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Computer Model May Help Athletes and Soldiers Avoid Brain Damage and Concussions
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Computer Model May Help Athletes and Soldiers Avoid Brain Damage and Concussions

Johns Hopkins engineers have developed a powerful new computer-based process that helps identify the dangerous conditions that lead to concussion-related brain...

Tips for Finding Top IT Talent on LinkedIn
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Tips for Finding Top IT Talent on LinkedIn

Unlike traditional Internet job boards that only engage workers who are actively looking for a job, LinkedIn also offers the ability to engage passive job seekers...

Top Users of H-1b Visas Are Offshore Outsourcers
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Top Users of H-1b Visas Are Offshore Outsourcers

The biggest users of H-1B visas are offshore outsourcers, many based in India, or U.S.-based companies whose employees are mostly located overseas, according to...

New Center for Open Science Designed to Increase Research Transparency
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New Center for Open Science Designed to Increase Research Transparency

A new Center for Open Science, based at the University of Virginia, will encourage openness, accessibility and reproducibility of research across all scientific...

Wireless Connections Creep Into Everyday Things
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Wireless Connections Creep Into Everyday Things

A car that tells your insurance company how you're driving. A bathroom scale that lets you chart your weight on the Web. And a meter that warns your air conditioner...

Connecting the Neural Dots
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Connecting the Neural Dots

In setting the nation on a course to map the active human brain, President Obama may have picked a challenge even more daunting than ending the war in Afghanistan...

Nate Silver Presents Forecasting Work as Antidote to 'terrible' Political Pundits
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Nate Silver Presents Forecasting Work as Antidote to 'terrible' Political Pundits

Celebrated political forecaster Nate Silver has shot to fame by letting the data speak loudly about elections.

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China Has No Cyber Warfare Troops: Spokesman

A military spokesman said Thursday that China does not have any soldiers engaging in cyber warfare.

Texting Becoming a Pain in the Neck
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Texting Becoming a Pain in the Neck

Chris Cornett, an orthopedic surgeon and spine specialist, says excessive leaning of the head forward and down, while looking at a phone or other mobile device,...

Rensselaer Student Seeks Brighter, Smarter, and More Efficient Leds
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Rensselaer Student Seeks Brighter, Smarter, and More Efficient Leds

Ming Ma, a doctoral student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has developed a new method to manufacture LEDs that are brighter, more energy efficient, and have...

Carly Fiorina on Marissa, Sheryl, and Women in Tech
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Carly Fiorina on Marissa, Sheryl, and Women in Tech

Before Marissa Mayer and Sheryl Sandberg became the faces of female leadership in Silicon Valley, there was Carly Fiorina.

STEM Tops Education Agenda in Chicago
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STEM Tops Education Agenda in Chicago

Chicago is partnering with the U.S. Navy to develop science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) summer camps, enrichment programs, and more dual-enrollment...

Developers ­rged to Create Digital Games That Improve Brain Function
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Developers ­rged to Create Digital Games That Improve Brain Function

Neuroscientists should help to develop compelling digital games that boost brain function and improve well-being, say two professors specializing in the field in...

Computational Center Will Study The Past and Future of Knowledge
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Computational Center Will Study The Past and Future of Knowledge

A new research initiative will use computational tools to scrutinize how knowledge is created. Such understanding could transform the process of research, calling...

Gender Gap Disappears in School Math Competitions
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Gender Gap Disappears in School Math Competitions

The idea that boys are better at math and in competitions has persisted for a long time, and now we know why: Nobody bothered to schedule the rematch.

For Ibm, Africa Is Risky and Rife With Opportunity
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For Ibm, Africa Is Risky and Rife With Opportunity

Tony Mwai moved back to his homeland of Kenya in 2009 to run IBM's East Africa operations, about 20 years after joining the company in New York.

Twice As Many Moocs
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Twice As Many Moocs

Coursera and edX both recently announced they are doubling the number of universities offering classes through their open online education sites.  

Calling Out the Robocaller
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Calling Out the Robocaller

Last month, the Haggler was sitting at home when the phone rang.

New Video Games Mirror Debates About Data Privacy, Hacking
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New Video Games Mirror Debates About Data Privacy, Hacking

A man shuffles down the street, phone in hand.

A Titan's How-To on Breaking the Glass Ceiling
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A Titan's How-To on Breaking the Glass Ceiling

Before Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, started to write "Lean In," her book-slash-manifesto on women in the workplace, she reread Betty...
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