoukian

Ann Cavoukian is the information and privacy commissioner in Ontario, Canada, and a longtime advocate of default online confidentiality.

'have You Ever Been on a Boat?' and 15 Other Weird Interview Questions from Tech Firms
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'have You Ever Been on a Boat?' and 15 Other Weird Interview Questions from Tech Firms

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16 Stupid Tech Job Interview Questions: Show Your Snark
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16 Stupid Tech Job Interview Questions: Show Your Snark

Glassdoor characterizes these actual job interview questions as "oddball." We give these questions the answers they deserve.
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