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Leading influencers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) fields rarely attract the spotlight. AcademicInfluence.com illuminates their achievements, celebrating these remarkable people and their important discoveries. "The technology that will shape our immediate future is emerging from the minds and laboratories of these amazing people," says Dr. Jed Macosko, academic director of AcademicInfluence.com and Wake Forest University physics professor. "These top mathematicians, engineers, and computer scientists are working on some of the most pressing problems humanity faces ri...

Wikipedia Day: The most popular open-source information platform completes 20 years Pinterest 15th January is observed across the globe as the day when one of the most popular open source information resource was born. Interestingly, Creative Commons, an American Non-Profit organization, also registered their website on the same day Wikipedia came into existence. Creative Commons was founded by by Lawrence Lessig, Hal Abelson, and Eric Eldred. It created the free and open copyright system which Wikipedia utilized. Wikipedia even has a Birthday Committee. The ones who register their Birthdays...