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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
IBM has revealed two quantum computers. One is the second-largest ever made, and the other produces fewer errors than any quantum computer the company has built...New Scientist From ACM News | December 4, 2023
Ken Goldberg at the University of California, Berkeley, and colleagues developed a robot system to efficiently pick up strewn clothes.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | November 30, 2023
Researchers found running datacenters at higher temperatures could reduce their energy consumption significantly while maintaining computational performance.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | October 20, 2023
Researchers have developed a method of creating cyborg cockroaches for use in search-and-rescue missions or building inspections that does not injure them.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 26, 2023
Mathematicians have identified 12,392 new stable orbital arrangements for three objects as allowed by Isaac Newton's laws of motion, also known as the three-body...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 11, 2023
The Bayesian experimental autonomous researcher robotics laboratory at Canada's University of Toronto has discovered the most energy-absorbent mechanical structure...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 7, 2023
Scientists evaluated eight artificial intelligence-based pedestrian detectors used in driverless car research, and found they may have difficulty detecting children...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | August 23, 2023
Physicists are using quantum computers to conjure exotic phenomena and claiming their creations are truly real.
New Scientist From ACM News | August 10, 2023
The Steady Hand Eye Robot can inject drugs into the back of the eyeball faster and more accurately than surgeons to treat retinal vein occlusion, according to Johns...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 18, 2023
Scientists have demonstrated that a quantum version of the popular Monte Carlo algorithm could eventually overtake versions running on classical computers.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 14, 2023
Scientists found laboratory-reared male fruit flies appear to become more adept at mating after engaging with robotic replicas of rival males.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 27, 2023
Researchers at Microsoft say they have created elusive quasiparticles called Majorana zero modes–but scientists outside the company are skeptical.
New Scientist From ACM News | June 22, 2023
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, developed a robot gardener that can grow plants as capably as humans, while saving more water.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 22, 2023
Scientists in China and Brazil are testing robotic dogs and artificial intelligence (AI) to detect invasive fire ant nests.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 15, 2023
University of Chicago researchers have confirmed the feasibility of building sound-based quantum computers.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 12, 2023
Elliot Hui and colleagues at the University of California, Irvine, built a computer from glass and silicone that encodes data using pneumatic pressure instead of...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 5, 2023
A software upgrade developed by researchers at France's Polytechnic Institute of Paris improves the efficiency of wind turbines by ensuring they spend more time...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 24, 2023
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology found that multi-legged robots with more legs were better at navigating rough terrain than those with fewer legs...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 12, 2023
Camera- and liquid-crystal display-equipped smart glasses can "balance" a scene by dimming bright objects without affecting dim ones.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 3, 2023
Arizona State University researchers have developed an inflatable drone that can perch on nearly any object.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 27, 2023