A growing number of scientific researchers are using virtual reality (VR) technology in the lab, often to more easily collaborate with distant colleagues, or simply...Nature From ACM TechNews | August 30, 2023
A team from Australia placed second in the University Rover Challenge in Hanksville, UT, with a pink-colored robotic rover.
Nature From ACM TechNews | July 21, 2023
To smooth the path of the quantum revolution, researchers and governments must predict and prepare for the traps ahead.
Nature From ACM News | July 19, 2023
Even the scientists who have made quantum computers their life's work say they can't do anything useful yet — but the future is bright. Plus, how China's data privacy...Nature From ACM News | May 31, 2023
Some researchers envision synthetic data as not only offering content that is close enough to actual data to preserve privacy, but also enabling production of better...Nature From ACM TechNews | May 9, 2023
Authors of papers on the potential biases of artificial intelligence tools in health care are predominantly white, male and from high-income countries.
Nature From ACM News | April 5, 2023
The statcheck online tool developed by Michèle Nuijten at Tilburg University in the Netherlands has reduced statistical errors in scientific papers.
Nature From ACM TechNews | March 17, 2023
Google physicists have demonstrated that making their quantum code bigger can reduce the error rate of calculations.
Nature From ACM TechNews | February 24, 2023
Researchers at AI laboratory DeepMind have created an algorithm that can solve tough mathematical calculations with improved computing efficiency.
Nature From ACM TechNews | October 7, 2022
Adam Day at U.K.-based data services company Clear Skies developed a software tool that highlights potentially bogus scientific papers.
Nature From ACM TechNews | September 28, 2022
An international security conference explored how artificial intelligence technologies for drug discovery could be misused for de novo design of biochemical weapons...Nature Machine Intelligence From ACM News | March 18, 2022
Robotic assistants could be used in nursing and retirement homes to help seniors care for themselves and assist with chores.
Nature From ACM TechNews | January 24, 2022
Proof-assistant software handles an abstract concept at the cutting edge of research, revealing a bigger role for software in mathematics.
Nature From ACM News | June 21, 2021
Software called TLDR (too long, didn't read) automatically produces one-sentence abstracts of research papers.
Nature From ACM TechNews | November 30, 2020
Missing documentation and obsolete environments force participants in the Ten Years Reproducibility Challenge to get creative.
Nature From ACM News | August 26, 2020