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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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The Internet Is Killing Most Languages
You might be living through another mass extinction of species—brought on by us humans, who have been changing climate and fragmenting habitats at an increasing...
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Carnegie Mellon Robot Invites Humans to Play Mean Game of Scrabble
Victor is obsessed with SCRABBLE.
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Getting to Know ... Jason
The JASON group is a low-profile, high-level adviser to the U.S. government on defense, science, and technology.
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niversity of Idaho Competes with Big Leagues in Computing
The University of Idaho is home to Big-STEM, a supercomputer that provides researchers with an enhanced amount of memory to support large-scale simulations.
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Open Enigma Project Makes Encryption Machines Accessible
Enigma machines have captivated everyone from legendary code breaker Alan Turing and the dedicated cryptographers from England's Bletchley Park to historians and...
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Penn Scientists Teach Computer Programs How to Teach Programming
University of Pennsylvania researchers are developing "automated program synthesis tools" that check whether human-supplied code operates correctly.
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Japanese Language Inspires Student to Develop nique Computer Game
Koe is a role-playing game that teaches users the Japanese language within the context of entertaining game play.
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Robotic Arm Probes Chemistry of 3-D Objects By Mass Spectrometry
Researchers have developed a system that enables scientists to better simulate and analyze the chemical reactions of early Earth on the surface of real rocks.
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Which College—and Which Major—will Make You Richest?
A Bachelor of Science from Harvey Mudd College, the small California science and engineering school, is the most valuable college degree in America.
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The Virtual Genius of Oculus Rift
To understand why Oculus Rift matters, it helps to know who John Carmack is.
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Csus Students Get Federal Scholarships to Become Tech Warriors
California State University, Sacramento is offering $25,000 annual scholarships as part of the CyberCorps program.
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Impostoritis: A Lifelong, but Treatable, Condition
The female president of Harvey Mudd College on how women in STEM can cope with feeling like they don’t belong.
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The Digital nwrapping of the Egyptian Priest Neswaiu
In the 19th century and even later, there was no shortage of people eager to watch the unwrapping of an Egyptian mummy.
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Internet2 Teams Up With India's National Knowledge Network
Internet2 expects to formalize a partnership with its Indian counterpart this month.
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Nasa 'codeathon' Seeks Apps That Address Coastal Flooding
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's third global codeathon offers four climate-themed challenges.
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Using Patient Data For Personalized Cancer Treatments
Patient information databases eventually will help improve health outcomes and support development of new therapies.
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How to Win $1 Billion on Ncaa Basketball: A Mathematician's Tips
Last Thursday, the underground classroom at the National Museum of Mathematics in New York was filled to capacity for a college professor's PowerPoint-aided lecture...
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Alan Turing Institute to Be Set Up to Research Big Data
The U.K. government will provide 42 million UK pounds ($70 million US) to fund a research center that will carry the name of computer pioneer Alan Turing.
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