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Idaho Lab in a Race to Shore Up Critical Infrastructure Systems
All it took was one click of a mouse from the CEO of the ACME Chemical company.
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Decoding Our Chatter
Want to monitor an earthquake, track political activity or predict the ups and downs of the stock market? Researchers have found a bonanza of real-time data in...
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Army Tracking Plan: Drones That Never Forget a Face
Perhaps the idea of spy drones already makes your nervous. Maybe you’re uncomfortable with the notion of an unblinking, robotic eye in the sky that can watch...
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Salaries Rise For Engineers Despite Higher Unemployment
Despite a higher-than-normal rate of unemployment and a weak economy, salaries for engineers are on the upswing.
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Idaho Laboratory Analyzed Stuxnet Computer Virus
The U.S. government turned to cyberexperts at the Idaho National Laboratory to analyze the Stuxnet computer virus when it first came out.
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A Plaything of Powerful Nations
The latest United Nations-sponsored Internet Governance Forum provided insight on how the Internet is being handled on a global scale.
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Scientists Release Most Accurate Simulation of the Universe to Date
The Bolshoi simulation, which ran on the Pleiades supercomputer at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Ames Research Center, is the most accurate...
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It's All About the Hair
Recent University of California, San Diego computer science Ph.D. graduate Iman Sadeghi developed a new way to light and animate characters' hair, and his method...
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Supreme Court Docket: Surveillance, Profanity, and Thought Patents
The Supreme Court’s 2011–2012 term began Oct. 3 with arguments on the docket concerning everything from television profanity to warrantless GPS surveillance.
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Before Latest Phone Debut, Apple Has Harsher Competition
As soon as Apple unveils its highly anticipated new version of the iPhone on Tuesday, millions of people are likely to start plotting how to be among the first...
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Why Creative Ideas Are Rejected (and What You Can Do About It)
If you want your creative idea to be accepted, you might want to downplay how creative it is, according to researchers.
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How to Hatch a Dinosaur
People have told Jack Horner he’s crazy before, but he has always turned out to be right.
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New Software Brings Science to Life For Young People
Researchers at the Economic and Social Research Council and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council have developed nQuire, a software toolkit that...
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Electronic Elections: One App, One Vote
Rice University researchers led by Bryan Campbell have designed an iPhone app that will allow voters to cast their ballots with their smartphones.
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Computational Modeling Can Help Plan Vaccine Introduction, Pitt Study Finds
Computational modeling can predict the impact of a new vaccine introduction and identify potential disruptions before introducing new vaccines to a developing country's...
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National Convocation Highlights Best Practices for Improving STEM Education
Advances in science and engineering will be largely responsible for future economic growth and job creation, according to a new report issued by the U.S. National...
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On the Front Line Against the Next Stuxnet
Something has gone terribly wrong on the plant floor at ACME Specialty Chemical International Inc.
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The Internet of Tomorrow: Faster, Better and Cheaper
Researchers from the University of Arizona, the University of Southern California, and seven other institutions are trying to save the Internet by making it cheaper...
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Women in Science? Universities Don't Make the Grade
Efforts to close the gap between men and women in STEM fields often focus on students instead of faculty and institutional structures, according to a study that...
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