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A Better Beagle: $2 Million Supercomputer Upgrade Will Boost Biomedical Research
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A Better Beagle: $2 Million Supercomputer Upgrade Will Boost Biomedical Research

A peak performance of 250 teraflops makes the Beagle-2 a unique resource for cutting-edge genomics, cell biology, and more.

How to Teach Self-Driving Cars Ethics of the Road
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How to Teach Self-Driving Cars Ethics of the Road

A large truck speeding in the opposite direction suddenly veers into your lane.​

A 3-D, Talking Map Helps the Blind (and Everyone Else)
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A 3-D, Talking Map Helps the Blind (and Everyone Else)

Developers at the University at Buffalo's IDeA Center and their partners have built and tested 3-D maps that vocalize building information and directions when touched...

Workers in Silicon Valley Weigh In on Obama's Immigration Order
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Workers in Silicon Valley Weigh In on Obama's Immigration Order

Silicon Valley's constant stream of new apps and services depends on hundreds of thousands of foreign-born engineers to help create them.

Automation Makes ­S Dumb
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Automation Makes ­S Dumb

Artificial intelligence has arrived.

Is Interstellar's Science So Stellar?
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Is Interstellar's Science So Stellar?

Berkeley Lab astrophysicist David Schlegel weighs in on the real and unreal science in the new Hollywood film Interstellar.

Scanning Robot Helps Put Insect Collections Online
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Scanning Robot Helps Put Insect Collections Online

A robot capable of scanning a tray of insect specimens in a few minutes will help make the virtual images and tagging information available to the public online...

10 Hottest It Skills For 2015
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10 Hottest It Skills For 2015

The pace of job growth in IT may be slowing down, but it's still moving at a strong clip.

Baidu's Andrew Ng on Deep Learning and Innovation in Silicon Valley
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Baidu's Andrew Ng on Deep Learning and Innovation in Silicon Valley

Six months ago, Chinese Internet-search giant Baidu signaled its ambitions to innovate by opening an artificial-intelligence center in Silicon Valley, in Google's...

New 2-D Quantum Materials For Nanoelectronics
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New 2-D Quantum Materials For Nanoelectronics

Researchers at MIT say they have carried out a theoretical analysis showing that a family of two-dimensional materials exhibits exotic quantum properties that...

Llnl Scientist Develops Uncrackable Code For Nuclear Weapons
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Llnl Scientist Develops Uncrackable Code For Nuclear Weapons

Mark Hart, a scientist and engineer in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) Defense Technologies Division, has developed a new approach for ensuring...

Georgia Tech Professor Proposes Alternative to Turing Test
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Georgia Tech Professor Proposes Alternative to Turing Test

Researcher Mark Riedl has developed a test to assess a computer's capacity for human-level intelligence through its ability to create rather than to converse...

'turtle Mike' Bridges Communications Systems
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'turtle Mike' Bridges Communications Systems

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is field testing a public safety platform, nicknamed Turtle Mike, that supports both broadband and land mobile radio communications...

It Talent Shortage: ­gly Truths
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It Talent Shortage: ­gly Truths

One problem exacerbating the IT talent shortage is that IT leaders are treating their workers as disposable commodities rather than as assets who can take decades...

Cybersecurity Innovations on View at R&D Showcase
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Cybersecurity Innovations on View at R&D Showcase

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security S&T Directorate will unveil more than 40 technologies, tools, and techniques designed to bolster the cybersecurity of...

Cybersecurity Skills Need Boost in Computer Science Degrees
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Cybersecurity Skills Need Boost in Computer Science Degrees

U.K. computer science programs are not doing enough to develop students' skills in cybersecurity, according to a new paper from the Council of Professors and Heads...

Researchers Estimate Air Pollution From Online Posts
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Researchers Estimate Air Pollution From Online Posts

University of Wisconsin-Madison computer science researchers have developed a method for using social media posts to estimate air pollution levels with significant...

A Revolution in Higher Education
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A Revolution in Higher Education

Sanjay Sarma is investigating how online coursework enhances lecture-based learning and the implications for higher education.

Sonar-Assisted Human Navigation
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Sonar-Assisted Human Navigation

An interdisciplinary team of students and professors have developed a novel way to help the visually impaired.

­sing Wikipedia to Forecast Diseases
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­sing Wikipedia to Forecast Diseases

Scientists can monitor and forecast diseases around the globe more effectively by analyzing views of Wikipedia articles.
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