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Why Are China's Universities Losing Their Star Students?
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Why Are China's Universities Losing Their Star Students?

It happens every summer. In the weeks after the annual National College Entrance Examination, new high school graduates wait for the list. For years, who gets...

China Aims to Renew Status As Scientific Superpower
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China Aims to Renew Status As Scientific Superpower

China was probably the world's earliest technological superpower, inventing the plow, the compass, gunpowder, and block printing. Then, science in the Middle...

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Microsoft's Imagine Cup Competition Seeks Diversity

This year students from six historically black colleges and universities competed in Microsoft's Imagine Cup, and although none of the teams made it to the finals...

Competition Seeks STEM Innovations
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Competition Seeks STEM Innovations

The Carnegie Corporation of New York and other groups have partnered to launch Partnering for Excellence: Innovations in Science+Technology+Engineering+Math Education...

Game Design Engages Students in STEM
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Game Design Engages Students in STEM

The University of Massachusetts' Design Camps is aimed at middle and high school students and teaches them to create and program robots, build circuits, and complete...

Colleges Join Plan For Faster Computer Networks
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Colleges Join Plan For Faster Computer Networks

A coalition of 29 American universities is throwing its weight behind a plan to build ultra-high-speed computer networks—with Internet service several hundred...

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University of Utah Computer Science Camp Teaches Kids About Technology

This summer the University of Utah is hosting 350 students in elementary, middle, and high school for one- and two-week computer science camps. 

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National Academies Call For Science Education Makeover

A new U.S. National Research Council report calls for reforming science teaching nationwide from kindergarten to high school, saying that current high school graduates...

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Stanford

What better way to combine your nerdy loves of computer programming and Star Wars than with a robot that can actually battle with a light saber?

Ibm Ceo Candidate Talks About His Rise
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Ibm Ceo Candidate Talks About His Rise

Rodney C. Adkins oversees 50,000 employees and is responsible for $18 billion in revenue as senior vice president and group executive for systems and technology...

Life, Translated
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Life, Translated

The Holy Grail of language translation is to develop a machine-based system that can handle the task transparently and accurately.

Ted's Chris Anderson: The Man Who Made Youtube Clever
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Ted's Chris Anderson: The Man Who Made Youtube Clever

With his TED Talks series, the former magazine mogul Chris Anderson has racked up 500 million web video views for speeches by academics and technological experts...

Mi-Lsamp Boosts Minority STEM Enrollment
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Mi-Lsamp Boosts Minority STEM Enrollment

MI-LSAMP has managed to increase the number of STEM degrees awarded to minority students by nearly 50% over the last five years. In addition, it has increased overall...

Computer Learns Language By Playing Games
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Computer Learns Language By Playing Games

Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Regina Marzilay has adapted a system she developed to generate scripts for installing software on a Windows computer...

Computer Science Tops List of Best Major For Jobs
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Computer Science Tops List of Best Major For Jobs

Computer science has topped the National Association of Colleges and Employers' list of best majors for jobs for the first time since 2008. 

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Raspberry Pi: Rise of the $25 Computer

Raspberry Pi developers have created a computer designed to inspire a new generation of computer programmers but inexpensive enough to enable schools to give them...

Silicon Valley Status Symbols Emphasize Mind Over Material
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Silicon Valley Status Symbols Emphasize Mind Over Material

Aaron Patzer lives in a 600-square-foot, one-bedroom apartment in Palo Alto with an old couch and TV. His favorite shoes are hand-me-down brown leather wingtips...

Stanford Faculty Collaborate to Improve Online Education
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Stanford Faculty Collaborate to Improve Online Education

Stanford University faculty are jointly developing software and testing it in the classroom to improve online education. 

A Roboticist's Trip From Mines to the Moon
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A Roboticist's Trip From Mines to the Moon

Robots created by William "Red" Whittaker have crawled into mines and volcanoes, crossed deserts, won a 60-mile road race, helped clean up nuclear waste and harvested...

Study: World's Colleges Lack Bi, Analytics Concentration
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Study: World's Colleges Lack Bi, Analytics Concentration

Just a few colleges and universities worldwide offer dedicated degree programs for business intelligence, despite the quickly growing popularity of analytics technology...
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