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Lots of Coders Are Self-Taught, According to Developer Survey
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Lots of Coders Are Self-Taught, According to Developer Survey

More computer programmers are self-taught rather than graduates of coding "boot camps" or industry certification programs run by big tech companies, according to...

Linux at 25: Q&a With Linus Torvalds
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Linux at 25: Q&a With Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds created the original core of the Linux operating system in 1991 as a computer science student at the University of Helsinki in Finland.

Lawrence Livermore and IBM to Build Brain-Inspired Supercomputer
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Lawrence Livermore and IBM to Build Brain-Inspired Supercomputer

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will receive a brain-inspired supercomputing platform for deep learning developed by IBM Research based on a neurosynaptic...

Massive Robots Keep Docks Shipshape
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Massive Robots Keep Docks Shipshape

At one of the busiest shipping terminals in the U.S., more than two dozen giant red robots wheeled cargo containers along the docks on a recent morning, handing...

Meet the Largest Science Project in ­S Government History—the James Webb Telescope
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Meet the Largest Science Project in ­S Government History—the James Webb Telescope

Since Galileo first discovered the moons of Jupiter and the phases of Venus, telescopes have gotten larger, more accurate, and more powerful.

Graphene Nanoribbons: It's All About the Edges
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Graphene Nanoribbons: It's All About the Edges

Researchers have succeeded in producing graphene nanoribbons with perfect zigzag edges from molecules. This could make graphene nanoribbons the material of choice...

Printing Nanomaterials with Plasma
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Printing Nanomaterials with Plasma

Researchers have developed a new method that uses plasma to print nanomaterials onto a 3-D object or flexible surface, such as paper or cloth.

Wrinkles and Crumples Make Graphene Better
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Wrinkles and Crumples Make Graphene Better

Brown University researchers have developed a method for making super-wrinkled and super-crumpled sheets of the nanomaterial graphene. The research shows that the...

Israel Cyber Cadets Train in Harry Potter-Inspired War Zone
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Israel Cyber Cadets Train in Harry Potter-Inspired War Zone

The Israeli military's elite Cyber Command is honing its skills at Hogwarts.

Discovery Shows Promise as Silicon's Replacement in Semiconductors
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Discovery Shows Promise as Silicon's Replacement in Semiconductors

Two-dimensional electronic devices could inch closer to their ultimate promise of low power, high efficiency, and mechanical flexibility with a processing technique...

Automakers Go Back to School to Learn to Build Self-Driving Cars
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Automakers Go Back to School to Learn to Build Self-Driving Cars

Automakers didn't build the self-driving car: Google did.

Pentagon Paying Techies to Think Like Terrorists
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Pentagon Paying Techies to Think Like Terrorists

To stop a terrorist, it helps to think like one.

Outsourcing Crystal Growth. . .to Space
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Outsourcing Crystal Growth. . .to Space

To better isolate the growth and measurement of protein crystals from the effects of gravity, a group of researchers grew crystals in a specially-designed chamber...

In the Age of Google Deepmind, Do the Young Go Prodigies of Asia Have a Future?
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In the Age of Google Deepmind, Do the Young Go Prodigies of Asia Have a Future?

Choong-am Dojang is far from a typical Korean school. Its best pupils will never study history or math, nor will they receive traditional high-school diplomas.

Researchers Develop New Lens For Terahertz Radiation
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Researchers Develop New Lens For Terahertz Radiation

Brown University engineers have devised a way to focus terahertz radiation using an array of stacked metal plates, which may prove useful for terahertz imaging...

After Alphago, What's Next For Ai?
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After Alphago, What's Next For Ai?

AlphaGo's victories against legendary Go player Lee Se-dol over the last few days mark a major milestone in AI research.

Dna 'origami' Could Help Build Faster, Cheaper Computer Chips
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Dna 'origami' Could Help Build Faster, Cheaper Computer Chips

Researchers report that DNA, when formed into specific shapes through a process reminiscent of the ancient art of paper folding, might help electronics manufacturers...

Nanomotors Could Help Electronics Fix Themselves
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Nanomotors Could Help Electronics Fix Themselves

Using the human body's immune system as inspiration for repairing ever more intricate electronics, scientists have built self-propelled nanomotors that can seek...

A New 50-Trillion-Pixel Image of Earth, Every Day
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A New 50-Trillion-Pixel Image of Earth, Every Day

It's not just that Terra Bella Avenue would be an unremarkable street in Silicon Valley.

The ­.s. Government Launches a $100-Million 'apollo Project of the Brain'
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The ­.s. Government Launches a $100-Million 'apollo Project of the Brain'

Three decades ago, the U.S. government launched the Human Genome Project, a 13-year endeavor to sequence and map all the genes of the human species.
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