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Building the Robots of Mars—and Running Them from Manhattan
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Building the Robots of Mars—and Running Them from Manhattan

After getting off the subway at 34th Street, I headed west past Macy's and continued walking as the storefronts gradually gave way to office towers.

Apple, Google, Facebook Don't Pay the Highest Engineer Salary
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Apple, Google, Facebook Don't Pay the Highest Engineer Salary

Big-name companies like Google, Apple, and Facebook aren't necessarily paying their engineers the most (although they're up there), according to a new Glassdoor...

This Algorithm Can Predict Your Success At ­niversity
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This Algorithm Can Predict Your Success At ­niversity

In a large university full of lecture classes, it can be hard to pinpoint the students who are falling through the cracks.

10 Questions For Ibm's Katharine Frase
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10 Questions For Ibm's Katharine Frase

Dr. Katharine Frase was appointed chief technology officer of IBM in March 2013. She sets IBM's technical strategy and defines areas of growth in addition to cultivating...

100-Gbit Connection to Accelerate Data-Driven Science
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100-Gbit Connection to Accelerate Data-Driven Science

The San Diego Supercomputer Center and the University of California, San Diego's ACT organization have been awarded an NSF grant to connect the campus to high-bandwidth...

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As We May Type

In 1984, the personal-computer industry was still small enough to be captured, with reasonable fidelity, in a one-volume publication, the Whole Earth Software Catalog...

N.s.a. Director Gives Firm and Broad Defense of Surveillance Efforts
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N.s.a. Director Gives Firm and Broad Defense of Surveillance Efforts

The director of the National Security Agency, Gen. Keith B. Alexander, said in an interview that to prevent terrorist attacks he saw no effective alternative to...

Women, Stem, and Stereotypes
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Women, Stem, and Stereotypes

Women who are the most invested in STEM fields are also the ones most likely to leave them. Part of it may have to do with a well-studied phenomenon called stereotype...

Nobel Prize Sparks 'Brain Drain' Debate in Israel
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Nobel Prize Sparks 'Brain Drain' Debate in Israel

The Nobel Prize in chemistry has stirred up national pride in Israel but also concern on Thursday over a brain drain of some of its best and brightest to universities...

The Future Fabric of Data Analysis
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The Future Fabric of Data Analysis

When subatomic particles smash together at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, they create showers of new particles whose signatures are recorded by four...

Increasing Diversity of ­ndergraduate Scientific Researchers
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Increasing Diversity of ­ndergraduate Scientific Researchers

A summer research immersion program at Ursinus College recruits students underrepresented in the sciences at the beginning of their college careers and encourages...

Dude, Where's My Code?
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Dude, Where's My Code?

A new system warns programmers when compilers — which convert high-level programs into machine-readable instructions — might simply discard their code.

Three Questions For Microsoft's New Head of Research, Peter Lee
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Three Questions For Microsoft's New Head of Research, Peter Lee

Microsoft's new head of research, Peter Lee, is tasked with helping the company invent the future.

Nasa Grant Aims to Develop Advanced Microcircuits For Space Program
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Nasa Grant Aims to Develop Advanced Microcircuits For Space Program

The University of Arkansas is one of 10 institutions selected by NASA to develop technology that will address technical needs and enable future missions of America's...

Cyber Warrior Shortage Hits Anti-Hacker Fightback
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Cyber Warrior Shortage Hits Anti-Hacker Fightback

For the governments and corporations facing increasing computer attacks, the biggest challenge is finding the right cyber warriors to fight back.

Bit By Bit, Virtual Reality Heads For the Holodeck
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Bit By Bit, Virtual Reality Heads For the Holodeck

While sitting in a stuffy Hollywood hotel conference room recently, I plotted my next move outside a snow-covered, ancient castle.

A Blueprint For Restoring Touch with a Prosthetic Hand
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A Blueprint For Restoring Touch with a Prosthetic Hand

New research at the University of Chicago is laying the groundwork for touch-sensitive prosthetic limbs that one day could convey real-time sensory information...

The Nobel Prize in Physics Is Really a Nobel Prize in Math
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The Nobel Prize in Physics Is Really a Nobel Prize in Math

This year's Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to François Englert and Peter W. Higgs for the prediction of the Higgs boson, which was experimentally confirmed...

Accelerometer Ids Smartphones in Seconds
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Accelerometer Ids Smartphones in Seconds

One afternoon late last month, security researcher Hristo Bojinov placed his Galaxy Nexus phone face up on the table in a cramped Palo Alto conference room. Then...

Quantum Conductors Benefit from Growth on Smooth Foundations
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Quantum Conductors Benefit from Growth on Smooth Foundations

Researchers in the United States and China have teamed up to develop a speedway for future devices, an exotic type of electrical conductor called a topological...
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