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Advances in Computational Research Transform Scientific Process and Discovery
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Advances in Computational Research Transform Scientific Process and Discovery

Supercomputers are enabling unprecedented scientific discoveries by providing high-speed computational capabilities, extreme storage capacities, and the ability...

Printable Robots Designed to Be Consumer-Friendly, Inexpensive
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Printable Robots Designed to Be Consumer-Friendly, Inexpensive

A new project to automate the design and manufacturing of consumer robots uses two-dimensional desktop technology fabrication methods. 

Report Highlights Latest Data on Women, Minorities and Persons With Disabilities in Science and Engineering
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Report Highlights Latest Data on Women, Minorities and Persons With Disabilities in Science and Engineering

Women, persons with disabilities, American Indians, African Americans, and Hispanics appear underrepresented in science and engineering education and jobs. 

Winners of 10th Annual International Science & Technology Visualization Challenge Announced
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Winners of 10th Annual International Science & Technology Visualization Challenge Announced

The National Science Foundation, along with the journal Science, today announces the 53 winners and honorable mentions of the International Science & Technology...

Nsf Joins in Commemorating Computer Science Education Week 2012
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Nsf Joins in Commemorating Computer Science Education Week 2012

The U.S. National Science Foundation is joining the effort to promote Computer Science Education Week, which highlights the need to support computer science at...

­niversities Report Highest-Ever R&d Spending of $65 Billion in Fy 2011
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­niversities Report Highest-Ever R&d Spending of $65 Billion in Fy 2011

U.S. university spending on R&D in all fields rose 6.3 percent in fiscal year 2011, according to a U.S. National Science Foundation Survey. Much of the spending...

Digitizing the Past to Protect and Preserve History
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Digitizing the Past to Protect and Preserve History

Archeologists now take thousands of digital photos, make notes in a database on a laptop or a tablet, and record careful, geographically referenced information...

Assembling, Visualizing and Analyzing a Tree of All Life
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Assembling, Visualizing and Analyzing a Tree of All Life

The U.S. National Science Foundation's Assembling, Visualizing, and Analyzing the Tree of Life program aims to build a comprehensive tree of life that brings together...

Nsf Joins in Targeting Educators to Celebrate Computer Science Education Week 2011
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Nsf Joins in Targeting Educators to Celebrate Computer Science Education Week 2011

The U.S. National Science Foundation recently began publishing CS Bits & Bytes, a one-page newsletter highlighting innovative computer science research, in recognition...

Sound, Digested
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Sound, Digested

Backed by funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation, Imagine Research has developed MediaMined, an artificial intelligence system for understanding and...

National Convocation Highlights Best Practices for Improving STEM Education
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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...

The AlloSphere Offers an Interactive Experience of Nano-Sized Worlds
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The AlloSphere Offers an Interactive Experience of Nano-Sized Worlds

The University of California, Santa Barbara's AlloSphere Research Laboratory takes scientific data that is too small to see and hear and magnifies it to a human...

It's All About the Team For Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology
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It's All About the Team For Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology

The Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology (TRUST) is a university and industry consortium that studies cybersecurity issues related to health care,...

Stick-On Tattoos Go Electric
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Stick-On Tattoos Go Electric

Through a combination of careful theoretical modeling and precise micro-manufacturing, a team of engineers and scientists has developed a new type of ultra-thin...

The Science of Cyber Security
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The Science of Cyber Security

The University of California, Berkeley's Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology (TRUST) is developing cybersecurity science and technology designed...

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Geo-Immersion Makes Maps Come Alive

When it comes to mapping the real world on computers, University of Southern California computer scientist Cyrus Shahabi takes his work to a whole new dimension...

Supercomputer Simulations to Help Predict Tornadoes
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Supercomputer Simulations to Help Predict Tornadoes

University of Oklahoma researchers are using supercomputers to assemble and analyze massive amounts of data on tornadoes, such as updraft, downdraft, and regions...

New Report Offers Roadmap For Success in K-12 STEM Education
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New Report Offers Roadmap For Success in K-12 STEM Education

A new U.S. National Research Council report, "Successful K-12 STEM Education," identifies the characteristics of successful K-12 schools and programs in science...

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Cooperative Robots That Learn = Less Work For Human Handlers

Learning a language can be difficult for some, but for babies it seems quite easy. With support from the National Science Foundation, linguist Jeffrey Heinz and...

The Search Serpent: The Next Wave in Robotics
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The Search Serpent: The Next Wave in Robotics

Carnegie Mellon University researcher Howie Choset worked with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Annette Hossoi to develop a snake-like robot that can...
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