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Msu Programmers Develop Land Mine Avoidance Game
Michigan State University (MSU) instructors and students are fine-tuning a computer video game designed to help unsuspecting children avoid land mines and other...
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Teens Win $630,000 in 2010 Intel Science Talent Search
Intel Science Talent Search 2010, a program of Society for Science & the Public, announced its top 10 winners in Washington, DC. Winners received $630,000 in awards...
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Nsf Seeks New Approach to Helping Minority Students in Science
U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) programs that assist specific racial and ethnic groups would be consolidated under a new proposal from the agency.
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Race Matters
Black college instructors play a significant role in encouraging black science students to persist as science majors, according to a study by Cornell University...
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Emotional Computer Tutor Improves Girls' Math Scores
Students in Massachusetts will help fine-tune a computer-based, emotionally perceptive mathematics tutoring software developed by University of Massachusetts Amherst...
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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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Wide Web of Diversions Gets Laptops Evicted from Lecture Halls
On a windy morning in downtown Washington, a hundred Georgetown Law students gathered in a hall for David Cole's lecture on democracy and coercion. The desks were...
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Annual Science Festival to Host 'excite Your Mind' Events
The San Diego Science Festival , the largest celebration of science on the West Coast, will be held March 20-27 to raise awareness of the importance of science,...
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Survey: Educators Aren't Discussing STEM Careers With Students
Science and math educators are keeping classes knowledgeable and interesting, but they are not promoting science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers...
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Enrollment Down in Canada's ICT Programs
Across Canada, enrollment in information and communication technology (ICT) degree programs is down. A 2008 study prepared for the Information and Communications...
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Researchers Engage Communities to Support Women in It Careers
Virginia Tech's Appalachian Information Technology Extension Service is a research-based extension program designed to provide support for young women seeking careers...
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UCLA Will Resume Streaming Video After Legal Dispute
The University of California at Los Angeles has restored its streaming video service about two months after temporarily suspending the service amid complaints from...
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Skills Experts Bemoan Poor It Teaching
Information technology (IT) needs to be taught a different way in schools if the industry is to deepen its talent pool, experts in the United Kingdom said during...
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U.s. Won't Succeed If India Has More Scientists: Obama
President Barack Obama has said that the U.S. is facing stiff competition from India and cannot succeed if the country continues to produce more scientists and...
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Tech Industry Searching For Girls Gone Geek
The flagging attraction of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professions to young women is partly attributed to the geek factor, or the perception...
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Game Trains Soldiers in a Virtual Iraq or Afghanistan
University of Texas at Dallas researchers are developing First Person Cultural Trainer, a computer training tool designed to make it easier for military personnel...
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Lights, Camera, Action: Cue the Goldfish
Biologist Scott McRobert, professor of biology at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pa., developed "Fish Cam," an online site for students of all ages...
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Optimization Server Reaches Two Million Milestone
Two million problems have now been submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy's Networked-Enabled Optimization System (NEOS). A decade ago, there were less than...
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Tracking Garbage
Researchers are focusing on the so-called "removal chain" in an attempt to save landfill space, improve recycling rates, and trim the flow of toxic materials into...
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