Communications of the ACM
Building a Practical Quantum Computer
Quantum computation has a long road ahead.
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The First Intuitive Programming Language for Quantum Computers
Computer scientists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have created the first intuitive high-level quantum programming language.
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China is Collecting DNA From Tens of Millions of Boys and Men, Using U.S. Equipment
Even children are pressed into giving blood samples to build a sweeping genetic database that will add to Beijing's growing surveillance capabilities.
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Ceze, Strauss Share ACM SIGARCH Maurice Wilkes Award
The ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture named Luis Ceze and Karin Strauss to share the 2020 Maurice Wilkes Award.
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Pandemic to Jumpstart Spending on Data Tools at Manufacturers
Chief information officers predict manufacturers will spend more on data management and analytics tools following the coronavirus pandemic.
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Germany, France Hope Cloud Data Project to Boost Sovereignty
Germany and France have launched a project to establish a European cloud computing platform.
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Weird Behavior During the Pandemic Is Messing with AI Models
Machine-learning models trained on normal behavior are showing cracks — forcing humans to step in to set them straight.
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NIST Scientists Create New Recipe for Single-Atom Transistors
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and their colleagues at the University of Maryland have developed a step-by-step recipe to produce...
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Pocket-Sized Device Tests Blood Samples for Genetic Conditions
A new smartphone-powered DNA detector can identify DNA in blood, urine, and other samples, on the spot.
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Australian Researchers Tap Cloud to Save the Tasmanian Devil
Researchers in Australia have partnered with Amazon Web Services on using cloud-based services to process, analyze, and categorize genomic data to protect endangered...
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Companies Seek to Pool Medical Records to Create Coronavirus Patient Registry
Software and healthcare companies are seeking to create a registry of COVID-19 patients by gathering medical records from across the country.
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'Punch-Card' DNA Could Mean Cheaper High-Capacity Data Storage
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers have proposed an alternative to custom-synthesizing DNA for high-capacity data storage.
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Molecule Co-Discovered at University of Limerick Leads to Breakthrough on How Data is Stored
Researchers have discovered a metal-organic molecule that can switch between three distinct, long-lived states.
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Restrictions Are Slowing Coronavirus Infections, Data Suggest
Data suggests that mass business closures and social-distancing edicts imposed to fight the coronavirus pandemic are helping reduce the numbers of fevers recorded...
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Waymo Gamifies Self-Driving Car Data and Wants Everyone Involved
Waymo has expanded its Open Dataset and invited researchers to tackle one of five challenges related to the data.
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Machine Learning, Meet Whiskey
Technologies are coming increasingly closer to approximating the human senses of taste and smell.
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How Universities Deploy Student Data
Personalizing efforts to drive greater student retention and success.
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Introducing the Light-Operated Hard Drives of Tomorrow
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne created a proof of concept platform for hard drives that will be smaller, faster, and more energy...
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Integrating Electronics Onto Physical Prototypes
MIT researchers directly integrated three-dimensionally (3D)-printed platforms onto physical products.
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U.K.-Funded Supercomputer Models Locust Flows, as Outbreak Continues
A U.K.-funded supercomputer in Kenya is being used to simulate locust swarm migrations ravaging East Africa.
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