Communications of the ACM
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July 2016
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Meet The Woman Who Heads A Massively Influential All-Female Tech Team
New ACM president Vicki Hanson makes no secret of her desire to see many more women make their way into executive positions across the technology industry.
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Could Trashing Junk Proteins Quash Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Als and Huntington's?
Although clutter can be a nuisance, it does not typically pose a health threat—unless you're an aging neuron.
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Chorus of Black Holes Sings in X-Rays
Supermassive black holes in the universe are like a raucous choir singing in the language of X-rays. When black holes pull in surrounding matter, they let out powerful X-ray bursts.
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Computing Study Refutes Famous Claim that 'information Is Physical'
As it turns out, information is not so physical after all.
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Nus in Quest to Create Next-Generation 'quantum Music'
High-frequency vibrations produced by cooled atoms can be translated into musical sounds audible to humans.
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Plumbing the Possibilities of 'seeing Around Corners'
Researchers are exploring the possibilities of using scattered-light technology to recreate images hidden from a human line of sight.
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First Major Database of Non-Native English
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have issued the first major database of fully annotated English sentences written by non-native English speakers.
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Selfie Righteous: New Tool Corrects Angles and Distances in Portraits
A new tool can correct distortions in self-portrait photographs by making a subject's face appear as if it were photographed from a longer distance or a different angle.
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Machines v. Hackers: Cybersecurity's Artificial Intelligence Future
Experts predict machines will perform increasingly complex cybersecurity operations over time, reducing the need for humans and facilitating a paradigm shift in cybersecurity.
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Richard A. Tapia Achievement Award For Scientific Scholarship, Civic Science, and Diversifying Computing
2016 Richard Tapia Achievement Award Recipient: Dr. David Patterson
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Australia Plans New Co-Ordinates to Fix Sat-Nav Gap
Australia is to shift its longitude and latitude to address a gap between local co-ordinates and those from global navigation satellite systems (GNSS).
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Planet Hunters Seek New Ways to Detect Alien Life
In the search for life beyond Earth, false alarms abound.
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Facebook's Really Big Plans For Virtual Reality
The office building on Facebook Way is in the unfinished style that honors materials like plywood, concrete, and steel.
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Single-Actuator Wave Robot Zips Around With High-Speed Wiggles
David Zarrouk of Israel's Ben Gurion University of the Negev has developed a robot that can move forward and backward by producing a continuously advancing wave.
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Computer Model Predicts How People Perceive Softness of 3D Printed Objects
Researchers have developed a method to predict perceived softness and stiffness of three-dimensionally printed objects.
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Microsoft Maps Out F# Language pgrade
Microsoft's upcoming upgrade to the F# "functional first" language will include new language capabilities and .Net Core support.
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Integration of Novel Materials With Silicon Chips Makes New 'smart' Devices Possible
Researchers at North Carolina State University and the U.S. Army Research Office have developed a method to integrate novel functional materials onto a computer chip.
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Homeowners' Groups Fill .s. Last-Mile Broadband Gap
Private homeowners associations are sidestepping incumbents by contracting with alternative network providers.
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Baidu ses Millions of sers' Location Data to Make Predictions
Baidu, China's internet giant, has shown what you can learn when you have access to enough location data.
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Chinese Satellite Is One Giant Step For the Quantum Internet
China is poised to launch the world's first satellite designed to do quantum experiments. A fleet of quantum-enabled craft is likely to follow.
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Stitching a Drone's View of the World Into 3d Maps as It Flies
When you're buzzing through the air at 60 kilometres per hour, it can be hard to take in the view. But now drones can create highly detailed 3D maps as they fly, using just an ordinary video camera.
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European Scientific Community Seeks Support For 5.3-Million-Euro Hybrid Cloud Build
Ten European research organizations support an initiative to create a 5.3-million-euro hybrid cloud platform for the European scientific community.
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Physicists Find a Way of 'bundling Together' Multiple Elements of a Quantum Computer
Physicists have discovered a way of using multilevel quantum systems, each of which is capable of working with multiple "conventional" quantum elements.
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pcoming Tor Design Battles Hidden Services Snooping
Tor project representatives say malicious Tor Hidden Services Directories will be addressed in an upcoming redesign, and are only an "annoyance" in the meantime.
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New Movie Screen Allows For Glasses-Free 3D at a Larger Scale
Researchers have demonstrated a display on which audiences can watch three-dimensional films in a movie theater without additional eyewear.
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Rosetta Finale Set For 30 September
Rosetta is set to complete its mission in a controlled descent to the surface of its comet on 30 September.
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Transistors Will Stop Shrinking in 2021, Moore's Law Roadmap Predicts
The 2015 International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors predicts the transistor could stop shrinking in only five years.
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New Method Reconstructs Highly Detailed 3D Eyes From a Single Photograph
Disney researchers say they have developed a technique that can capture the important, yet subtle details of human eyes with a single facial scan or photo.
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Meet Luca, the Ancestor of All Living Things
A surprisingly specific genetic portrait of the ancestor of all living things has been generated by scientists who say that the likeness sheds considerable light on the mystery of how life first emerged on Earth.
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Radio Hack Steals Keystrokes from Millions of Wireless Keyboards
You should be able to trust your wireless keyboard.