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A humanoid robot can receive an object handed to it by a person with something approaching natural, human-like motion thanks to a new method developed by scientists at Disney Research, Pittsburgh in a project partially funded by the International Center for Advanced Communication Technologies at Carnegie Mellon University and Karlsruhe Institute of ... (more)

The PR2 robot made by Willow Garage in Menlo Park, Calif. Researchers say robots like this may be used to help care for aging baby boomers.

Researchers at University of California, Irvine and Carnegie Mellon University have found that people taking cognitive tests with access to smartphones and other gadgets scored 20 percent lower than those without.

It is a rare actor that can graduate from college, and within a few short months, find themselves on Broadway, cast in a lead role in the biggest blockbuster musical in town opposite Tony Award-winning actors.

The constant distractions that people now face from emails, texts and social media is ruining our ability to complete tasks as efficiently as we used to and is making us dumber claims a new survey.

Following an internal investigation, the president of Carnegie Mellon University announced that misdemeanor indecent exposure charges would be filed against two students related to an incident last month.

Dario Salvucci discussed the advances made in modeling multitasking in the latest lecture in the College of Engineering's Dean's Lecture Series.

The National Science Foundation has awarded Clemson University a $5 million grant to launch the Institute for African-American Mentoring in Computing Sciences.

U of T Engineering researchers, working with colleagues from Carnegie Mellon University, have published new insights into how materials transfer heat, which could lead eventually to smaller, more powerful electronic devices.

Gov. Tom Corbett has announced that Ronald J. Tomalis will leave his post as Secretary of Education on May 31 to become Special Adviser to the Governor on Higher Education.

That succinct email came from Robb S. Godshaw, 22, to the Post-Gazette. Mr. Godshaw is the less famous of two Carnegie Mellon University students recently charged with indecent exposure and is clearly a young man who believes in brevity, in both his words and attire.

NCIS fans know her as Ziva, but Cote de Pablo learned much of what brought her stardom here in Pittsburgh.

The latest round of AlphaLab startups made their official debut Tuesday afternoon at Demo Day and University Preview.

Pipeline, developed by a Carnegie Mellon University researcher, is a free project-management platform built to leverage team skills and mete out trust and responsibility at desired levels.

The lawyers for an El Paso lawyer and Carnegie Mellon University trustee suspected of laundering millions for a drug cartel plan to ask for a delay to next week's trial so a psychological evaluation can be done.

Graduating seniors from Palos Verdes and Palos Verdes Peninsula high schools will be attending a wide range of colleges and universities in the fall, according to a list released last week by the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District.

HERB, the Home-Exploring Robot Butler, uses color video, a Kinect depth-sensing camera, metadata and other non-visual information to understand objects.

Pat Toomey -- announced today that he is eyeing another Senate run in 2016, signaling he will not seek the governor's mansion next year.

GraphLab , the open-source distributed database, has received $6.75 million from Madrona Venture Group and NEA for its machine learning technology used to analyze data graphs for recommendation engines.

A former Carnegie Mellon University trustee is scheduled to go to trial next week in Texas on charges of conspiracy to launder millions for a Mexican drug cartel.