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Dna: The Next Big Hacking Frontier
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Dna: The Next Big Hacking Frontier

Imagine computer-designed viruses that cure disease, new bacteria capable of synthesizing an unlimited fuel supply, new organisms that wipe out entire populations...

Vision Scientists Demonstrate Innovative Learning Method
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Vision Scientists Demonstrate Innovative Learning Method

New research suggests it may be possible to learn high-performance tasks with little or no conscious effort through visual perceptual learning.

Metal Lab Develops Multiple Ways to Experience Virtual Reality
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Metal Lab Develops Multiple Ways to Experience Virtual Reality

Iowa State University's METaL virtual reality facility is designed to be a versatile, everyday research tool. It will be used to study and develop 3-D visual display...

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Pentagon Fast-Tracks Hacker Research

The Pentagon has long had a love-hate relationship with computer hackers: On the outside, they can infiltrate vulnerable defense networks. On the inside, they...

Programming Should Take Pride of Place in Our Schools
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Programming Should Take Pride of Place in Our Schools

If we don't change the way ICT is thought about and taught, we're shutting the door on our children's futures.

Women in It
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Women in It

Men are still dominant when it comes to top IT positions in higher education, and  women face in the field face numerous challenges. Dominican University CIO Jill...

With a Leaner Model, Start-­ps Reach Further Afield
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With a Leaner Model, Start-­ps Reach Further Afield

Lee Redden, 26, a Ph.D. student in engineering at Stanford, recently decided to shelve his education and help found a start-up company.

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Retailers Are Losing the Software Talent Wars

For a decade, Target outsourced its website operations to Amazon.com. The Minneapolis retail giant began preparing two years ago to take control of the site when...

STEM Literacy Beyond STEM Occupations
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STEM Literacy Beyond STEM Occupations

A new report from Georgetown University defines why science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) literacy is important both inside and outside STEM fields,...

Gchq Aims to Recruit Computer Hackers with Code-Cracking Web Site
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Gchq Aims to Recruit Computer Hackers with Code-Cracking Web Site

Government intelligence service targets "self-taught" hackers with cryptic Web site that features no obvious branding.

Picture This: Better Decisions Through Data Visualization
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Picture This: Better Decisions Through Data Visualization

Can you visualize data? That’s the question raised by the Data Visualization Student Challenge, a U.S. Department of Transportation competition that invited college...

Technology-Rich Learning Environment Improves Tech Retention Rates
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Technology-Rich Learning Environment Improves Tech Retention Rates

Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology have found that use of a technology-rich learning environment in undergraduate engineering-technology courses...

Building It Talent From the Ground ­p
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Building It Talent From the Ground ­p

Interest in technology, particularly consumer technology, is at an all-time-high among teenagers in Hong Kong. But that passion isn't encouraging students to pursue...

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How to Get Your Kid Into an Elite Computer Science Program

Robotics competitions, programming skills tip the scales for college applicants; being a girl helps.

Hottest Major on Campus? Computer Science
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Hottest Major on Campus? Computer Science

The nation's best undergraduate computer science programs are bracing for a record number of applications this fall, as more students are lured by plentiful jobs...

Foreign Firms Troll For Tech Grads
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Foreign Firms Troll For Tech Grads

Foreign technology companies, many of which are led by foreign-born tech workers who left the U.S. due to visa issues, increasingly are recruiting some of the U...

Reading, Writing and Robotics: Bringing Cultural Education to Texas School Districts
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Reading, Writing and Robotics: Bringing Cultural Education to Texas School Districts

VGo, a sleek white remotely-controlled robot , will soon be used by Baylor University Libraries to enrich cultural education for children in grades K-12 across...

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Microsoft Establishes Academic Research Center in Israel

Microsoft has established its first academic research center in Israel on the campus of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

Sheryl Sandberg's Keynote at Grace Hopper
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Sheryl Sandberg's Keynote at Grace Hopper

Sheryl Sandberg gave the opening keynote at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing and spoke about why careers in technology are important and why it...

Wpi to Create New STEM Education Center
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Wpi to Create New STEM Education Center

Worcester Polytechnic Institute will open the STEM Education Center to improve the preparedness of primary and secondary school teachers so that they can better...
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