Audits

How the famed Arecibo telescope fell—and how it might rise again January 14, 2021
Engineering failures and a harsh climate conspired in telescope’s sudden collapse
Shocking discovery: Electric eels hunt in packs in Amazon rivers January 14, 2021
Social predation spotted for the first time among these animals
Global temperatures in 2020 tied record highs January 14, 2021
Defying cooling from La Niña, roasting heat levels set Siberia and Australia on fire
<cite>Cell</cite>’s publisher invites statements in papers about studies’ diversity and inclusion efforts January 14, 2021
Researchers see the voluntary statements as a vehicle for progress
Pandemic could mark ‘turning point’ for Chinese science January 14, 2021
Despite missteps and government control, early findings guided other countries’ fight against the coronavirus
An elegy for Arecibo, and how our environments change our behavior January 14, 2021
On this week’s show: A look at the past, present, and future of the fabled Arecibo Observatory, and what we can learn about how the environment alters human behavior
‘Compelled by stories.’ A marketing expert’s tips for promoting COVID-19 vaccination January 14, 2021
Stacy Wood’s new research explores how to persuade people to get the shots
Could too much time between doses drive the coronavirus to outwit vaccines? January 13, 2021
Experts clash over risk of viral escape
Saliva could hold clues to how sick you will get from COVID-19 January 13, 2021
Compared with nasal swabs, saliva tests may better reflect infection deep in the lungs
Twitter shuts down account of Sci-Hub, the pirated-papers website January 13, 2021
Move comes as publishers sue in India to block public access

Sonification of Surface Tapping Changes Behavior, Surface Perception, and Emotion May 13, 2015
Interactive sonification techniques can be applied to the audio feedback from touching and interacting with both real and virtual surfaces, and the different audio feedback can affect a user's emotional, behavioral, and perceptual experience with the surface. More
A Little Ingenuity Solves an Elephant-Sized Problem May 13, 2015
A student team from North Carolina State has designed a collar to help control wild elephants that threaten human property and life in Africa and Asia. More
Thinking Backward with Professor Zermelo May 13, 2015
This column discusses extensive form games and shows how backward induction can be used to analyze such games. More
Never Mind Pearl Harbor--What about a Cyber Love Canal? May 13, 2015
Focusing on malicious attacks on the current infrastructure might be distracting us from another looming challenge: the risk to emerging infrastructure due to carelessness. More
Accelerating Application Start-up with Nonvolatile Memory in Android Systems May 13, 2015
In the critical race to minimize application launch time, this article looks at possible hardware solutions, especially the proven benefits of using nonvolatile memory. More
Security and Privacy Implications of Pervasive Memory Augmentation May 13, 2015
Pervasive technology can support human memory augmentation, but there are privacy and security implications that need to be addressed and understood moving forward. More
Titan Takes on the Universe: Large-Scale Cosmology Simulation of Universe Mines for Halos Where Galaxies are Born May 13, 2015
This article takes a closer look at a recent Titan run and the team that's currently pushing the state of the art in precision cosmology with the goal of better understanding cosmic acceleration. More
Cloud Standards News and Updates May 13, 2015
This column covers recent news on standards-related activities, including products of standards-developing organizations and other recent developments. More
Big Data and IT-Enabled Services: Ecosystem and Coevolution May 13, 2015
Take a look at Big Data's evolution and application as a service-oriented resource and the disruptive IT-enabled innovation it creates. More
Visual Computing as a Key Enabling Technology for Industrie 4.0 and Industrial Internet May 13, 2015
Visual computing plays an intrinsic role for Industrie 4.0 both at present and in various scenarios for future research. More
Chinese Overview of A Deadline-Floor Inheritance Protocol for EDF Scheduled Embedded Real-Time Systems with Resource Sharing May 13, 2015
Presented by Weiqiang Liu, an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Computers, this video provides a Chinese overview of the May 2015 Spotlight Article. The paper discusses Earliest Deadline First (EDF), the most widely studied optimal dynamic scheduling algorithm for uniprocessor real-time systems. More
From the Internet of Things to the Internet of People May 13, 2015
A reference architecture integrates people with the Internet of Things via smartphones to create scenarios that support the evolution of the Internet of People. More
Augmentative, Alternative, and Assistive: Reimagining the History of Mobile Computing and Disability May 13, 2015
Electronic communication support tools for nonspeaking people and mobile computing have always been closely connected, each providing requirements and inspiration to drive advancement. More
Continuous Delivery: Huge Benefits, but Challenges Too May 13, 2015
Paddy Power began implementing continuous delivery (CD) two years ago, reaping both huge benefits and challenges that can inform practitioners also considering CD. More
Teaching Privacy: Multimedia Making a Difference April 9, 2015
The Teaching Privacy project brings researchers and teachers together to develop learning tools to teach children about online privacy, especially in their interaction with multimedia technology. More
Societal Discussion Required? Ubicomp Products beyond Weiser's Vision April 9, 2015
As a community, we need to be more aware of the impact and inspiration our research creates. At the same time, these new computing technologies often require open discussions on what we can and should do. More
Understanding Cybercrime from Its Stakeholders' Perspectives: Part 1--Attackers April 9, 2015
Although cybercrime is rampant, there is no authoritative definition of the term and all that it implies. A comprehensive model and taxonomy of cybercrime, including all of its stakeholders, would contribute to better cybersecurity. Part one of this two-part series explores attackers and their motives in detail. More
The Role of the CPU in Energy-Efficient Mobile Web Browsing April 9, 2015
In an area that has primarily focused on performance, this article turns our attention to energy efficiency in mobile Web browsing, which requires a close look at how the network and CPU interact. More
Securing Health Information April 9, 2015
With such widespread adoption of the use of electronic health records, this article addresses the job of securing those records in a world where data access is increasingly mobile. More
What Got Done in One Year at NSF's Stampede Supercomputer April 9, 2015
Aaron Dubrow describes the National Science Foundation's Stampede supercomputer and how scientists are using it to tackle seven important research topics. More