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How the Internet Will Change the World
Pew Internet & American Life Project director Lee Rainie discusses the results of a survey of experts on how technology will develop and impact society in the year...
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Xo Laptops Inspire Learning In Birmingham Grade Schools
Researchers examine the educational and social effects of making XO laptops available in select classrooms, and their impact on student outcomes.
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The Smarter Electric Grid of the Future
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology's George Arnold recently detailed his vision for what a smart electric grid would look like in 2020.
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Cell Phones That Protect Against Deadly Chemicals? Why Not?
The Cell-All initiative aims to equip cell phones with a sensor capable of detecting deadly chemicals and alerting the public of their danger.
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Software Simulates Evacuation of 70,000 Avatars From E-Stadium
Simulation software will create a safe, virtual stadium where security teams can practice guiding 70,000 fans to safety.
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Science Center Receives $15 Million For Health It Research
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has received a $15 million stimulus grant to establish the National Center for Cognitive Informatics and...
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Science and Engineering Employment Reached 5.8 Million in 2008
Employment in science and engineering occupations in the United States reached an estimated 5,781,000 by May 2008, up 13.7 percent from May 2004, compared to...
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Building Airplanes on a Computer
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill computer scientists and Boeing researchers are developing a new set of algorithms and techniques to simulate digital...
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Citizen Science Contributes to Research
As technology increases the amount of new information available in various fields of science, researchers are turning to citizen scientists to unlock the data....
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A Tiny Defect That May Create Smaller, Faster Electronics
Researchers at the University of South Florida have developed a technique to turn defects in graphene into tiny metallic wires.
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Grant Ensures Sustainable Future For Software
The Software Sustainability Institute has been launched in the United Kingdom to help research communities in various disciplines manage their software tools beyond...
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Computer Scientists Create a Multilingual Search Engine
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid researchers have developed a multilingual search engine that can query a data repository written in Interlingua using questions...
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Experience Hubble's niverse in 3-D
Supercomputers and 3-D models helped visualization specialists at the Space Telescope Science Institute transformed Hubble Telescope 2-D images into 3-D environments ...
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New 'hearing' Maps Are Real Conversation Starters
Cardiff University researchers have developed software that creates audibility maps of proposed room designs that show hotspots where conversations would be inaudible...
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Assessing the State of .s. Science and Engineering
Physicist Louis Lanzerotti, chairman of the National Science Board's Science and Engineering Indicators committee, says the board's recent report to the White House...
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Nsf Selects Theoretical Computer Scientist For its Highest Honor
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced Tuesday (March 9) the selection of New York University's Subhash Khot, an associate professor at the Courant Institute...
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Quantum on Quantum
Researchers at Harvard University and Australia's University of Queensland have designed and constructed a quantum computer capable of simulating and calculating...
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Aerial Surveillance Technology Could Keep Soldiers Safer
Cranfield University researchers have developed an autonomous computer framework that enables one operator to control multiple unmanned aerial vehicles from a...
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Egi.eu to Coordinate European Scientific Computing Grids
A new organization named the European Grid Initiative (EGI.eu) will coordinate a European-wide grid computing infrastructure that will enable scientists to share...
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