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Nsf Celebrates Computer Science Education Week 2010
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Nsf Celebrates Computer Science Education Week 2010

The High-Low Tech research group at MIT's Media Lab seeks to engage diverse people in developing their own technologies. The research is part of the NSF-funded...

Live Online Briefing: Inspiring the Next Bill Gates
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Live Online Briefing: Inspiring the Next Bill Gates

The National Science Foundation will host a Webcast on Dec. 7 featuring Georgia Tech's Amy Bruckman, MIT's Leah Buechley, and ACM's Cameron Wilson, as part of the...

President Obama Awards Annual National Medals of Science
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President Obama Awards Annual National Medals of Science

President Obama presented 10 researchers with United States' highest technical and scientific award, and said that celebrating their contributions was "one of...

Video Game Design Program Boosts Interest in Science Careers
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Video Game Design Program Boosts Interest in Science Careers

Funded by a U.S. National Science Foundation grant, a George Mason University program is using video game design as a way to increase student interest in science...

The Emergence of Holographic Video
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The Emergence of Holographic Video

Experimental networked display refreshes holograms every two seconds.

Electronics Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Memory Chips
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Electronics Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Memory Chips

Rice University graduate student Jun Yao's research with silicon-oxide circuits could be a game-changer in nanoelectronics.

Signing Made Easy
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Signing Made Easy

From video games to cell phone apps, making sign language easier to learn Put on the gloves. Turn on the camera and... action!

Bringing Engineering to K-12 Classrooms
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Bringing Engineering to K-12 Classrooms

With support from the U.S. National Science Foundation, engineers from Tufts University are bringing engineering to young students through STOMP, the Student...

Nsf Announces Future Internet Architecture Awards
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Nsf Announces Future Internet Architecture Awards

Four basic research projects funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation will explore different aspects of network architecture to foster new ideas and innovations...

U.s. Funds Improve Broadband Connectivity to Foster Scientific Collaboration
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U.s. Funds Improve Broadband Connectivity to Foster Scientific Collaboration

The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded $20 million to universities in 17 states to improve inter- and intra-campus cyber connectivity.

NSF Announces New Expeditions in Computing Awards
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NSF Announces New Expeditions in Computing Awards

Three new $10 million awards continue the NSF's Expeditions program pursuing ambitious, fundamental research agendas that promise to define the future of computing...

Researchers Control Collective Spin States Electrically at Room Temperature
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Researchers Control Collective Spin States Electrically at Room Temperature

Physicists at the University of Nebraska Lincoln have changed the orientation of a  large number of electron spins collectively at room temperature by pure electrical...

Engineering and Music: A Powerful Duet For Art and Science
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Engineering and Music: A Powerful Duet For Art and Science

The collaboration by two professors at the University of Rochester, one from the music theory department and the other from the electrical and computer engineering...

Citizen Scientists Discover Rotating Pulsar
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Citizen Scientists Discover Rotating Pulsar

The discovery by three citizen scientists of a new radio pulsar as part of the Einstein@Home project marks the first genuine astronomical discovery by a public...

Customizing Science Instruction With Digital Libraries
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Customizing Science Instruction With Digital Libraries

Middle and high school teachers participating in the Curriculum Customization Service program use animations, images and interactive media to help engage Denver...

Acrobatic Robots
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Acrobatic Robots

Dennis Hong is living his dream, in a lab filled with wacky robots. He is director of Virginia Tech's Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory, which is filled with...

Scientists Take Aim at Website Hackers
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Scientists Take Aim at Website Hackers

With support from the U.S. National Science Foundation, a team of computer scientists is using a novel, two-pronged approach to protect websites from hackers.

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­.s. R&d Companies Employed 27 Million Workers Worldwide in 2008

U.S. research & development companies employed 27.1 million workers worldwide in 2008, including 18.5 million domestically, according to a new report from the U...

Soccer Stars Ranked ­sing Statistics
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Soccer Stars Ranked ­sing Statistics

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a computer program that objectively measures player performance; the research method also could be used...

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Jump in Enrollments of First-Time, Full-Time S&e Graduate Students

Enrollments of first-time, full-time graduate students in science and engineering programs in the United States reached a record 108,819 in 2008, an increase...
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