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Is New York’s Digital Boom Slowing Down?
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Is New York’s Digital Boom Slowing Down?

Want a job at a digital company based in New York City? You should have been looking earlier this year, says a headhunting shop.

It Workers Staying Put, Cios Staying Longer
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It Workers Staying Put, Cios Staying Longer

Staff turnover in IT departments averaged 5.2% this year, which is below the average measured over the past seven years,  according to an annual report by the...

'invisibility' Could Be a Key to Better Electronics
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'invisibility' Could Be a Key to Better Electronics

An MIT team applies technology developed for visual "cloaking" to enable particles to "hide" from passing electrons, which could lead to more efficient thermoelectric...

Computational Model Ids Potential Pathways to Improve Plant Oil Production
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Computational Model Ids Potential Pathways to Improve Plant Oil Production

Simulated seeds help scientists explore how plants "balance the books" between oil and protein production.

What Are Grand Technology and Scientific Challenges for the 21st Century?
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What Are Grand Technology and Scientific Challenges for the 21st Century?

What are the next Big Things in science and technology? Teleportation? Unlimited clean Energy? The scientists and researchers at DARPA and the White House Office...

Hacker Wins $60,000 Prize for Breaking into Google Chrome
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Hacker Wins $60,000 Prize for Breaking into Google Chrome

Hack into Google Chrome, and you could win $60,000, at least if you do it through Google's Pwnium 2 competition.

The Cities With the Most Computer Science Jobs
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The Cities With the Most Computer Science Jobs

Washington, D.C., with its many defense contractors and government jobs, is the leading city in the United States for computer science jobs. Other top metropolitan...

Why Remote Workers Are More (Yes, More) Engaged
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Why Remote Workers Are More (Yes, More) Engaged

IT workers who work remotely are actually more engaged and more committed to their work than their counterparts who work in the office. Not only that, they also...

To This Agency, There's Only One Way to Operate: Precisely
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To This Agency, There's Only One Way to Operate: Precisely

David Wineland is the American half of the scientific duo celebrating the award of the Nobel Prize in Physics yesterday.

Grad Schools Add Big-Data Degrees
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Grad Schools Add Big-Data Degrees

Master's degree programs in analytics emerge amid projections of a talent shortage — and in response to lobbying by big companies.

Robots ­sing Tools: Researchers Aim to Create 'macgyver' Robot
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Robots ­sing Tools: Researchers Aim to Create 'macgyver' Robot

A Georgia Tech research team has received a grant from the Office of Naval Research to work on a project that intends to teach robots how to use objects in their...

Nobel Prize in Physics Highlights Quantum Systems
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Nobel Prize in Physics Highlights Quantum Systems

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2012 to Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland "for ground-breaking experimental...

Collaborative Effort Seeks to ­nlock the 'Long Tail' of Science
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Collaborative Effort Seeks to ­nlock the 'Long Tail' of Science

A new collaboration will look for ways to bring vast amounts of scientific data out of hiding and make it more accessible to the scientific community, revealing...

Online Test Estimates 'face-Name Memory Iq'
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Online Test Estimates 'face-Name Memory Iq'

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are inviting the world to take part in an online "crowd-sourcing" experiment that will allow participants to see...

Jeff Brennan's Anatomy-Based Industrial Design Software
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Jeff Brennan's Anatomy-Based Industrial Design Software

Most people look at the cross section of a human bone and see an incomprehensible tangle of sponge-like scaffolding. Jeffrey Brennan sees a secret mathematical...

Big Data Skills Gap Needs Filling Says Tech Industry
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Big Data Skills Gap Needs Filling Says Tech Industry

Many technology industry officials are worried about a growing skills gap in education and training in the field of data analysis.

Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century
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Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century

When Jonathan Goldman arrived for work in June 2006 at LinkedIn, the business networking site, the place still felt like a start-up.

What Number Is Halfway Between 1 and 9? Is It 5 — or 3?
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What Number Is Halfway Between 1 and 9? Is It 5 — or 3?

A new information-theoretical model of human sensory perception and memory sheds light on some peculiarities of the nervous system.

Why Trifacta Is Teaching Humans and Data to Work Together
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Why Trifacta Is Teaching Humans and Data to Work Together

Ask a group of data scientists the toughest part of their job, and many will probably tell you–it's not the math but the work required to turn raw data into something...

Cisco Looks to Be Noticed By the College Crowd
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Cisco Looks to Be Noticed By the College Crowd

If Annie Cheung's parents are looking for someone to blame for derailing her from medical school, they might point a finger or two at Cisco.
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