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Examining Why Women Students Abandon Math and Science Majors
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Examining Why Women Students Abandon Math and Science Majors

Roxanne Hughes' recently completed doctoral dissertation identifies a variety of factors that influence female undergraduates as they make a decision about their...

­spto and Autm Announce Joint Patent Examiners Training Initiative
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­spto and Autm Announce Joint Patent Examiners Training Initiative

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Association of University Technology Managers, a nonprofit organization, have launched a specialized training program...

At Least 1 Woman Should Be Interviewed For Every It Job Opening, Advocacy Group Says
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At Least 1 Woman Should Be Interviewed For Every It Job Opening, Advocacy Group Says

Recruiters for high-tech jobs should make sure there is at least one woman candidate for every job opening in information technology, according to "Solutions to...

Tech Industry Climbs Out of Silicon Valley, Moves Abroad
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Tech Industry Climbs Out of Silicon Valley, Moves Abroad

Washington, D.C., has replaced Silicon Valley as the locus for technology jobs as non-tech industries continue to add tech professionals, according to Dice.com....

Computer Simulations Help Explain Why HIV Cure Remains Elusive
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Computer Simulations Help Explain Why HIV Cure Remains Elusive

Australian research scientist Jack da Silva used computer simulations to discover that a human immunodeficiency virus, even at an early phase of infection, evolves...

Researcher Aims to Use Social Multimedia For Enhanced Mapping
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Researcher Aims to Use Social Multimedia For Enhanced Mapping

Funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation will support UC Merced Professor Shawn Newsam's work gathering geographic information from user-submitted photos...

Cloud Computing to Create 14 Million New Jobs by 2015
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Cloud Computing to Create 14 Million New Jobs by 2015

Spending on public and private IT cloud services will generate nearly 14 million jobs worldwide from 2011 to 2015 and create $1.1 trillion a year in new business...

How America's Wealthiest Get Rich
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How America's Wealthiest Get Rich

If you follow our World’s Billionaires list, you know there's no single way to get the job done–you can get rich on energy drinks or yoga pants just as well as...

Cios Reveal Second-Quarter Hiring Plans
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Cios Reveal Second-Quarter Hiring Plans

U.S. technology executives expect continued IT hiring in the second quarter, albeit at a slower pace than three months ago, according to the latest Robert Half...

Two Computer Scientists to Receive Nsf's Alan T. Waterman Award
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Two Computer Scientists to Receive Nsf's Alan T. Waterman Award

Two computer scientists, Robert Wood of Harvard University and Scott Aaronson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have been named by the National Science...

DARPA Director Bolts Pentagon For Google
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DARPA Director Bolts Pentagon For Google

Darpa director Regina Dugan will soon be stepping down from her position atop the Pentagon's premiere research shop to take a job with Google.

Teen Wins ­k Cyber Security Challenge
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Teen Wins ­k Cyber Security Challenge

Jonathan Millican, a first year computer science student at Cambridge University, was named the UK Cyber Security Champion at the Cyber Security Challenge UK Awards...

The Best Cities For Finding IT Jobs in 2012
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The Best Cities For Finding IT Jobs in 2012

The best U.S. cities for finding IT jobs are Washington DC, Houston, Minneapolis, and San Francisco, according to a survey of three national staffing firms.

Re-Framing Talent For Our Times
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Re-Framing Talent For Our Times

Today's economy is characterized by rapid, volatile change and mounting competitive pressures. Companies need to re-define "talent" to meet these demands.

Khan Academy: The Future of Education?
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Khan Academy: The Future of Education?

Sal Khan is a math, science, and history teacher to millions of students, yet none have ever seen his face.

Where 4,000,000 Phones a Year Go to Be Resurrected
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Where 4,000,000 Phones a Year Go to Be Resurrected

The first thing I noticed when I stepped into Recellular's Ann Arbor warehouse was the flags. From the rafters, the flags of the world oversee the processing of...

Teach Your Robot Well
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Teach Your Robot Well

A new study by Georgia Tech's Maya Cakmak and Andrea Thomaz identifies the types of questions a robot can ask during a learning interaction that are most likely...

Nintendo Wii Game Controllers Help Diagnose Eye Disorder
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Nintendo Wii Game Controllers Help Diagnose Eye Disorder

Scientists are using Wii remotes to assess and diagnose children with ocular torticollis, an abnormal head position caused by eye diseases.

Two Asteroids Named After Unix Co-Creators
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Two Asteroids Named After Unix Co-Creators

Two small asteroids now bear the names of two towering figures in computing history, Unix inventors Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie.

The Helper
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The Helper

MIT senior Jacob Wamala applies his engineering skills and his desire to serve to help improve the lives of disadvantaged and marginalized populations.
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