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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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A Magical Answer to an 80-Year-Old Puzzle
Can you devise a series of steps to avoid hazards two paces to either side of you, even if you are forced to take every second, third or Nth step in your series...
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Fighting Isis Online
The two men pecked out messages on opposite sides of the country.
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CLA Scholar Examines Complexities of Data-Sharing in Four Research Projects
University of California, Los Angeles professor Christine Borgman and her team are studying how researchers handle and share information in a data-intensive setting...
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$2m Project to se Video Game to Engage Rural Maine Students in Computer Science, Math
University of Maine researchers will use the popular open-world video game Minecraft to introduce the basics of programming to rural fifth-to-eighth graders in...
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The Jocks of Computer Code Do It For the Job Offers
At 21, Gennady Vladimirovich Korotkevich is already a legend. Tourist, as he's known online, is now the world's top sport programmer.
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A New Map Traces the Limits of Computation
At first glance, the big news coming out of this summer's conference on the theory of computing appeared to be something of a letdown.
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Providing Support Networks For Women in STEM
Women are developing networks to help themselves and other women succeed in technology jobs.
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Github Open Sources a Tool That Teaches Students to Code
GitHub, which has long been a fixture of the coding world, increasingly is becoming an integral part of coding education.
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Cyber Policies on the Rise
A growing number of companies are taking out cybersecurity insurance policies to protect themselves from the costs of data breaches.
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Do Moocs Help?
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) from Coursera can yield tangible benefits to learners, according to a new longitudinal study of open online learning outcomes...
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Microsoft to Invest $75 Million in Computer Science Education
Microsoft is investing $75 million over a three-year period to help make computer science more mainstream in schools.
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The 2015 Grace Hopper Celebration Abie Award Winners
The Anita Borg Institute has announced the winners of its 2015 Grace Hopper Celebration ABIE Awards recognizing female leaders in computer science.
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The Oil-Rich City Betting on Drones
Over the PA system a voice tells us not to be alarmed. What we are about to see is just a demonstration, courtesy of the United Arab Emirates' Ministry of the Interior...
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sing Technology to Break the Speed Barrier of Reading
I grew up in a tiny New York City apartment, packed in alongside our four cats and my father's immense personal library of some 3000 books.
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This Preschool Is for Robots
University of California, Berkeley researchers are working to develop artificial intelligence that lets machines learn the way humans do.
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Hacking Medical Mannequins
Researchers at the University of South Alabama are investigating potential breaches of medical mannequins used in training.
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More Students Taking Ap Physics, Computer Science Exams
Participation rates for Advanced Placement science exams rose over the last year, with computer science seeing the second-largest increase, according to the College...
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"molecular Tweeting" Could Hold the Key to Busting Superbugs
Researchers are using the metaphor of Twitter to help them better understand the ways communication among bacteria can lead to antibiotic resistance.
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This Preschool Is For Robots
On the seventh floor of Berkeley's technology research hall, a bright blue and yellow plastic ray gun sits on a long table, along with wooden spoons, model planes...
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