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China Lays Out Its Vision to Become a Tech Power
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China Lays Out Its Vision to Become a Tech Power

China aims to become a world leader in advanced industries such as semiconductors and in the next generation of chip materials, robotics, aviation equipment and...

Iowa State Engineers Develop Flexible Skin That Traps Radar Waves, Cloaks Objects
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Iowa State Engineers Develop Flexible Skin That Traps Radar Waves, Cloaks Objects

Iowa State University engineers have developed a new flexible, stretchable, and tunable "meta-skin" that uses rows of small, liquid-metal devices to cloak an object...

Warming Up Optoelectronic Research
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Warming Up Optoelectronic Research

A team of physicists has created a new material that can control excitons — bound pairs of electrons and electron holes — at room temperature, opening a path toward...

Tech Companies, New and Old, Clamor to Entice Cloud Computing Experts
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Tech Companies, New and Old, Clamor to Entice Cloud Computing Experts

Amazon Web Services, a globe-spanning cloud computing network that is part of the online retailing giant Amazon, has rapidly become one of the most powerful forces...

Building a Better Mouse Trap, From the Atoms ­p
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Building a Better Mouse Trap, From the Atoms ­p

University of Connecticut researchers have systematized the search for new materials by using machine learning to scan millions of theoretical compounds for qualities...

Pentagon Hackers Are Waging America’s First Cyberwar
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Pentagon Hackers Are Waging America’s First Cyberwar

U.S. politicians have long threatened America's enemies with tanks, planes, submarines, and nuclear missiles. Last week defense secretary Ashton Carter leveled...

Cornell Opens $25M NSF Platform for Discovering New Materials
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Cornell Opens $25M NSF Platform for Discovering New Materials

Cornell University is leading an effort that will empower scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs to design and create new interface materials thanks to a $25...

­.s. Tech Companies ­nite Behind Apple Ahead of Iphone Encryption Ruling
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­.s. Tech Companies ­nite Behind Apple Ahead of Iphone Encryption Ruling

Tech industry leaders including Alphabet Inc's Google, Facebook Inc, Microsoft Corp, AT&T and more than two dozen other Internet and technology companies filed...

The Secret to 3-D Graphene? Just Freeze It
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The Secret to 3-D Graphene? Just Freeze It

Researchers used a modified 3-D printer and frozen water to create lattice-shaped cubes and a 3-D truss using graphene oxide. The structures could be an important...

The Beginning of the End For Encryption Schemes?
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The Beginning of the End For Encryption Schemes?

Researchers from MIT and the University of Innsbruck in Austria report that they have designed and built a quantum computer from five atoms in an ion trap.

Course Teaches Philosophy of Video Game Design
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Course Teaches Philosophy of Video Game Design

A multidisciplinary course taught at Salisbury University discusses the philosophy of art in socially responsible video game design.

A Plan in Case Robots Take the Jobs: Give Everyone a Paycheck
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A Plan in Case Robots Take the Jobs: Give Everyone a Paycheck

Let's say computers come for most of our jobs. This may not seem likely at the moment; computer scientists and economists offer wildly varying ideas for how deeply...

Seven Keys to Effective Negotiation
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Seven Keys to Effective Negotiation

MIT Sloan Professor Jared Curhan emphasizes a set of elements to consider when preparing for a negotiation.

U.S. Military Invites Vetted Experts to 'Hack the Pentagon'
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U.S. Military Invites Vetted Experts to 'Hack the Pentagon'

The Pentagon said on Wednesday it would invite vetted outside hackers to test the cybersecurity of some public U.S. Defense Department websites as part of a pilot...

A Better 3-D Camera with Clear, Graphene Light Detectors
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A Better 3-D Camera with Clear, Graphene Light Detectors

A camera that can record 3-D images and video is under development at the University of Michigan. The design will be smaller and able to achieve higher resolutions...

White House Officials Soften Approach at Rsa Conference
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White House Officials Soften Approach at Rsa Conference

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch joined a parade of Obama administration officials to tech's home turf on Tuesday. Their message: National security depends on...

How To Tame Your Robot
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How To Tame Your Robot

Madeline Gannon, a Ph.D. candidate at Carnegie Mellon University, has put the power of interacting with robots into a user's hands — literally. She's designed open...

Ford's Futurist Knows Kids Today See Status in Their Smartphones, Not Cars
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Ford's Futurist Knows Kids Today See Status in Their Smartphones, Not Cars

There can't be many job titles out there cooler than "futurist." And earlier this week, I sat down with Sheryl Connelly, who holds that position at the Ford Motor...

Dynamic Security Software Warns ­sers
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Dynamic Security Software Warns ­sers

University of Alabama in Huntsville researchers are seeing potential in a software application that could effectively warn users when they are about to give away...

In Emergencies, Should You Trust a Robot?
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In Emergencies, Should You Trust a Robot?

In emergencies, people may trust robots too much for their own safety, a new study suggests.
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