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A new study predicts that researchers could use spiraling pulses of laser light to change the nature of graphene, paving the way for experiments on new states...SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory From ACM Careers | May 28, 2015
A group of employees at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's business school is experimenting with policies that could usher in a new era of flexible work...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | May 27, 2015
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