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Cern Collides With a Patent Reality
Previously reluctant to patent the inventions, the CERN particle physics laboratory recently struck a deal with the World Intellectual Property Organization to...
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Online Newsletter Targets Informatics Professionals
The Standards Standard online newsletter has been launched by the American Medical Informatics Association for health professionals working in the global informatics...
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Museum Displays Personal Computer, Video Game Collection
The small town of Brantford, Ontario, located about an hour west of Toronto, has been been gaining a reputation, in nerd circles at least, as home to the Personal...
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Religious Search Engines Yield Tailored Results
In a world where Google has put every bit of information at our fingertips, some people are now demanding less information when they surf the Internet.
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New Cctv Technology Helps Prevent Terror Attacks
The VTT Technical Research Center of Finland has developed image-processing technology that can analyze large amounts of video data automatically and quickly recognize...
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FCC Move to Release 'white Spaces' Has Tech Firms Dreaming of Wireless Boom
Entire towns linked to the Web as giant hot spots with seamless wireless connections. Internet-connected refrigerators that monitor when it's time to get more...
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Can You Find Me Now?
By demonstrating fundamental limits on their accuracy, MIT researchers show how to improve wireless location-detection systems.
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Researchers in Asian Countries Raise Their Scientific Profiles Worldwide
While researchers at universities and institutes in many Western countries fret about budget pressures, scientists in many Asian nations are translating huge...
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Crowdsourcing Peer Review
It is the greatest question in computer science. A negative answer would likely give a fundamentally deeper understanding of the nature of computation. And a...
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Engaging Girls in STEM
Girls in the United States are no more interested in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers than they were 20 years ago. Aa recent study also...
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Obama Calls For Permanent R&d Tax Credit
U.S. President Barack Obama has urged Congress to make permanent an R&D tax credit for U.S. companies. The plan would enlarge the tax credit from about $7 billion...
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'onshoring' Gives .s. Companies an Alternative to Offshore Outsourcing
Companies seeking an alternative to offshore outsourcing are trying "onshoring," an emerging trend of outsourcing IT functions to companies in the rural United...
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What Info Can ncle Sam Dig p About You?
Got any secrets you're hiding from Uncle Sam? The answer had better be no, because in the digital age, your life is more of an open book than ever before.
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Dental Surgery at the Click of a Mouse
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz researchers have developed an e-learning platform that enables dentistry students to download case studies with videos and images...
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U.s. and China Team Up to Fund Clean Energy Research
Two consortia—one led one led by the West Virginia University that includes as a partner Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and one led by the University...
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Scientists View Cybersecurity as an Intimidating Conundrum
The U.S. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology recently called on cybersecurity experts to discuss specific areas in the networking and information...
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Searching For STEM Success
Rural community colleges (CCs) have recently done much better than urban and suburban CCs in the percentage increase of associate degrees awarded to women and minorities...
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ITU Head: Cyberwar Could Be 'Worse Than Tsunami'
There needs to be a global cybersecurity peace treaty to avert the threat of international cyberwar, whose effects would be more devastating than a tsunami, says...
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Future Technology in the NFL
In the years ahead, the National Football League looks set to dial up some new tech blitzes that will make the game fairer and safer. Among the technologies most...
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