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The Science of Better Science
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The Science of Better Science

Researchers are exploring networked computational analysis, formal classification, and topic modeling to better identify relevant scientists, ideas, and trends.

From ACM News

How ­.s. Lost Out on Iphone Work

When Barack Obama joined Silicon Valley's top luminaries for dinner in California last February, each guest was asked to come with a question for the president.

From ACM News

Quantum Computing Could Head to 'the Cloud,' Study Says

A novel high-speed, high-security computing technology will be compatible with the "cloud computing" approach popular on the Web, a study suggests.

From ACM News

Inside the Mind of a Video Game Champ

If there is one general rule about the limitations of the human mind, it is that we are terrible at multitasking.

Pnnl's Olympus Supercomputer Advances Science, Saves Energy
From ACM TechNews

Pnnl's Olympus Supercomputer Advances Science, Saves Energy

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory recently launched the 162-teraflop peak Olympus supercomputer, which is helping scientists do more complex, advanced research...

From ACM Opinion

Why The 'check Engine' Light Must Be Banned

It's pretty easy to dismiss the "check engine" light as just stupid, because, well, it is. 

Surgical Robots to Provide Open-Source Platform For Medical Robotics Research
From ACM TechNews

Surgical Robots to Provide Open-Source Platform For Medical Robotics Research

University of Washington researchers have developed Raven, a robot with wing-like arms that will be sent to seven campuses across the U.S. and form the basis of...

Choreographing Dance of Electrons Offers Promise in Pursuit of Quantum Computers
From ACM TechNews

Choreographing Dance of Electrons Offers Promise in Pursuit of Quantum Computers

Princeton University researchers are studying ways to control the spin of electrons, a major step toward developing technology that can be used in quantum computers...

From ACM News

Steve Ballmer Reboots

They had his dining room waiting. Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive and one of the richest men in the world, often eats privately at a Bellevue (Wash.)...

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Google's Data Center Engineer Shares Secrets of 'warehouse' Computing

 Luiz André Barroso doesn't see Google's data centers as data centers. He sees them as computers the size of warehouses.

From ACM News

Patent Grants Hit All-Time High in 2011; Ibm Leads the Way

Patents were a hot-button issue in 2011, so there's no wonder so many companies were filling their portfolios with new intellectual property all year.

From ACM News

New Storage Device Is Very Small, at 12 Atoms

Researchers at I.B.M. have stored and retrieved digital 1s and 0s from an array of just 12 atoms, pushing the boundaries of the magnetic storage of information...

Marines Want iPads to Control Robo-Copter Brains
From ACM News

Marines Want iPads to Control Robo-Copter Brains

It's been less than a month since the Marines flew their first robotic supply helicopter on its debut combat mission in Afghanistan.

World's Largest Quantum Computation Uses 84 Qubits
From ACM TechNews

World's Largest Quantum Computation Uses 84 Qubits

D-Wave Systems' Zhengbing Bian and colleagues announced that they have carried out a calculation involving 84 qubits. The computation involved two-color Ramsey...

Almost 1 In 3 U.s. Warplanes Is a Robot
From ACM News

Almost 1 In 3 U.s. Warplanes Is a Robot

Remember when the military actually put human beings in the cockpits of its planes?

Intel Unveils New Chips For Smartphones and Tablets
From ACM News

Intel Unveils New Chips For Smartphones and Tablets

Intel's chips have dominated the PC era, but when it comes to post-PC devices, such as smartphones and tablets, the company is less than an also-ran.

The $1,000 Human Genome?
From ACM News

The $1,000 Human Genome?

The race to the $1,000 genome heated up today as Life Technologies, based in Carlsbad, Calif., announced it will debut a new sequencing machine this year that...

Time Cloaking: How Scientists Opened a Hidden Gap in Time
From ACM News

Time Cloaking: How Scientists Opened a Hidden Gap in Time

Scientists say they have achieved "temporal cloaking"—manipulating light in a way that makes it appear as if 50 trillionths of a second never happened.

Microsoft Reinvents Wi-Fi For White Spaces
From ACM TechNews

Microsoft Reinvents Wi-Fi For White Spaces

Microsoft researchers have developed WiFi-NC, a type of Wi-Fi network that runs at peak performance even when interference is present. 

Russian Space Chief Claims Space Failures May Be Sabotage
From ACM News

Russian Space Chief Claims Space Failures May Be Sabotage

Some recent failures of Russian satellites may have been the result of sabotage by foreign forces, Russia's space chief said in comments apparently aimed at the...
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