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Researchers have cleared a path toward a new kind of 2-D microchip that would use characteristics of electrons other than their electrical charge. Dubbed "valleytronics...MIT News From ACM Careers | December 16, 2014
Until Andre Geim, a physics professor at the University of Manchester, discovered an unusual new material called graphene, he was best known for an experiment...The New Yorker From ACM News | December 15, 2014
A decade ago, data analysis was a chore. Workers poured figures into Excel and then spent hours searching for patterns.Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Careers | December 15, 2014
Researchers have begun to describe theoretical limits on the degree of imprecision that communicating computers can tolerate, with very real implications for...MIT News From ACM Careers | December 15, 2014
A few years ago, the most enthusiastic advocates of MOOCs believed that these "massive open online courses" stood poised to overturn the century-old model of higher...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | December 15, 2014
A consortium of community colleges, national labs, and nonprofit educational institutes in California are pushing to create an educational core curriculum to...Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory From ACM Careers | December 15, 2014
Maybe you read Gone Girl because Amazon recommended it; watched Breaking Bad because Netflix suggested you'd like it; even met the love of your life because OKCupid...New Scientist From ACM Careers | December 12, 2014
The U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research has awarded $1,199,998 over three years to Giti Khodaparast of Virginia Tech to probe "Nonlinear and Terahertz...Virginia Tech From ACM Careers | December 12, 2014
Researchers from the London Centre for Nanotechnology have made new thin-film chromium oxide resistors that could speed the development of quantum devices for computing...American Institute of Physics From ACM Careers | December 12, 2014
In February of 2012, a medical team at the University of Michigan's C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, in Ann Arbor, carried out an unusual operation on a three-month...The New Yorker From ACM News | December 10, 2014
The engineers and scientists spilling out of Greater Boston’s world-class universities built the foundations of the modern computing era and amassed the densest...Re/code From ACM Careers | December 10, 2014
For years, there has been a lot of talk about the consumerization of technology in the workplace. But so far, that has mostly meant employees using smartphones...The New York Times From ACM Careers | December 10, 2014
Projects investigating co-robotics that might help with stroke rehabilitation, guide wheelchairs, and assist children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, are the focus...National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering From ACM Careers | December 9, 2014
The U.S.'s seven largest school districts, which include New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Las Vegas, Houston, and Fort Lauderdale, are joining more than...Associated Press From ACM TechNews | December 8, 2014
Billionaire businessman and philanthropist Paul Allen plans to pump US$100 million into investigating the most basic unit of life—the cell.Nature From ACM Careers | December 8, 2014
Even if you're a devoted fan of video games, there's a decent chance you're not familiar with the name Ralph H. Baer.Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | December 8, 2014