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Do-It-Yourselfers Inspire Hardware Renaissance in Silicon Valley
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Do-It-Yourselfers Inspire Hardware Renaissance in Silicon Valley

In the shadow of Internet monoliths such as Facebook, Google and Twitter, it's easy to forget that Silicon Valley got its start from hard-scrabble tinkerers building...

The Plug-and-Play Luxury Home
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The Plug-and-Play Luxury Home

When it is completed in early 2018, Muse, a 49-story luxury-condo development in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., will have an automated parking system with push-button...

Chinese Applications for U.S. Grad Schools Dip for Second Year
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Chinese Applications for U.S. Grad Schools Dip for Second Year

For the second year in a row, the number of applications from Chinese students to get into U.S. graduate schools has declined, according to a report from the...

Chemist Turns Software Developer After Son's Cancer Diagnosis
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Chemist Turns Software Developer After Son's Cancer Diagnosis

A scientist's ambitious plan to create an early detection system for eye cancer using people's home cameras is coming along.

Carnegie Mellon Awarded $7.5 Million Grant To Reshape Mathematics
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Carnegie Mellon Awarded $7.5 Million Grant To Reshape Mathematics

Carnegie Mellon University's Steve Awodey has received a $7.5 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to reshape the foundations of mathematics...

The Secret Messages Inside Chinese ­rls
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The Secret Messages Inside Chinese ­rls

An American friend living in Beijing once said she refused to communicate with anyone whose email address consisted of a string of numbers, such as 62718298454@163...

Spreading the A.p. Gospel to Nurture Scientists and Engineers
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Spreading the A.p. Gospel to Nurture Scientists and Engineers

Even before the first day of class in August, Maura Fritzley had second thoughts about taking Advanced Placement physics.

Self-Assembly Required: One Scientist's Bid to Build Cancer-Killing Nanorobots
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Self-Assembly Required: One Scientist's Bid to Build Cancer-Killing Nanorobots

The term "cancer killing nanorobot" could conjure up all sorts of images, the best involving teeny tiny laser eyebeams.

Carnegie Mellon Awarded $7.5 Million Department of Defense Grant to Reshape Mathematics
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Carnegie Mellon Awarded $7.5 Million Department of Defense Grant to Reshape Mathematics

Carnegie Mellon University's Steve Awodey has received a $7.5 million, five-year grant from the Department of Defense to reshape the foundations of mathematics...

Devices That Know How We Really Feel
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Devices That Know How We Really Feel

Admit it: Sometimes you just want to punch your PC, or slap your smartphone, or knock your notebook.

Basic Science Finds Corporate Refuge
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Basic Science Finds Corporate Refuge

Microsoft makes Windows, Word, and the Xbox. But it also employs scientists who make sensors to stick on the hides of elephants and rhinoceroses.

To Remember a Lecture Better, Take Notes By Hand
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To Remember a Lecture Better, Take Notes By Hand

Psych 101 was about to start, and Pam Mueller had forgotten her laptop at home.

Future Macbook Keyboards May Come Loaded with In-Key Displays, Capacitive Touch
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Future Macbook Keyboards May Come Loaded with In-Key Displays, Capacitive Touch

Showing the company is still making advances in more traditional tech, an Apple patent filing for "Multi-functional keyboard assemblies" describes a keyboard consisting...

What's It Like to Consult For The Big Bang Theory?
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What's It Like to Consult For The Big Bang Theory?

Now in its seventh season, the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory is more popular than ever, averaging 19.79 million viewers per episode; and it’s not going away anytime...

What's The Nsa Doing Now? Training More Cyber Warriors
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What's The Nsa Doing Now? Training More Cyber Warriors

The U.S. needs more cyber warriors, and it needs them fast, according to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.

How Do We Clean Up the Junkyard Orbiting Earth?
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How Do We Clean Up the Junkyard Orbiting Earth?

The biggest-sized junkyard in the world orbits the Earth, and it's time to get active about reducing it, says Tom Percy, a University of Alabama in Huntsville...

Cyber-Connected Students Net Higher Grades, Study Shows
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Cyber-Connected Students Net Higher Grades, Study Shows

University students who used a Facebook group as part of a large sociology class did better on course assignments and felt a stronger sense of belonging, according...

Bringing Fiber Optics to Electronic Components
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Bringing Fiber Optics to Electronic Components

Fiber optics could increased the speed and quantity of information transmitted within laptops and other devices by using organic materials containing chromophore...

Ohio Surgeons Hope Chip in Man's Brain Lets Him Control Paralyzed Hand with Thoughts
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Ohio Surgeons Hope Chip in Man's Brain Lets Him Control Paralyzed Hand with Thoughts

Chad Bouton snapped awake at 5 a.m.

­sing ­ltrasound to Feel Virtual Objects
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­sing ­ltrasound to Feel Virtual Objects

A startup called Ultrahaptics aims to make gesture control and virtual reality more engaging by using ultrasound waves to let you feel like you’re touching virtual...
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