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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
The results of a study indicated that banning people who espouse extreme views from YouTube shrinks their audience.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 28, 2021
Researchers created a secure quantum link extending 511 kilometers (almost 320 miles) between two Chinese cities.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 23, 2021
A walking construction vehicle can operate autonomously on rough terrain, thanks to a team of Swiss-German engineers.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 21, 2021
An artificial intelligence-trained computer learned to play football from scratch, using digital players.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 15, 2021
University of Texas at Austin researchers encoded a quote from Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park in software-readable plastic molecules.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 26, 2021
One of the Dead Sea Scrolls was written by two scribes with very similar handwriting, according to researchers at the Netherlands' University of Groningen.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 23, 2021
Vibrations from a smartphone's ringtone can be used to measure a liquid's viscosity, according to researchers at China's Shenzhen University.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 14, 2021
Researchers at China's Tsinghua University predicted Chinese bitcoin mining will emit roughly 130 million metric tons of carbon into the atmosphere by 2024.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 12, 2021
A human brain organoid was cultured in a week in a three-dimensionally-printed microfluidic bioreactor.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 9, 2021
A robot built by researchers at Australia's University of the Sunshine Coast has legs and feet programmed to mimic the gait of climbing lizards.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 31, 2021
Tetsuya Ogata and colleagues at Japan's Waseda University have taught an artificial intelligence-powered robot to tie knots around a box using just two fingers...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 29, 2021
Northwestern University researchers used artificial intelligence to assess pain levels in patients with sickle cell disease, based on their vital signs.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 23, 2021
Researchers at U.K. startup Kagenova have developed a system that can reduce nausea or cybersickness induced by virtual reality.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 18, 2021
Researchers have built a mobile wildfire simulation application that provides personalized evacuation routes to anyone in the path of a fire.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 17, 2021
Researchers at Austria's University of Vienna have accelerated machine learning using a quantum trick involving photons.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 16, 2021
Researchers in China were inspired by a golden eagle to build a robotic bird with flapping wings covered in actual feathers.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 11, 2021
A short-term technology may help clear a path toward next-generation computer hard disks by utilizing microwaves with existing platter material.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 10, 2021
A silicone rubber submersible robot engineered by researchers at China's Zhejiang University successfully withstood the immense pressures in the Mariana trench....New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 5, 2021