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Incite Grants Awarded to 56 Computational Research Projects
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Incite Grants Awarded to 56 Computational Research Projects

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science announced 56 projects aimed at addressing some of the world's most challenging scientific questions. 

The Roots of Computing, in New York City
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The Roots of Computing, in New York City

The seeds of Silicon Valley were harvested from the Big Apple.

White, Male Tech Image Hinders Progress, Poll Finds
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White, Male Tech Image Hinders Progress, Poll Finds

A new survey found parents overwhelmingly think computer science skills will help their children find careers.

Beyond Search
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Beyond Search

The latest academic research tools do not just find papers; they analyze them.

Needed: More Women in Data Science
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Needed: More Women in Data Science

Stanford University brought together about 400 women to discuss data science and promote greater gender diversity in the field. 

Star Wars Characters Will Now Teach Your Kids to Code
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Star Wars Characters Will Now Teach Your Kids to Code

In an effort to bring coding to an ever-larger group of kids and students, Code.org partnered with Lucasfilm as part of its annual Hour of Code event.

Large Companies Game H-1b Visa Program, and Jobs Leave the ­.s.
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Large Companies Game H-1b Visa Program, and Jobs Leave the ­.s.

Théo Négri, a young software engineer from France, had come up with so many novel ideas at his job at an Internet start-up in San Francisco that the American entrepreneur...

The Nsa School: How the Intelligence Community Gets Smarter, Secretly
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The Nsa School: How the Intelligence Community Gets Smarter, Secretly

Leonard Reinsfelder's wife found a note on her car as she was leaving a shopping center one day: "Have your husband give us a call. We think we could use him."

The Crispr Quandary
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The Crispr Quandary

One day in March 2011, Emmanuelle Charpentier, a geneticist who was studying flesh-eating bacteria, approached Jennifer Doudna, an award-winning scientist, at a...

Google Aims to Make Vr Hardware Irrelevant Before It Even Gets Going
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Google Aims to Make Vr Hardware Irrelevant Before It Even Gets Going

Google and Facebook are pushing virtual-reality technology along two different lines. 

Relearning to Speak
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Relearning to Speak

New systems can help you not only learn to understand a second language, but how to pronounce it correctly.

Synthetic Biology Lures Silicon Valley Investors
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Synthetic Biology Lures Silicon Valley Investors

In 2012, Emily Leproust was trying to raise money to start Twist Bioscience, a company that aimed to synthesize DNA more quickly and more cheaply than existing...

Harvard Law Library Readies Trove of Decisions For Digital Age
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Harvard Law Library Readies Trove of Decisions For Digital Age

Shelves of law books are an august symbol of legal practice, and no place, save the Library of Congress, can match the collection at Harvard's Law School Library...

Artificial-Intelligence Institute Launches Free Science Search Engine
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Artificial-Intelligence Institute Launches Free Science Search Engine

With Google Scholar, PubMed, and other free academic databases at their fingertips, scientists may feel they have plenty of resources to trawl through the ever-growing...

Robots Can Now Teach Each Other New Tricks
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Robots Can Now Teach Each Other New Tricks

Two robots operating in different academic research labs have demonstrated a rudimentary ability to exchange knowledge. 

Dartmouth Study Illustrates How Game Design Can Reduce Stereotypes and Social Biases
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Dartmouth Study Illustrates How Game Design Can Reduce Stereotypes and Social Biases

A new Dartmouth College study highlights how games can have beneficial societal effects.

How Sensorimotor Intelligence May Develop
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How Sensorimotor Intelligence May Develop

The emergence of self-directed behavior in robots can be grounded in the synaptic plasticity of their nervous systems, according to a new study.

Designing Interactive Memory Joggers
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Designing Interactive Memory Joggers

Texts, photos, and videos are the fodder of memories, which require appropriate cues to materialize those memories from custom-designed hardware, says one researcher...

Coding Bootcamp Grads Boost Their Salaries By 40 Percent on Average
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Coding Bootcamp Grads Boost Their Salaries By 40 Percent on Average

Graduates of coding bootcamps found completing the programs helped boost their salaries by an average of 38 percent or $18,000, according to the Course Report. 

Relearning to Speak
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Relearning to Speak

New systems can help you not only learn to understand a second language, but how to pronounce it correctly.
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