Physics Division Graduate Student - Winter/Spring 2025 - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Livermore, CA
Livermore, CA, United States
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Documentation Academy Aims to Empower Open Source Newcomers
Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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Will the Nsa Rethink Its Data Collection System?
Weekend Edition Sunday Host Rachel Martin talks to Joel Brenner, former senior counsel at the National Security Agency, about whether the NSA can protect Americans'...
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China's Tianhe-2 Is World's Top Supercomputer
Tianhe-2, developed by China's National University of Defense Technology, is the world's top supercomputer with a performance of 33.86 petaflop/second, according...
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Advanced Placement Adds New Computer-Science Test
High school students will have another opportunity to earn college credit in computer science. The College Board's Advanced Placement Program plans to add a second...
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Tech, Education Leaders Talk STEM Challenges
Although education and technology leaders support the Obama administration's efforts to open the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields to more...
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Can You Feel Me Now?
An array that tracks motor vibrations through the skin may help engineers design wearable tactile displays that use the skin as a medium of communication.
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Now Hear This: Navy Abandons All Caps
MESSAGES SENT WITHIN THE U.S. NAVY NO LONGER HAVE TO BE WRITTEN OUT IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.
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'popcorn' Particle Pathways Promise Better Lithium-Ion Batteries
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have reported findings on a material that could lead to safer and longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries than those...
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Detecting Peroxide-Based Explosives, but Not Toothpaste
Sandia National Laboratories researchers want airports and checkpoints to detect homemade explosives made with hydrogen peroxide without nabbing people whose...
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Study Gauges Value of Technology in Schools
With school districts rushing to buy computers, tablets, digital white boards, and other technology, a new report questions whether the investment is worth it.
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Why Google Is the Big Data Company That Matters Most
Every now and then, someone asks "Who’ll be the Google of big data?"
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How Two Sound Geeks Created Facebook's Friendly 'ping' Tone
About two weeks ago, a question popped up on Quora asking: "How much research has gone into developing the Facebook 'ping' sound?"
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Moving Common Apps to the Cloud Promises Significant Energy Savings
A six-month study led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has found that moving common software applications used by 86 million U.S. workers to the cloud...
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The Nsa Could Collect Far More Than Your Phone Records from Mobile Operators
The revelation that the National Security Agency is collecting our phone records has generated considerable outrage, but phone call metadata is just the beginning...
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Vulcan Brings 5 Petaflops to Collaborations With Industry and Academia
The Vulcan supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is now available for collaborative work with industry and research universities to advance...
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'chinese Google' nveils Visual Search Engine Powered By Fake Brains
Chinese search giant Baidu has served up its first ever visual search engine, which allows users to finally query the web using only images as input instead of...
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Spies Like s: How We All Helped Build Prism
It used to be that the National Security Agency and its ilk had to pay through the nose for the latest in spying technology.
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Titan Completes Acceptance Testing
ORNL's Titan supercomputer has completed rigorous acceptance testing to ensure the functionality, performance, and stability of the machine, one of the world's...
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Hands-Free Talking and Texting Are Unsafe, Report Finds
Using hands-free devices to talk, text, or send e-mail while driving is distracting and risky, says a new University of Utah study issued by the AAA Foundation...
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DARPA Robotics Challenge: The Search For the Perfect Robot Soldier
The Atlas robot looks something out of the post-apocalyptic future, or maybe a Will Smith blockbuster. It's a 330lb cyborg with eerily human-like hands and a head...
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