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Fighting Impersonation by AI
Finding ways to determine whether a voice message is real or generated by an artificial intelligence.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The Emergence of Holographic Video
Experimental networked display refreshes holograms every two seconds.
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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.
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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!
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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