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Researcher Loses Job at Nsf After Government Questions Her Role as 1980s Activist
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Researcher Loses Job at Nsf After Government Questions Her Role as 1980s Activist

Federal investigators say Valerie Barr lied during a background check, which led the U.S. National Science Foundation to cancel her temporary assignment.

Expanding the Breadth and Impact of Cybersecurity and Privacy Research
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Expanding the Breadth and Impact of Cybersecurity and Privacy Research

The U.S. National Science Foundation has announced two awards that will support projects addressing grand challenges in cybersecurity and computer science. 

Tele-Robotics Puts Robot Power at Your Fingertips
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Tele-Robotics Puts Robot Power at Your Fingertips

Cyber-dogs could help address one of the more pressing challenges of our time, according to scientists at the recent Smart America Expo.

Epsrc Calls For Partners to Develop Alan Turing Institute
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Epsrc Calls For Partners to Develop Alan Turing Institute

The U.K. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council wants to partner with U.K. universities to establish the Alan Turing Institute. 

Demonstrating a Driverless Future
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Demonstrating a Driverless Future

Researchers say they have developed one of the most advanced autonomous vehicles ever designed. 

Darpa's Most Challenging Robot Contest Set For June 2015
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Darpa's Most Challenging Robot Contest Set For June 2015

Will robots ever be able to save the day in the aftermath of a tsunami or nuclear meltdown? The U.S. military has been trying to find out.

A High-Performance First Year for Stampede
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A High-Performance First Year for Stampede

Approximately 3,400 researchers from 350 institutions used the Stampede supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center in its first year.

Revolutionizing How We Keep Track of Time in Cyber-Physical Systems
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Revolutionizing How We Keep Track of Time in Cyber-Physical Systems

A U.S. National Science Foundation to five universities will support development of new clocking technologies, synchronization protocols, and control and sensing...

World Cup Kickoff Looms For Demo of Brain-Controlled Machine
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World Cup Kickoff Looms For Demo of Brain-Controlled Machine

During the World Cup next week, there may be 1 minute during the opening ceremony when the boisterous stadium crowd in São Paulo falls silent: when a paraplegic...

Experimental Google Smartphone Becomes Brain of Space Robot
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Experimental Google Smartphone Becomes Brain of Space Robot

Robots excel at the tedious, repetitive tasks that bore humans into ineffectiveness.

Artificial Brains Learn to Adapt
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Artificial Brains Learn to Adapt

Researchers are studying a new type of spiking neural network that more closely mimics the behavioral learning processes of mammalian brains. 

Carnegie Mellon-Disney Researcher Invents 3D Printing Technique For Making Cuddly Stuff
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Carnegie Mellon-Disney Researcher Invents 3D Printing Technique For Making Cuddly Stuff

Researchers have developed a type of three-dimensional printer that produces 3D objects made of a form of loose felt. 

A Face to Remember
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A Face to Remember

Researchers have developed a way to change profile photos to highlight a person's most memorable facial features. 

Overcoming Structural Uncertainty in Computer Models
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Overcoming Structural Uncertainty in Computer Models

Researchers have developed a technique for incorporating judgments into a model about structural uncertainty that stems from building an "incorrect" model. 

Careers in Statistics Evolve and Expand
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Careers in Statistics Evolve and Expand

Workers with statistics backgrounds have long been in healthy demand for academic, actuarial, pharmaceutical, or government jobs.

Nanomaterial May Be Future of Hard Drives
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Nanomaterial May Be Future of Hard Drives

Most magnets shrug off tiny temperature tweaks.

Disney Research Soccer Formations Analysis Suggests Home Advantage Is Result of Execution
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Disney Research Soccer Formations Analysis Suggests Home Advantage Is Result of Execution

An automated analysis of soccer team formations shows visiting teams are less successful than home teams only because they play conservatively. 

Termite-Inspired Robots Build With Bricks
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Termite-Inspired Robots Build With Bricks

Researchers have developed software that determines how autonomous robots can make specific structures by following the same set of rules. 

2013 Visualization Challenge
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2013 Visualization Challenge

With a Ph.D. in neuroscience and a love of Asian art, it may have been inevitable that Greg Dunn would combine them to create sparse, striking illustrations of...

Scientist Developing 3D Chips to Expand Capacity of Microprocessors
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Scientist Developing 3D Chips to Expand Capacity of Microprocessors

Researchers are working to develop three-dimensional integration, an emerging technology that would vertically stack multiple wafers. 
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