Building a Computer With a Single Atom
New studies broaden the perspectives on what constitutes a “computer” and how small a computational unit can be. When we define a “computer” as any…
New studies broaden the perspectives on what constitutes a “computer” and how small a computational unit can be. When we define a “computer” as any…
Researchers have created fluorophores between 2.4 and 20 times more intense than analogs. Scientists have created, synthesized, and analyzed a new class of fluorophores, which…
10 fundamental scientific questions on intelligent computing. “Can machines think?” In his ground-breaking paper “Computing Machinery and Intelligence” published in 1950, Alan Turing raised this…
According to an Oregon State University study, the harm of blue light exposure rises with age. According to a recent study from Oregon State University,…
Over the course of almost 60 years, the information age has given the world the internet, smart phones, and lightning-fast computers. This has been made…
Researchers led by Osaka University reveal the excellent information processing abilities of physical reservoirs based on electrochemical reactions in Faradic current and present a simple…
An international research team led by Skoltech and IBM has created an extremely energy-efficient optical switch that could replace electronic transistors in a new generation…
A relatively new type of computing that mimics the way the human brain works was already transforming how scientists could tackle some of the most…
Circuit design offers a path to “spintronic” devices that use little electricity and generate practically no heat. MIT researchers have devised a novel circuit design…
As computers continue to infiltrate almost every aspect of modern life, their negative impact on the environment grows. According to recent estimates, the electricity required…
PAXEL, a new type of photonic integrated circuit device that uses a novel computing architecture, shows promise for high-speed, energy-efficient computing. A group of researchers…
UMass Amherst researchers develop powerful new memory-compacting system: Introducing ‘mesh,’ memory-saving plug-in to boost phone and computer performance. Applications like web browsers or smartphone apps…
More efficient memory-management scheme could help enable chips with thousands of cores. Researchers from MIT have unveiled the first fundamentally new approach to cache coherence…
Engineers from MIT have developed a new system that, for several common big-data applications, should make servers using flash memory as efficient as those using…
IBM announced an advance in the ability to use light instead of electrical signals for information transmission in future computing applications. “Silicon nanophotonics” allows the…
If there’s one thing that should be learned by everyone with the most recent hacking fiasco of Wired’s Mat Honan, passwords aren’t secure. A team…
As computer chips continue to shrink, developers are reaching the limits on how small they can make patterns for wires. A team of researchers at…
Co-developed by Harvard Medical School researchers and colleagues, a new computer-based simulation tool, the Cataract Master, aims to minimize clinical risk while providing residents and…