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All-Girl Robotics Team in Afghanistan Works On Low-Cost Ventilator . . . With Car Parts
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All-Girl Robotics Team in Afghanistan Works On Low-Cost Ventilator . . . With Car Parts

A group of teenage girls in Afghanistan are trying to build a mechanized, hand-operated ventilator for coronavirus patients, using a design from MIT and parts from...

Graduate Student Solves Decades-Old Conway Knot Problem
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Graduate Student Solves Decades-Old Conway Knot Problem

It took Lisa Piccirillo less than a week to answer a long-standing question about a strange knot discovered over half a century ago by the legendary John Conway...

Berkeley Lab Will Use Machine Learning to Estimate Covid-19's Seasonal Cycle
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Berkeley Lab Will Use Machine Learning to Estimate Covid-19's Seasonal Cycle

Berkeley Lab researchers have launched a project to assess how transmission of the novel coronavirus is influenced by climate variables, possibly waning in summer...

Aurora Workshop Helps Researchers Prep for Exascale Computing
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Aurora Workshop Helps Researchers Prep for Exascale Computing

The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility held its third workshop to ready users for the 2021 arrival of the Aurora exascale system.

The New Startup: No Code, No Problem
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The New Startup: No Code, No Problem

Now you don't need to know any programming to launch a company.

Germ-Zapping Robots Deactivate SARS-CoV-2 on Surfaces in Two Minutes
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Germ-Zapping Robots Deactivate SARS-CoV-2 on Surfaces in Two Minutes

The LightStrike disinfection robot is a pulsed xenon UV disinfection system that destroys SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, in two minutes achieving a...

A Brave New Virtual World of Work?
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A Brave New Virtual World of Work?

The shift to telework is transforming the world of work, with both benefits and drawbacks, says Elizabeth Lyons, assistant professor of UC San Diego's School of...

Master's Program Targets Tomorrow's Tech Leaders
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Master's Program Targets Tomorrow's Tech Leaders

Schaffhausen Institute of Technology has created its new Master of Science program in Computer Science and Software Engineering to better prepare graduates for...

Silicon Valley Rethinks the (Home) Office
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Silicon Valley Rethinks the (Home) Office

Some tech companies are adjusting to the pandemic with new WFH perks and even letting employees ditch their commutes forever.

The OPT Program Is In Trump's Crosshairs; Schools Weigh Threat
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The OPT Program Is In Trump's Crosshairs; Schools Weigh Threat

President Donald Trump is reportedly considering suspension of the Optional Practical Training program that schools increasingly have turned to as a lifeline amid...

Academic to Develop Autonomous Vehicle Test Methodologies
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Academic to Develop Autonomous Vehicle Test Methodologies

Researchers at the University of Warwick will develop safety test methodologies for autonomous vehicles thanks to a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship worth £1.2m (USD...

Germany Will Offer Interest-Free Loans to American Students
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Germany Will Offer Interest-Free Loans to American Students

The German government is offering financial support during the pandemic for American students studying in Germany, where more than 220 English-language Master's...

Women CS Graduates Surpass Record Set 17 Years Ago
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Women CS Graduates Surpass Record Set 17 Years Ago

But percentages lag behind.

Tech 'First Responders' Support Remote Teaching Transition
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Tech 'First Responders' Support Remote Teaching Transition

IT experts in Oregon State's College of Engineering are rising to the challenge as technology "first responders," working to smooth the transition to remote teaching...

Another Threat to Universities: Falling Numbers of Graduate Students
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Another Threat to Universities: Falling Numbers of Graduate Students

Even before the coronavirus pandemic, some schools' graduate enrollment and revenues were dropping.

Watson's Creator Wants to Teach AI a New Trick: Common Sense
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Watson's Creator Wants to Teach AI a New Trick: Common Sense

David Ferrucci built a computer that mastered Jeopardy!  Since then, he's been attacking a more challenging task.

Scientists Modeled Mars Climate to Understand Habitability
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Scientists Modeled Mars Climate to Understand Habitability

Research scientists modeled the atmosphere of Mars to help determine that salty pockets of water present on the Red Planet are likely not habitable by extant Earth...

Linguists Who Teach Machines to Read, Speak, and Listen
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Linguists Who Teach Machines to Read, Speak, and Listen

Virtual assistants, chatbots, and automated answering systems rely on computational linguists to manage and transmit to machines the complex aspects of language...

Do Work-From-Home Developers Risk Burn-Out?
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Do Work-From-Home Developers Risk Burn-Out?

Developer activity has been "resilient" during the pandemic, says a GitHub report, which warns of the potential for burnout.

Learning Best Practices in the Shift to Digital Learning
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Learning Best Practices in the Shift to Digital Learning

Penn State faculty members have received an NSF grant to enhance online learning strategies and best practices in engineering, particularly to support and retain...
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