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Graphene Helps Copper Wires Keep Their Cool
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Graphene Helps Copper Wires Keep Their Cool

When people in the chip industry talk about the thermal problems in computer processors, they get dramatic.

How to Win $1 Billion on Ncaa Basketball: A Mathematician's Tips
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How to Win $1 Billion on Ncaa Basketball: A Mathematician's Tips

Last Thursday, the underground classroom at the National Museum of Mathematics in New York was filled to capacity for a college professor's PowerPoint-aided lecture...

How a Laser Beam Could Quadruple the Speed of the Internet
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How a Laser Beam Could Quadruple the Speed of the Internet

A new kind of laser holds the potential to quadruple  bandwidth on the fastest fiber-optic networks. 

Smartphone to Become Smarter With 'deep Learning' Innovation
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Smartphone to Become Smarter With 'deep Learning' Innovation

Researchers are developing a deep-learning method to enable smartphones and other mobile devices to understand and identify objects in a camera's field of view. ...

Data Mining Reveals How Conspiracy Theories Emerge on Facebook
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Data Mining Reveals How Conspiracy Theories Emerge on Facebook

Computational social scientists have studied the Facebook interactions of more than 1 million people to examine the spread of misinformation on the Internet. 

Spinoffs from Spyland
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Spinoffs from Spyland

It takes more than a little tradecraft to spin off a startup from the National Security Agency.

Facebook Introduces 'hack,' the Programming Language of the Future
From ACM News

Facebook Introduces 'hack,' the Programming Language of the Future

Facebook engineers Bryan O'Sullivan, Julien Verlaguet, and Alok Menghrajani spent the last few years building a programming language unlike any other.

Open Source Project Builds Mobile Networks Without Big Carriers
From ACM TechNews

Open Source Project Builds Mobile Networks Without Big Carriers

Range Networks is working on an open source project that aims to shift mobile network creation from proprietary hardware to inexpensive commodity hardware. 

Nanoscale Optical Switch Breaks Miniaturization Barrier
From ACM TechNews

Nanoscale Optical Switch Breaks Miniaturization Barrier

The development of an ultra-fast and ultra-small optical switch could lead to the proliferation of electronic devices that detect and control light. 

Building Bicep2: A Conversation with Jamie Bock
From ACM Opinion

Building Bicep2: A Conversation with Jamie Bock

Caltech Professor of Physics Jamie Bock and his collaborators announced on March 17, 2014 that they have successfully measured a B-mode polarization signal in the...

China's Moon Rover Awake but Immobile
From ACM News

China's Moon Rover Awake but Immobile

China's Moon rover Yutu, or "Jade Rabbit," has stopped hopping. But its ears are still twitching—and communicating with Earth.

With Oculus Rift and Project Morpheus, a Virtual Battleground May Finally Be Here
From ACM Careers

With Oculus Rift and Project Morpheus, a Virtual Battleground May Finally Be Here

Virtual reality has never quite materialized for most consumers.

'big Data' Reveals Human Interests, Behavior
From ACM TechNews

'big Data' Reveals Human Interests, Behavior

Researchers are analyzing big data to identify patterns in what motivates people to become interested in particular things, and what causes them to lose interest...

The Automotive Internet 'road Map' Is Becoming Easier to Read
From ACM News

The Automotive Internet 'road Map' Is Becoming Easier to Read

Announcements herald greater focus on vehicle-based communication.

The $1,000 Genome
From ACM News

The $1,000 Genome

In Silicon Valley, Moore's law seems to stand on equal footing with the natural laws codified by Isaac Newton.

Why Mh370 Could Still Talk to Satellites After Its Other Comms Went Dark
From ACM News

Why Mh370 Could Still Talk to Satellites After Its Other Comms Went Dark

It's the latest mystery in the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Was a key communications system on board the plane disabled before or after the co-pilot calmly...

Nasa Historic Earth Images Still Hold Research Value
From ACM News

Nasa Historic Earth Images Still Hold Research Value

NASA's Seasat satellite became history long ago, but it left a legacy of images of Earth's ocean, volcanoes, forests and other features that were made by the first...

Obama Creates Climate Tool With Google, Others
From ACM TechNews

Obama Creates Climate Tool With Google, Others

The White House has announced its Climate Data Initiative, through which it will partner with organizations to create tools to help communities adapt to climate...

Volunteers and Algorithms Need Training to Find Mh370
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Volunteers and Algorithms Need Training to Find Mh370

As the search continues for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, crowdsourcing has emerged as a way to allow the public to help scan satellite imagery to find the missing...

Silicon Valley's Youth Problem
From ACM TechNews

Silicon Valley's Youth Problem

The growing chasm between Silicon Valley's next-generation of technology workers and the old guard might limit the creation of truly meaningful technology.
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