Increasingly, cell phones are equipped with GPS locational receivers and their bread crumb trails are opening up entirely new ways to study and predict the dynamics...MIT World From ACM News | April 28, 2010
They can't wait to do computational chemistry at a quadrillion calculations per second. Petascale computing will give three researchers at Iowa State University...Iowa State niversity From ACM News | April 28, 2010
If you're a materials scientist at NASA's Glenn Research Center, or an engineer at the Johnson or Marshall Space Centers studying Space Shuttle flow-control valves...CNET From ACM News | April 26, 2010
An international research team from Japan and Michigan Technological University have demonstrated a molecular circuit that can evolve continuously to solve complex...ZDNet From ACM News | April 26, 2010
Toshiba researchers have developed a quantum cryptography system they say is fast enough to encrypt a video transmission. ScienceNOW From ACM TechNews | April 23, 2010
MIT researcher Scott Aaronson has brought quantum money a step closer to reality by outlining a computationally secure quantum money scheme founded on the type...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 23, 2010
IBM researchers have demonstrated a patterning technique capable of creating structures as small as 15 nanometers, and say the technology is a simpler and less...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | April 23, 2010
Wireless power transmission systems become increasingly efficient as more devices are being powered, according to researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of...Network World From ACM TechNews | April 22, 2010
For a growing number of organizations worldwide, cloud computing offers a quick and affordable way to tap into IT infrastructure as an Internet service. But obstacles...Samuel Greengard From Communications of the ACM | May 1, 2010
This year, Netflix made what looked like a peculiar choice: the DVD-by-mail company decided that over the next two years, it would move most of its Web technology...The New York Times From ACM News | April 19, 2010
Sandy Bridge is arguably Intel's most important future technology. So, what is it exactly? Intel has been careful to reveal only snippets about the technology over...CNET From ACM News | April 19, 2010
NIST scientists have developed the world's most efficient single photon detector, which could bring improvements to secure electronic communication, advanced quantum...National Institute of Standards and Technology From ACM News | April 15, 2010
A cat can recognize a face faster and more efficiently than a supercomputer. That's one reason a feline brain is the model for a biologically-inspired computer...University of Michigan From ACM News | April 15, 2010
By highlighting the limits of traditional military technology, the drawn-out conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have spurred the U.S. defense department to shake...Scientific American From ACM News | April 14, 2010
Researchers have devised and demonstrated the first random-number generator in which the numbers are certified random by the laws of quantum mechanics.Joint Quantum Institute, niversity of Maryland From ACM News | April 13, 2010
Hewlett-Packard scientists on Thursday will report advances demonstrating significant progress in the design of a new class of diminutive switches capable of replacing...The New York Times From ACM News | April 7, 2010
Challenges don't get much bigger than trying to create artificial consciousness. Some doubt if it can be done--or if it ever should. Bolder researchers are notAntonio...New Scientist From ACM News | April 7, 2010
Many biotechnology stocks fell on Tuesday as investors struggled to understand the impact of a ruling that threw out parts of two gene patents and called into question...The New York Times From ACM News | April 5, 2010
Boston University researchers have created a nanoscale mechanical logic gate that could form the basis of tiny mechanical computers, descendants of Babbage's mechanical...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 2, 2010
A multidisciplinary research team at NIST has found that an organic semiconductor may be a viable candidate for creating large-area electronics, such as solar cells...National Institute of Standards and Technology From ACM News | April 1, 2010