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Engaging Girls in STEM
Girls in the United States are no more interested in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers than they were 20 years ago. Aa recent study also...
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Preventing Smart-Phone Armageddon
Attacks against smartphones are likely to proliferate because of their growing ubiquity and the sensitive information they carry. However, researchers believe...
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Obama Calls For Permanent R&d Tax Credit
U.S. President Barack Obama has urged Congress to make permanent an R&D tax credit for U.S. companies. The plan would enlarge the tax credit from about $7 billion...
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New Method Helps Computer Vision Systems Decipher Outdoor Scenes
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a system that enables computers to extract more information from an image by analyzing the physical constraints...
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Quantum Cryptography Breached With Lasers
Three universities in Europe collaborated to develop a laser-based attack against quantum cryptography systems that allows them to eavesdrop on communications without...
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'Slow Light' on a Chip Holds Promise for Optical Communications
Scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) and Brigham Young University have developed an optical device that has the slowest-ever light propagation...
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'onshoring' Gives .s. Companies an Alternative to Offshore Outsourcing
Companies seeking an alternative to offshore outsourcing are trying "onshoring," an emerging trend of outsourcing IT functions to companies in the rural United...
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Mapping New Paths For a Stressed-Out Internet
Researchers in the United States and Europe have created the first geometric "atlas" of the Internet as part of a project to prevent the world's most ubiquitous...
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What Info Can ncle Sam Dig p About You?
Got any secrets you're hiding from Uncle Sam? The answer had better be no, because in the digital age, your life is more of an open book than ever before.
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Intel and Arm to Battle For the Hearts of Smartphones
Intel is aiming for a slice of the smartphone market with a new chip with built-in graphics.
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Apple Blinks in Apps Fight
In an uncharacteristic about-face, Apple Inc. loosened its control over software development for its iPhones and iPads as the company feels heat from a U.S. antitrust...
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Apple Answers Questions About App Rejections, Raises Others
Apple on Thursday published a set of rules about the types of content that aren't allowed in the iOS App Store, answering questions that have been bugging software...
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Cracking Flight's Mysteries
Harvard University engineers are developing minuscule aerial robots that could one day be used to investigate areas that are too hazardous for humans. The robot's...
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Botnet Takedown May Yield Valuable Data
Ruhr-University researchers have dismantled part of Pushdo, one of the top five networks of hacked computers responsible for most of the world's spam, which could...
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CLA Chemists, Engineers Fabricate High-Speed Graphene Transistors
UCLA researchers say they have fabricated the fastest graphene transistors ever using a nanowire as the self-aligned gate. Their fabrication technique enabled...
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Researchers Give Robots the Capability For Deceptive Behavior
Researchers have published what is believed to be the first detailed examination of robot deception. They developed algorithms that allow a robot to determine whether...
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Student-Built Satellite Scheduled for Launch
A 6.5-pound satellite scheduled for launch on November 19 is to become the first stand-alone spacecraft built by University of Michigan students to go into orbit...
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Cloud Computing Method Greatly Increases Gene Analysis
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have developed new software that uses cloud computing to greatly improve the speed at which...
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Dental Surgery at the Click of a Mouse
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz researchers have developed an e-learning platform that enables dentistry students to download case studies with videos and images...
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