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Russian whizzes win global collegiate IT contest

Three Russian computer whizzes were crowned the world's top collegiate programmers Thursday, when they clobbered 111 other teams from across the globe to win the 36th annual "Battle of Brains" in Warsaw.

Technology / Software

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

NanoTube Contest Brings Out the Hollywood Side of Nano Things

(PhysOrg.com) -- How would you describe "nano" to someone who had never heard of it before? In a video contest held by the American Chemical Society (ACS), scientists-turned-filmmakers are explaining what ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (20) | comments 0 weblog

'Curiosity': NASA Selects Student's Entry as New Mars Rover Name

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover, scheduled for launch in 2011, has a new name, thanks to a sixth-grade student from Kansas. Twelve-year-old Clara Ma from the Sunflower Elementary school ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It Takes a Solar Village

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rain didn't ruin the 2009 Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C. University teams successfully operated 20 net-zero, grid-connected solar power homes for a week on the National Mall. Some used ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Actor Alan Alda sponsors 'fiery' science contest

American actor Alan Alda remembers the disappointment of being 11 and asking a teacher about the flame at the end of a candle, only to be brushed off with the answer: "It's oxidation."

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Oops: Colbert wins NASA space station name contest

(AP) -- NASA's online contest to name a new room at the international space station went awry. Comedian Stephen Colbert won.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (14) | comments 10

Texas Tech, U of Utah win Sandia microdevice competition

The world's smallest chess board — about the diameter of four human hairs — and a pea-sized microbarbershop were winners in this year's design contest for, respectively, novel and educational microelectromechanical ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Pa. symphony seeks soloist via YouTube contest

(AP) -- Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra officials insist it's not "American Idol" meets Mozart.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Netflix to run second film-suggestion tech contest

(AP) -- You might call it "Son of the Netflix Prize."

Technology / Other

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sun CEO's pay package cut by a third in '09

(AP) -- The value of Sun Microsystems Inc. CEO Jonathan Schwartz's latest pay package dropped 37 percent from last year as the company lost more than $2 billion and was in such dire financial shape that it ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0