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From ACM NewsSandrine Ceurstemont Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 1, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
NASA's champion planet-hunter, which recently suffered a fatal breakdown, is now looking on the sunny side.New Scientist From ACM News | November 12, 2013
When technology companies get floated on the stock market, it prompts all kinds of analytical soul searching.New Scientist From ACM News | November 8, 2013
With the successful launch just hours ago of its Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), India has passed the first test in its bid to orbit the Red Planet. Next up is a nail...New Scientist From ACM News | November 5, 2013
The National Taiwan University's Yang-Fang Chen and colleagues have developed a self-adhesive memory card using a layer of graphene coated with conductive polymers...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | October 31, 2013
On-demand organs, Terminator-style arms, and aviation nostalgia—the best of 3D printing is on show in 3D: Printing the Future at London's Science Museum.New Scientist From ACM News | October 11, 2013
A new method of printing fine lines of electronic circuitboards onto paper uses an inkjet printer loaded with ink containing silver nanoparticles. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | October 4, 2013
Some 2 million years ago, around the time our ancestors were learning to walk upright, a light appeared in the night sky, rivalling the moon for brightness and...New Scientist From ACM News | October 2, 2013
A man missing his lower leg has gained precise control over a prosthetic limb, just by thinking about moving it—all because his unused nerves were preserved during...New Scientist From ACM News | September 26, 2013
Global robotics specialists are competing to design a robot that can perform emergency-response duties during disasters. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 16, 2013
Giving fully conscious but paralysed people hard sums to do might seem like adding insult to injury. But because such brain teasers make the pupils of the eyes...New Scientist From ACM News | August 7, 2013
The fastest thing in the universe has come to a complete stop for a record-breaking minute. At full pelt, light would travel about 18 million kilometres in that...New Scientist From ACM News | August 2, 2013
A new keyboard that uses touch-detecting sensors to bring the sound of string instruments to the piano. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 18, 2013
Quantum software has finally left the dark ages with the creation of the first practical, high-level programming language for quantum computers.New Scientist From ACM News | July 8, 2013
It's a golden age for spying. The subsea fibre-optic cables that carry telephone and Internet traffic are a technological marvel—and a gift to intelligence agencies...New Scientist From ACM News | June 26, 2013