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Israel's Water Ninja
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Israel's Water Ninja

Amir Peleg hunches his broad, 6-foot-3-inch frame into a tunnel leading to one of several reservoirs that supply water to Jerusalem.

Nasa Robot Plunges Into Volcano to Explore Fissure
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Nasa Robot Plunges Into Volcano to Explore Fissure

Volcanoes have always fascinated Carolyn Parcheta.

What Do Consumers Want? Better Batteries, Not Wearables
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What Do Consumers Want? Better Batteries, Not Wearables

The top tech need on the mind of most Americans isn't sharper televisions, smarter watches.

A Visit to the Corporate-Industrial Robotics Competition For Teenagers
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A Visit to the Corporate-Industrial Robotics Competition For Teenagers

Sometimes I think of school as an overlapping set of calendars.

How to Design the Fighter Cockpit of Tomorrow
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How to Design the Fighter Cockpit of Tomorrow

If you think your office needs a lick of paint and some new furniture, spare a thought for fighter pilots.

The Space Missions and Events We're Most Looking Forward to in 2015
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The Space Missions and Events We're Most Looking Forward to in 2015

This year will be another exciting one for space exploration.

Brainstormers: Obama's Big Research Push Kicks Off With a Meeting of the Minds
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Brainstormers: Obama's Big Research Push Kicks Off With a Meeting of the Minds

The motley group included men and women, old and young, in sweatshirts and three-piece suits, shod in socks and sandals, wingtips and heels.

Google Lunar Xprize: Astrobotic's Rover Rakes in $750,000
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Google Lunar Xprize: Astrobotic's Rover Rakes in $750,000

It's been a little while since we checked in with Team Astrobotic.It's been a little while since we checked in with Team Astrobotic.

Nyc Subways Slowly ­pgrading from 1930s-Era Technology
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Nyc Subways Slowly ­pgrading from 1930s-Era Technology

New York City's subways—the nation's biggest mass transit network—serve more than 6 million daily riders who depend largely on a signal system that dates back to...

Intel Betting on (Customized) Commodity Chips for Cloud Computing
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Intel Betting on (Customized) Commodity Chips for Cloud Computing

Cheap, mass-produced semiconductors have transformed our world, with smartphones, laptops, sensors and tablets, all connected to big cloud computing systems.

Getting Bot Responders Into Shape
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Getting Bot Responders Into Shape

Through a project supported by DARPA, Sandia National Labs is developing technology to improve the endurance of legged robots to help them operate for long periods...

Findings Could Point the Way to 'Valleytronics'
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Findings Could Point the Way to 'Valleytronics'

Researchers have cleared a path toward a new kind of 2-D microchip that would use  characteristics of electrons other than their electrical charge. Dubbed "valleytronics...

Material Question
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Material Question

 Until Andre Geim, a physics professor at the University of Manchester, discovered an unusual new material called graphene, he was best known for an experiment...

When a Chart Is Worth a Thousand Words
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When a Chart Is Worth a Thousand Words

A decade ago, data analysis was a chore. Workers poured figures into Excel and then spent hours searching for patterns.

Food: The Rarely Seen Robots That Package What We Eat
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Food: The Rarely Seen Robots That Package What We Eat

Last July, while touring a jelly bean factory, I came upon a startling sight.

Researcher Awarded $1.2 Million to Study High Performance Materials
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Researcher Awarded $1.2 Million to Study High Performance Materials

The U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research has awarded $1,199,998 over three years to Giti Khodaparast of Virginia Tech to probe "Nonlinear and Terahertz...

Print Thyself
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Print Thyself

In February of 2012, a medical team at the University of Michigan's C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, in Ann Arbor, carried out an unusual operation on a three-month...

Apple and IBM Introduce First Offerings in Line of Mobile Apps For Business
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Apple and IBM Introduce First Offerings in Line of Mobile Apps For Business

For years, there has been a lot of talk about the consumerization of technology in the workplace. But so far, that has mostly meant employees using smartphones...

Power to the Internet of Things
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Power to the Internet of Things

As many as 50 billion devices will be online by the end of the decade.

The Huge, ­nseen Operation Behind the Accuracy of Google Maps
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The Huge, ­nseen Operation Behind the Accuracy of Google Maps

The maps we use to navigate have come a long way in a short time.
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