MIT’s New Tool for Tackling Hard Computational Problems
David Gamarnik has developed a new tool, the Overlap Gap Property, for understanding computational problems that appear intractable. The notion that some computational problems in…
David Gamarnik has developed a new tool, the Overlap Gap Property, for understanding computational problems that appear intractable. The notion that some computational problems in…
Researchers find public trust in AI varies greatly depending on the application. Prompted by the increasing prominence of artificial intelligence (AI) in society, University of…
Since the 1960s, there has been speculation about a hypothetical propulsion method for interstellar space travel. Calculations at TU Wien (Vienna) show: it will remain…
Measurements of trees’ impact on 5G transmissions could prove vital to using a new class of signal. As 5G technology gets fully implemented over the…
Engineers at EPFL have developed a method for reading several qubits – the smallest unit of quantum data – at the same time. Their method…
Magnets and superconductors don’t normally get along, but a new study shows that ‘magic-angle’ graphene is capable of producing both superconductivity and ferromagnetism, which could…
Self-healing nanomaterials usable in solar panels and other electronic devices are being explored at the Technion. From the Terminator to Spiderman’s suit, self-repairing robots and…
Scientists Reduce All-Solid-State Battery Resistance by Heating All-solid-state batteries are now one step closer to becoming the powerhouse of next-generation electronics as researchers from Tokyo…
A new course teaches students how to use computational techniques to solve real-world problems, from landing a spacecraft to placing cell phone towers. As a…
MIT PhD student Rachel Bielajew is taking on plasma turbulence, and helping make a better world — through science and community action. Up until she…
A computer is suspended from the ceiling. Delicate lines and loops of silvery wires and tubes connect gold-colored platforms. It seems to belong in a…
Berkeley Lab research efforts in advanced materials and cost analyses give major boost to an overlooked technology. Could a tank of ice or hot water…
New, ultrathin photovoltaic materials could eventually be used in mobile applications, from self-powered wearable devices and sensors to lightweight aircraft and electric vehicles. A race…
Imagine windows that can easily transform into mirrors, or super high-speed computers that run not on electrons but light. These are just some of the…
Rice scientists calculate how carbon nanotubes and their fibers experience fatigue. Up here in the macro world, we all feel fatigue now and then. It’s…
A large, unconventional anomalous Hall resistance in a new magnetic semiconductor in the absence of large-scale magnetic ordering has been demonstrated by Tokyo Tech materials…
Technique Tunes Into Graphene Nanoribbons’ Electronic Potential Ever since graphene – a thin carbon sheet just one-atom thick – was discovered more than 15 years…
What Is Machine Learning? Machine learning is the process of using computers to detect patterns in massive datasets and then make predictions based on what…