Computing experts from the University of Essex, Imperial College, and the University of Bradford are working to make artificial intelligence smarter, which will...University of Essex From ACM TechNews | July 14, 2010
A new approach to processing X-ray data could lower by a factor of ten or more the amount of radiation patients receive during cone beam CT scans, report researchers...American Institute of Physics From ACM News | July 15, 2010
Stony Brook University received a $1.4 million National Science Foundation grant to build what its creator described as the closest thing in the world to Star Trek's...Stony Brook University From ACM News | July 14, 2010
A breakthrough in remote wave sensing by a team from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute opens the way for detecting hidden explosives, chemical or biological agents...Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute From ACM News | July 13, 2010
Google is bringing Android software development to the masses. The company will offer a software tool, starting Monday, that is intended to make it easy for people...The New York Times From ACM News | July 13, 2010
For better or worse, search engines have become the gateway to the Web. They help users to find information, advertisers to sell products—they even help hackers...New Scientist From ACM News | July 13, 2010
One of the first Web sites loaded on Silicon Valley’s laptops and iPhones each morning—and then again and again throughout the day—is Techmeme.The New York Times From ACM News | July 13, 2010
In a prelude to overhauling its regulatory oversight of genetic diagnostic testing, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will convene a public meeting next week...Technology Review From ACM News | July 13, 2010
When Danny Hillis spent a day watching a top surgeon perform keyhole cancer surgery, he was left both exhilarated and depressed. The clinical precision with which...New Scientist From ACM News | July 13, 2010
ETH Zurich researchers have developed intelligent textiles that have electronic components such as sensors and conductive filaments woven into the fabric. ETH Life From ACM TechNews | July 12, 2010
Google is offering software designed to make it simple for users to create their own applications for Android smartphones. The free software has been under development...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | July 12, 2010
Multimedia talking touchscreens, housed in computer kiosks at clinics and hospitals, are helping researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine... From ACM News | July 12, 2010
A new image from the Planck mission shows what it's been up to for the past year--surveying the entire sky for clues to our universal origins.NASA From ACM News | July 6, 2010
The University of Haifa's Ami and Teddy Sagy Center for the Study of the Internet has been awarded IBM's $40,000 Open Collaborative Research grant for their proposal...University of Haifa From ACM News | July 6, 2010
The University of Southern California is using improvisation and motion-capture technology to study expressive human behavior "to be able to build technologies...SC News From ACM TechNews | June 30, 2010
A new system that took a couple hours to decipher much of the ancient language Ugaritic could help improve online translation software.MIT News Office From ACM News | July 1, 2010
For several years, Denise Carlevato has studied millions of mouse clicks and keystrokes made by anonymous computer users from all over the world. Her objective:...Wired From ACM News | June 30, 2010
Researchers at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are learning to reshape the landscape of programmable matter by devising self-folding sheets...Harvard Gazette From ACM News | June 30, 2010
Carlos III University of Madrid researchers working on the eMadrid project are studying how to use three-dimensional virtual worlds for teaching. Carlos III University of Madrid From ACM TechNews | June 28, 2010
Bacteria communicate with molecules, and now computer scientists want to copy them. Their first task: to derive a mathematical theory of molecular communication...Technology Review From ACM News | June 28, 2010