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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Three chemists who created tiny molecular machines have won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their intricate designs.Nature From ACM News | October 6, 2016
Google's online translation service, Google Translate, will soon be using a new algorithm that is entirely based on deep learning, the company announced on 27 September...Nature From ACM News | September 30, 2016
In the fight to protect Earth from solar storms, the battle lines are drawn in space at a point 1.6 million kilometres away.Nature From ACM News | September 28, 2016
The Rosetta comet orbiter will meet a sticky end on 30 September, but not before a finale that should see it gather the most detailed images yet of 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko—or...Nature From ACM News | September 28, 2016
Set in a remote natural depression in the mountainous region of Guizhou, China, the world's largest single-dish telescope is on the brink of sparking a new era...Nature From ACM News | September 26, 2016
In 1938, anthropologists Norman Tindale and Joseph Birdsell set off on an 18-month, 29,000-kilometre expedition to survey Australia's indigenous groups.Nature From ACM News | September 21, 2016
Four years into its travels across Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover faces an unexpected challenge: wending its way safely among dozens of dark streaks that could indicate...Nature From ACM News | September 7, 2016
The world's most famous fossil is now open source. 3D scans of Lucy—a 3.18-million-year-old hominin found in Ethiopia—were released on 29 August, allowing anyone...Nature From ACM News | August 30, 2016
Most summers since 1893, young developmental and evolutionary biologists have flocked to Woods Hole, Massachusetts, to master the tricks of their trade.Nature From ACM News | August 17, 2016
Large genomic databases are indispensable for scientists looking for genetic variations associated with diseases. But they come with privacy risks for people who...Nature From ACM News | August 16, 2016
Black holes are not actually black. Instead, these gravitational sinks are thought to emit radiation that causes them to shrink and eventually disappear.Nature From ACM News | August 15, 2016
On 19 June, several hundred thousand US fans of the television drama Game of Thrones went online to watch an eagerly awaited episode—and triggered a partial failure...Nature From ACM News | August 11, 2016