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Ultrafast Device Has Speed, Efficiency to Serve Optical Computers
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Ultrafast Device Has Speed, Efficiency to Serve Optical Computers

Researchers have developed an ultrafast light-emitting device that can flip on and off 90 billion times a second and could form the basis of optical computing.

The Algorithm of Writing
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The Algorithm of Writing

A University of Delaware researcher studies teachers' use of automated essay scoring software. 

Ornl Researchers Make Scalable Arrays of 'building Blocks' For Ultrathin Electronics
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Ornl Researchers Make Scalable Arrays of 'building Blocks' For Ultrathin Electronics

Researchers demonstrated an approach to forming lithographically patterned arrays of lateral semiconducting heterojunctions within a single two-dimensional crystal...

Object Recognition For Robots
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Object Recognition For Robots

Researchers at MIT have developed a SLAM-aware monocular object recognition system that achieves stronger performance than classical object recognition systems...

Personal Robots: Artificial Friends with Limited Benefits
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Personal Robots: Artificial Friends with Limited Benefits

If you visit Softbank's flagship store in downtown Tokyo, you may be greeted by a charming, slightly manic new member of the staff: a gleaming white humanoid robot...

Decoding the Remarkable Algorithms of Ants
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Decoding the Remarkable Algorithms of Ants

Ants are capable of remarkable feats of coordination.

The Secret Agents Who Stake Out the ­gliest Corners of the Internet
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The Secret Agents Who Stake Out the ­gliest Corners of the Internet

When President Obama launched his Twitter account in May, people noticed his rapid accumulation of followers, a silly back-and-forth with President Clinton, but...

Bubblesort Zines Lure Teen Girls to Computer Science
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Bubblesort Zines Lure Teen Girls to Computer Science

Amy Wibowo knew, even as a kid, that computer science was a magical intersection of math, science, and pictures.

Joe Girardi Adds 'app Designer' to Résumé
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Joe Girardi Adds 'app Designer' to Résumé

Though not a tech savant, the Yankee manager is the brains behind a new mobile baseball game.

Defensive Stats Shift Back Toward Irrelevance
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Defensive Stats Shift Back Toward Irrelevance

Baseball's statisticians have long been looking for a way—any way—to figure out what a player is worth on defense. It was nothing less than the holy grail of baseball...

The Martian's Andy Weir Is All Buddy-Buddy with Nasa
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The Martian's Andy Weir Is All Buddy-Buddy with Nasa

When sci-fi author Andy Weir went to visit mission control at NASA's Johnson Space Center, the International Space Station was going through a crisis—an air leak...

The Next Macgyver Will Be a Woman
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The Next Macgyver Will Be a Woman

Twelve finalists will travel to Hollywood this month to compete in "The Next MacGyver" competition, an incubator for television shows that aim to excite and recruit...

The Hidden Lab Where Bankcards Are Hacked
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The Hidden Lab Where Bankcards Are Hacked

It couldn't get any more steampunk if it tried: a wooden robot hisses like an airbrake as a blast of compressed air shoves its arm sideways, sending a credit card...

Simulations Lead to Design of Near-Frictionless Material
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Simulations Lead to Design of Near-Frictionless Material

Argonne scientists used the Mira supercomputer to identify and improve a new mechanism for eliminating friction, which fed into the development of a hybrid material...

Tech's New Talent Pool: Iran
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Tech's New Talent Pool: Iran

Iran's nuclear nonproliferation agreement with the U.S. could make it easier for U.S. technology companies to recruit engineers from Iran, a country of 80 million...

Facebook, a Big User of Apple Machines, Writes and Open Sources Its Own Mac Os Security Software
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Facebook, a Big User of Apple Machines, Writes and Open Sources Its Own Mac Os Security Software

When Facebook Inc. engineers needed security software to monitor the thousands of Apple Inc. Mac laptops, they couldn't find what they needed.

Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Gets a $100-Million Boost
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Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Gets a $100-Million Boost

You could say that the silence has been deafening.

Cray Lands Supercomputer Contract from Australia Bureau of Meteorology
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Cray Lands Supercomputer Contract from Australia Bureau of Meteorology

Cray Inc. has received a contract worth up to $53 million to provide the Bureau of Meteorology in Australia with a Cray XC40 supercomputer and Cray Sonexion 2000...

The Future, as Told By 'call of Duty: Black Ops 3'
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The Future, as Told By 'call of Duty: Black Ops 3'

If you've played just one first-person shooter game it was probably in the Call of Duty series.

A Second Degree for Your Tech Career?
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A Second Degree for Your Tech Career?

Think you want another degree? Join the club. Many techies decide to pursue graduate degrees as a way to advance their careers, hone an area of expertise, or switch...
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