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Systemic Inequalities Hinder LGBTQ STEM Professionals
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Systemic Inequalities Hinder LGBTQ STEM Professionals

The scientific and technical contributions of LGBTQ STEM professionals are more likely to be devalued than those of the non-LGBTQ peers, according to a study published...

Teen Wins National App Challenge Two Years In a Row
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Teen Wins National App Challenge Two Years In a Row

David Love, a 16-year-old high school sophomore in Kankakee, Ill., has two consecutive Congressional App Challenge wins under his belt.

Amazon Endows CS Chair at Seattle U After Hiring Away Department Professor
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Amazon Endows CS Chair at Seattle U After Hiring Away Department Professor

Amazon hired Seattle University's computer science chair, then made a big donation to find her replacement.

Project Turns Old Smartphones Into 2,500 Microscopes for Schools
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Project Turns Old Smartphones Into 2,500 Microscopes for Schools

Chulalongkorn University, in cooperation with Thailand's Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, will retrofit 2,500 old smartphones and turn them into digital...

COVID-19 Triggers Huge Rise in Donations for Research in China
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COVID-19 Triggers Huge Rise in Donations for Research in China

COVID-19 sparked a huge rise in private philanthropic giving in China, with a substantial amount going towards R&D of vaccines and other treatments by scientists...

Argonne and CPS Bring Scientists and Students Together for Virtual STEM Events
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Argonne and CPS Bring Scientists and Students Together for Virtual STEM Events

Argonne collaborated with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) on virtual events last year to help students learn more about STEM education and careers before the 2020...

Initiative Aims for AI-Driven Behavioral Health Monitoring
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Initiative Aims for AI-Driven Behavioral Health Monitoring

Tanzeem Choudhury of Cornell Tech launched the Precision Behavioral Health Initiative, a collaboration of technologists and health industry professionals, that...

AI Helps Scientists Find New Uses for Existing Medications
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AI Helps Scientists Find New Uses for Existing Medications

Researchers at Ohio State University have developed a machine-learning method that crunches massive datasets to help determine which existing medications could...

The 'Netflix' of Scientific Conferences
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The 'Netflix' of Scientific Conferences

Scientists reinvented the SICB's annual meeting for the COVID-19 era.

Amazon Eyes Launching Its Computer Science Education Program in India
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Amazon Eyes Launching Its Computer Science Education Program in India

Amazon is planning to extend Future Engineer, its computer science education program, to India. A job recruitment post said the company plans to launch the program...

Solutions Proposed for Deluge of Disinformation
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Solutions Proposed for Deluge of Disinformation

A white paper issued by the CRA's Computing Community Consortium outlines steps to help the United States deal with the disinformation that's flooding the Internet...

Hackathon's Winning Students Help the Blind Take Buses
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Hackathon's Winning Students Help the Blind Take Buses

A team of two high school students and five college students won first prize in a charity competition with their project that assists the visually impaired to take...

Massive 2021 U.S. Spending Bill Leaves Research Advocates Hoping for More
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Massive 2021 U.S. Spending Bill Leaves Research Advocates Hoping for More

The massive $1.4 trillion spending bill that U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law on Tuesday reverses the deep cuts the outgoing president had proposed for...

Researchers Team Up to Launch BU's Racial Data Lab
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Researchers Team Up to Launch BU's Racial Data Lab

Boston University launched the Racial Data Lab this month as part of an effort to become the leading U.S. academic institution for data-driven antiracist research...

Authentication Solutions Explored for People with Upper Extremity Impairments
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Authentication Solutions Explored for People with Upper Extremity Impairments

A $516,000 grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation will help Krishna Venkatasubramanian, a University of Rhode Island computer science professor, research...

A Career Fueled by HPC
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A Career Fueled by HPC

In a world of nuance and interpretation, the objectivity of math spoke to me (and still does). To be able to use applied math to do science through the use of very...

Gift Creates New Cornell College of Computing and Information Science
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Gift Creates New Cornell College of Computing and Information Science

A transformative nine-figure gift from Ann S. Bowers will establish the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, supporting Cornell's...

'The Robot Made Me Do It': Robots Encourage Risk-Taking Behavior in Humans
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'The Robot Made Me Do It': Robots Encourage Risk-Taking Behavior in Humans

Robots can encourage humans to take greater risks in a simulated gambling scenario than they would if the robot is silent, research shows.

Earable Computing: A New Research Area in the Making
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Earable Computing: A New Research Area in the Making

A University of Illinois research group is defining a new sub-area of mobile computing called "earable computing"  that sees earphones as the next significant milestone...

Computer Scientist Warren Hoburg Selected for NASA's Artemis Team
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Computer Scientist Warren Hoburg Selected for NASA's Artemis Team

Computer scientist Warren Hoburg was selected by NASA as one of 18 astronauts to form the Artemis Team for the agency's next astronaut missions on and around the...
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