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With growing worries about the threat of "cyber warfare," militaries around the world are racing to recruit the computer specialists they believe may be central to the conflicts of the 21st century.
Reuters | February 10, 2012
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Workers in the digital era can feel at times as if they are playing a video game, battling the barrage of emails and instant messages, juggling documents, Web sites, and online calendars.
The New York Times | February 9, 2012
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Google recently awarded $340,000 to 26 organizations that provide science, technology, engineering, and math enrichment programs to students in K-12 and higher education. The recipients included 13 organizations in the U.S.,…
Campus Technology | February 9, 2012
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Pennsylvania State University researchers have developed a method for embedding an electronic junction into optical fiber, which could lead to more streamlined optical components.
IDG News Service | February 9, 2012
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University of Arkansas (UA) researchers are developing a communications network designed to maintain power during natural disasters and other emergencies.
KUAR News | February 9, 2012
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation released a decades-old file it kept on Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs that noted his past drug use and cites interviews with people who say he had a penchant to "distort reality."
Bloomberg Businessweek | February 9, 2012
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Juergen Steimle, a member of the Fluid Interfaces Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab, has developed a range of foldable displays that support novel user interactions.
New Scientist | February 8, 2012
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Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed a computer made entirely from biomolecules that can decipher images encrypted onto DNA chips.
Scripps Research Institute | February 8, 2012
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As the 2012 election approaches, there’s one area where President Barack Obama can feel confident he has broad voter support—his military policies and use of drones against terror suspects, according to a new poll.
Politico | February 8, 2012
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The object, vaguely pink, sits on the shoulder of the freeway, slowly shimmering into view. Is it roadkill? A weird kind of sagebrush? No, wait, it's … a puffy chunk of foam insulation!
Wired | February 8, 2012