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Wanted: Young Cyberexperts to Defend Internet
The federal government, education officials and giant military contractors are collaborating to recruit a new class of tech professional specifically trained...
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How to Prevent Language Extinction
Two-thirds of the world's languages are being nudged toward oblivion and are in danger of extinction. A new mathematical model of language competition indicates...
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Missouri S&T Taps Royalty Income to Commercialize Technologies
In an effort to move more technology out of the laboratories and into the marketplace, Missouri University of Science and Technology is reinvesting its earnings...
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White House Seeks Input on It, Science
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology is seeking public input on how the U.S. government can best use information technology, biotechnology...
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New Mental-Health Apps For Iphones Like a 'therapist in Your Pocket'
Researchers are developing iPhone apps designed to alleviate the symptoms of mental illness. The apps provide advice on how to change negative affective states...
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In Debate, Audience Finds that the Cyberwar Threat Is Not Exaggerated
A panel of four leading security experts recently held a debate about the threat of cyberwarfare. The discussion emphasized that the threat is indeed very serious...
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Oil Spill on Track to Reach Atlantic No Later Than October
Oil gushing from the Deepwater Horizon site in the Gulf of Mexico will reach the Atlantic Ocean within six months, says oceanographer Synte Peacock. Exactly when...
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$2.9 Million Grant To Support Innovative Approach to STEM Disciplines
Professor Ron Eglash of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has received a five-year, $2.9 million National Science Foundation research grant to support the development...
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Computer Intelligence Assists Study of Human Visual Attention
A computer-based model has advanced the study of change blindness, the failure of humans to detect seemingly obvious changes to scenes around them.
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Resilient Electric Grid Project Develops the ltimate Surge Protector
The Resilient Electric Grid project is developing a current limiting high-temperature superconductor cable that could be used to link substations and help ensure...
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Cyber-War a Growing Threat Warn Experts
In 2007, Estonia was the subject of a series of cyber attacks which crippled the Internet across the country. Banks, government departments and the national media...
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European Research Program Targets Energy-Aware Electronics Design
Semiconductor companies are collaborating with European design centers, universities, and research institutions to develop standards and contribute to building...
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Where Are All the Science Majors?
In a move to measure its workforce not too long ago, Nationwide Insurance surveyed its 36,000 employees at the time. Its CEO was in for a shock. The single largest...
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China: Our Internet Is Free Enough
China, with the most Internet users of any country in the world, has issued its first government whitepaper declaring an overall Internet strategy--one that advocates...
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Chinese Aim to Build the Next Silicon Valley
Many of the cool tools consumers crave, such as iPads, smart phones and laptops, were dreamed up in the United States. But when it came time to turn the inventors'...
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Technology Milestone Heralds a More Secure Internet
Moves to make the web's address system more secure will take a major step forward next month. In the planning for a decade, the Domain Name System Security Extentions...
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Singapore Gets Wired For Speed
This island city-state, thanks to its small size and a big public investment, could soon be the first country blanketed with a fiber optic infrastructure so fast...
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Sandia to Play Major Role in Creation of 'virtual' Nuclear Reactor
Sandia National Laboratories computational scientists will lead two of five technical areas in a U.S. Department of Energy effort to create a "virtual" nuclear...
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Japanese Baby-Bot to Shed Light on Human Learning
Japanese researchers have created a baby robot designed to simulate the behavior and development of a real infant in an effort to better understand how humans grow...
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