Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Fiber-Optic Cables Could Be Used for Spying
Device can eavesdrop on people up to 1 km away using existing fiber-optic cables.
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DeepMind Research Cracks Structure of Almost Every Known Protein
Scientists at DeepMind used its AlphaFold algorithm to predict the 3D shape of almost every known protein.
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A Secret Language of Cells? Cell Computations Uncovered
Scientists at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and EPFL's Blue Brain Project have published a theory describing a secret cell language...
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Quantum Researchers Advance Error Handling
A team led by researchers at the Flatiron Institute discovered a new phase of matter that has the potential to act as long-term quantum information storage.
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Big Tech Builds AI with Bad Data, So Scientists Sought Better Data
BigScience is a global effort to build a more transparent, accountable AI, with less of the bias that infects so many Big Tech initiatives.
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Scientists Expand Entomological Research Using Genome Editing Algorithm
A team of scientists from Japan's Hiroshima University, the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, and the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences...
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Nanomagnets Can Choose a Wine, Could Quench AI's Thirst for Energy
Scientists at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, the University of Maryland, and Western Digital Technologies programmed a neural network...
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Neurotechnology and the Law
How closely should implants be regulated?
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Building a Practical Quantum Computer
Quantum computation has a long road ahead.
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Brain Implants Get Real
Universities, and a growing number of companies, are producing brain-computer interfaces.
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CRISPR-Based Map Ties Every Human Gene to Its Function
A group of researchers have published the first comprehensive functional map of genes expressed in human cells.
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Multi-Spin Flips and a Pathway to Efficient Ising Machines
Researchers at Japan's Waseda University have developed a hybrid algorithm to improve Ising machines' efficiency with multi-spin flips.
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Clearview AI's Facial Recognition Tool Coming to Apps, Schools
Clearview AI said it is expanding sales of its facial recognition software to companies outside of law enforcement.
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Using Light, Sound to Reveal Rapid Brain Activity in Unprecedented Detail
Duke University researchers have developed an approach that allows for real-time scanning and imaging of blood flow and oxygen levels in a mouse brain.
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The Era of Borderless Data Is Ending
Nations are accelerating efforts to control data produced within their perimeters, disrupting the flow of what has become a kind of digital currency.
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Addressing Labor Shortages with Automation
Labor shortages have many companies turning to automation technology, but with mixed outcomes.
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Immersion Cooling Heats Up
Depending on climate conditions, the availability of renewables and other factors, immersion cooling can make a profound difference in both energy consumption and...
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DARPA: Safeguarding Data for Stronger Democracy
The agency is using emerging encryption techniques to protect data in transit, in storage, and during computation.
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Raising Robovoices
New systems can model and synthesize voices, and even translate them into other languages.
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