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Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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In an effort to alleviate the environmental burden of electronic devices, researchers have developed a semiconductor chip made almost entirely of wood.University of Wisconsin-Madison From ACM Careers | May 27, 2015
Ever since Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis stepped down as co-chairmen and co-chief executives of BlackBerry, neither has spoken much in public about the once-dominant...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 26, 2015
Columbia Engineering researchers have created a single-molecule diode, a long-term miniaturization goal for electronic devices.Columbia Engineering From ACM Careers | May 26, 2015
As Russ Tedrake flings up the garage door to the dusty MIT lab, light whooshes in, revealing a 360-pound humanoid robot hanging from a rope.Wired From ACM Careers | May 22, 2015
Even the most creative jobs have parts that are pretty routine—tasks that, at least in theory, can be done by a machine. Take, for example, being a reporter.NPR From ACM Opinion | May 22, 2015
Tiny batteries made in nanopores manage ions and electrons for high power and extended life.U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science From ACM Careers | May 22, 2015
People have long thought of astronomy as the science of looking to the stars, but discoveries in the cosmos increasingly come from a different kind of observational...The Atlantic From ACM News | May 21, 2015
In 1997 chess master Gary Kasparov went to battle against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue in a landmark match. After six games Deep Blue prevailed, marking the...Wired From ACM Careers | May 21, 2015
The perfectibility of the human mind is a theme that has captured our imagination for centuries—the notion that, with the right tools, the right approach, the right...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | May 20, 2015
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) will launch a major initiative to develop guidelines for editing human genomes...Nature From ACM News | May 20, 2015
From the self-checkout aisle of the grocery store to the sports section of the newspaper, robots and computer software are increasingly taking the place of humans...NPR From ACM Opinion | May 19, 2015
University of Utah engineers havedeveloped an ultracompact beamsplitter that brings researchers closer to producing silicon photonic chips that compute and shuttle...University of Utah From ACM Careers | May 19, 2015
Two years ago, Sean Murray, a video-game developer from the town of Guildford, outside London, announced an ambitious game that he had been working on in secrecy...The New Yorker From ACM News | May 15, 2015
Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a laser-based technique to execute nanoscale self-assembly with unprecedented ease and efficiency.Brookhaven National Laboratory From ACM Careers | May 15, 2015
A team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has fabricated polymer composites containing 2-inch-by-2-inch sheets of graphene.Oak Ridge National Laboratory From ACM Careers | May 15, 2015
It's a long, hard road to understanding the human brain, and one of the first milestones in that journey is building a … database.Wired From ACM News | May 14, 2015