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Twitter Fights Transport Problems
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Twitter Fights Transport Problems

Researchers from Israel, Britain, and Italy are suggesting a new method to collect information on transportation problems following mass events, like football...

IT Gender Salary Gap Not as Dramatic as You Think
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IT Gender Salary Gap Not as Dramatic as You Think

The wage disparity between men and women in the technology industry might not be as significant as previously thought, according to a new Payscale report.

The Insane and Exciting Future of the Bionic Body
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The Insane and Exciting Future of the Bionic Body

Bertolt Meyer pulls off his left forearm and gives it to me.

For Better Li-ion Batteries, Scientists Watch One at Work
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For Better Li-ion Batteries, Scientists Watch One at Work

Using X-rays, a group of researchers has studied the nanoscale workings of a lithium-ion battery, learning new information about the chemical reactions and structural...

Go Ahead, Mess With Texas Instruments
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Go Ahead, Mess With Texas Instruments

Last year, while cleaning out the basement of my childhood home, I discovered a plastic storage bin marked "Calcusoft." Inside were piles of notebooks filled with...

­.S.-­.K. Collaboration Aims to Boost Economic Competitiveness Through HPC
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­.S.-­.K. Collaboration Aims to Boost Economic Competitiveness Through HPC

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Science and Technology Facilities Council in the U.K. will collaborate to expand industry's use of supercomputing...

Vending Machines Get Smart to Accommodate the Cashless
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Vending Machines Get Smart to Accommodate the Cashless

More than 40 percent of U.S. adults say they can go a week without paying for something with cash, according to a survey conducted by Rasmussen Reports last year...

The Proof in the Quantum Pudding
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The Proof in the Quantum Pudding

In early May, news reports gushed that a quantum computation device had for the first time outperformed classical computers, solving certain problems thousands...

3-D Mapping in Real Time, Without the Drift
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3-D Mapping in Real Time, Without the Drift

Computer scientists at MIT and the National University of Ireland at Maynooth have developed a mapping algorithm that creates dense, highly detailed 3-D maps of...

Asia-Pacific Is Open For Business, and Tech Jobs
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Asia-Pacific Is Open For Business, and Tech Jobs

All is well in the tech job market in the Asia-Pacific if you're an computer or software engineer, computer scientist, IT professional, or electronics engineer...

3-D Earth Model More Accurately Pinpoints Source of Earthquakes, Explosions
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3-D Earth Model More Accurately Pinpoints Source of Earthquakes, Explosions

Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories have developed a 3-D model of the Earth's mantle and crust called SALSA3D, which is to assist the U.S. Air Force and...

From ACM Opinion

Choosing Real-World Impact Over Impact Factor

My annual report for the 2012-13 academic year stares at me from an undisturbed corner of my desk.

Shifting Tech Scene ­nsettles Big Players
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Shifting Tech Scene ­nsettles Big Players

Outsiders often think of Silicon Valley as a constantly changing landscape, a place where fortunes rise and fall with the next great idea.

Think You Can Drive a Bulldozer?
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Think You Can Drive a Bulldozer?

As he closed the door, leaving me alone at the controls of a 41,000-pound bulldozer with list price of nearly $432,000, a Komatsu Ltd. executive shouted, "No worries...

Here's How One Hacker Is Waging War on the Syrian Government
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Here's How One Hacker Is Waging War on the Syrian Government

As President Obama weighed U.S. air strikes in Syria this week, a lone American hacker was waging his own attack on the Syrian government.

How Scholars Hack the World of Academic Publishing Now
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How Scholars Hack the World of Academic Publishing Now

If you want to understand the modern academy, it wouldn't hurt to start at "impact factor."

How Does a Design Museum Add Software to Its Collection? There's an App For That.
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How Does a Design Museum Add Software to Its Collection? There's an App For That.

The design of software underpins almost every facet of the way we live now, from the interactive bus timetable on your smartphone to the Excel spreadsheet you use...

NASA's Plan to Put a Landsail Rover on Venus
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NASA's Plan to Put a Landsail Rover on Venus

Venus is like a reclusive celebrity that gets the public's attention every couple of years, though in the planet's case it's more like every century.

Why Video Games May Be Good For You
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Why Video Games May Be Good For You

Games have long been accused of making players violent, but evidence has been building over the years that they can have positive effects.

State of Innovation: Busting the Private-Sector Myth
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State of Innovation: Busting the Private-Sector Myth

Images of tech entrepreneurs such as Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs are continually thrown at us by politicians, economists and the media.
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