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Smarter Self-Assembly Opens New Pathways For Nanotechnology
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Smarter Self-Assembly Opens New Pathways For Nanotechnology

Brookhaven Lab scientists have discovered a way to create nanoscale structures that snap together in complex patterns with unprecedented efficiency.

3-D Galaxy-Mapping Project Enters Construction Phase
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3-D Galaxy-Mapping Project Enters Construction Phase

A 3-D sky-mapping project called the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), which will measure the light of millions of galaxies, has received formal approval...

Curiosity Rover Report: Four Years on Mars
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Curiosity Rover Report: Four Years on Mars

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity celebrates its fourth year on Mars since landing at Gale crater on August 5, 2012.

Nics, a Communication Platform For First Responders, Now Available Worldwide
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Nics, a Communication Platform For First Responders, Now Available Worldwide

The Next-Generation Incident Command System (NICS), a mobile, web-based communication platform for first responders, is now available worldwide, according to the...

Toward Practical Quantum Computers
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Toward Practical Quantum Computers

Built-in optics could enable chips that use trapped ions as quantum bits.

Researchers Combine Simulation, Experiment For Nanoscale 3-D Printing
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Researchers Combine Simulation, Experiment For Nanoscale 3-D Printing

Researchers have developed a simulation-guided drafting process to improve focused electron beam induced deposition, which opens new possibilities in 3-D nano-manufacturing...

Don't Baby These Kid Hackers
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Don't Baby These Kid Hackers

Emmett Brewer is no taller than the lectern on the stage, so he stands to the side of it to deliver his presentation. He's got a Dennis the Menace hairdo and he's...

Making a One-Way Street For Electricity
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Making a One-Way Street For Electricity

Scientists show how a buckyball buffer helps conduct electricity in only one direction, vital for molecule-sized circuits.

Are Performance-Monitoring Wearables an Affront to Workers' Rights?
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Are Performance-Monitoring Wearables an Affront to Workers' Rights?

At U.K. supermarket chain Tesco, workers wear sensor-bearing armbands to track inventory while unloading goods. 

Latest to Quit Google's Self-Driving Car Unit: Top Roboticist
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Latest to Quit Google's Self-Driving Car Unit: Top Roboticist

A roboticist and crucial member of the team that created Google's self-driving car is leaving the company, the latest in a string of departures by important technologists...

Amateur Astronomers Are Helping Guide Space Pros to Jupiter and Beyond
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Amateur Astronomers Are Helping Guide Space Pros to Jupiter and Beyond

The United Kingdom is a terrible place to use a telescope, at least if you consider the weather.

Remembering a Thinker Who Thought About Thinking
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Remembering a Thinker Who Thought About Thinking

The field of educational technology is mourning a visionary whose work was considered 50 years ahead of its time.

Nsf Commits $35 Million to Improve Scientific Software
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Nsf Commits $35 Million to Improve Scientific Software

The U.S. National Science Foundation will spend $35 million over 5 years to support scientific software development, maintenance, and education.

This Company Has Built a Profile on Every American Adult
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This Company Has Built a Profile on Every American Adult

Forget telephoto lenses and fake mustaches: The most important tools for America's 35,000 private investigators are database subscription services.

Apple's New Privacy Technology May Pressure Competitors to Better Protect Our Data
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Apple's New Privacy Technology May Pressure Competitors to Better Protect Our Data

Ten years ago, researchers at Microsoft introduced a breakthrough approach to protecting privacy in the age of big data. Later this year their idea, known as differential...

Cornell Scientists Convert Carbon Dioxide, Create Electricity
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Cornell Scientists Convert Carbon Dioxide, Create Electricity

Cornell University researchers have demonstrated a novel method for capturing greenhouse gas and converting it into carbon-rich compounds while also producing electrical...

Pentagon Bot Battle Shows How Computers Can Fix Their Own Flaws
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Pentagon Bot Battle Shows How Computers Can Fix Their Own Flaws

It might be the least spectacular show to ever grace a Las Vegas stage.

Apple Offers Big Cash Rewards For Help Finding Security Bugs
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Apple Offers Big Cash Rewards For Help Finding Security Bugs

Apple Inc said it plans to offer rewards of up to $200,000 (£152,433) to researchers who find critical security bugs in its products, joining dozens of firms that...

A New Family Member for 2-D Nanomaterials
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A New Family Member for 2-D Nanomaterials

A team of researchers has devised a new method to grow atomically thin films of materials known as hybrid perovskites, a possible successor to silicon and alternative...

Queer Teens Take On Tech
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Queer Teens Take On Tech

A summer camp for LGBTQ young adults hopes to debug the industry's diversity problem.
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