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June 24, 2025 Chalmers engineers built a pulse-driven qubit amplifier that’s ten times more efficient, stays cool, and safeguards quantum states—key for bigger, better quantum ...
June 23, 2025 Scientists at NIST and the University of Colorado Boulder have created CURBy, a cutting-edge quantum randomness beacon that draws on the intrinsic unpredictability of quantum entanglement to produce true random numbers. Unlike traditional methods, ...
June 12, 2025 A team of Danish and German scientists has launched a major project to create new technology that could form the foundation of the future quantum internet. They re using a rare element called erbium along with silicon chips like the ones in our ...
May 30, 2025 A new study integrated mathematical modeling with advanced imaging to discover that the physical shape of the fruit fly egg chamber, combined with chemical signals, significantly influences how cells ...
May 30, 2025 Large language models (LLMs) -- the advanced AI behind tools like ChatGPT -- are increasingly integrated into daily life, assisting with tasks such as writing emails, answering questions, and even ...
May 29, 2025 Scientists have developed a unified theory for mathematical parameters known as gauge freedoms. Their new formulas will allow researchers to interpret research results much faster and with greater confidence. The development could prove fundamental ...
May 27, 2025 New technology that uses light's color and spin to display multiple ...
May 23, 2025 Researchers developed a faster, more stable way to simulate the swirling electric fields inside industrial plasmas -- the kind used to make microchips and coat materials. The improved method could ...
May 22, 2025 Neuroscientists and materials scientists have created contact lenses that enable infrared vision in both humans and mice by converting infrared light into visible light. Unlike infrared night vision ...
May 22, 2025 Scientists found that neural networks cannot yet forecast 'gray swan' weather events, which might not appear in existing training data but could still happen -- like 200-year floods or massive ...
May 16, 2025 Location data is considered particularly sensitive -- its misuse can have serious consequences. Researchers have now developed a method that allows individuals to cryptographically prove their ...
May 8, 2025 Augmented-reality (AR) technology is rapidly finding its way into everyday life, from education and healthcare to gaming and entertainment. However, the core AR device remains bulky and heavy, making prolonged wear uncomfortable. A breakthrough now ...
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May 16, 2025 In Project Chimera, a game lab combines a VR computer game with educational problems in order to convey scientific content in a motivating ...
May 7, 2025 As fast fashion continues to fill wardrobes and landfills at a staggering pace, new research suggests that the future of fashion might lie not in fabric, but in ...
May 5, 2025 Researchers have created a method that makes virtual reality (VR) more accessible to people with mobility ...
May 2, 2025 A mathematician has built an algebraic solution to an equation that was once believed impossible to ...
Apr. 30, 2025 New research demonstrates how mathematical modeling can predict outbreaks of toxic fungi in Texas corn crops -- offering a potential lifeline to farmers facing billions in harvest ...
Apr. 23, 2025 After uncovering a unifying algorithm that links more than 20 common machine-learning approaches, researchers organized them into a 'periodic table of machine learning' that can help scientists ...
Apr. 22, 2025 With the assumption that students are going to use artificial intelligence and large language models such as ChatGPT to do their homework, researchers set out to learn how well the free version of ...
Apr. 22, 2025 Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 ...
Apr. 16, 2025 According to new research next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) -- the same technology which is powering the development of tailor-made medicines, cancer diagnostics, infectious disease tracking, and ...
Apr. 7, 2025 Researchers have successfully demonstrated the UK's first long-distance ultra-secure transfer of data over a quantum communications network, ...
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Mar. 28, 2025 Clothes that can mimic the feeling of being touched, touch displays that provide haptic feedback to users, or even ultralight loudspeakers. These are just some of the devices made possible using thin ...
Mar. 27, 2025 How gravity causes a perfectly spherical ball to roll down an inclined plane is part of elementary school physics canon. But the world is messier than a textbook. Scientists have sought to ...
Mar. 26, 2025 Quantum computers are able to solve complex calculations that would take traditional computers thousands of years in just a few minutes. What if that analytical power is turned inwards towards the ...
Mar. 25, 2025 From virtual reality to rehabilitation and communication, haptic technology has revolutionized the way humans interact with the digital world. While early haptic devices focused on single-sensory ...
Mar. 24, 2025 Scientists investigated whether email interventions informed by behavioral science could help teachers help students learn ...
Mar. 24, 2025 Mathematicians studied the flow of human crowds and developed a way to predict when pedestrian paths will transition from orderly to entangled. Their findings may help inform the design of public ...
Mar. 19, 2025 For adolescents struggling with substance abuse, traditional in-person interventions such as counseling are not always effective, and rural areas often lack access to these services. A researcher is ...
Mar. 19, 2025 Scientists have successfully established the world's longest intercontinental ultra-secure quantum satellite link, spanning 12,900 km. Using the Chinese quantum microsatellite Jinan-1, launched ...
Mar. 11, 2025 Physicists developed simplified formulas to quantify quantum entanglement in strongly correlated electron systems. Their approach was applied to nanoscale materials, revealing unexpected quantum ...
Mar. 10, 2025 Researchers have developed an AI-based learning system that recognizes strengths and weaknesses in mathematics by tracking eye movements with a webcam to generate problem-solving hints. This enables ...
Mar. 6, 2025 Researchers have created washable and durable magnetic field sensing electronic textiles -- thought to be the first of their kind -- which they say paves the way to transform use in clothing. This ...
Mar. 6, 2025 Despite the popularity of augmented reality, AR wearable technologies haven't gained traction due to the weight and bulk associated with batteries and electronic components, and the suboptimal ...
Feb. 28, 2025 Novel technology intends to redefine the virtual reality experience by expanding to incorporate a new sensory connection: ...
Feb. 27, 2025 Scientists demonstrate a new quantum chip architecture for suppressing errors using a type of qubit known as a cat ...
Feb. 26, 2025 An engineering student refined a century-old math problem into a simpler, more elegant form, making it easier to use and explore. Divya Tyagi's work expands research in aerodynamics, unlocking ...
Feb. 26, 2025 A team of scientists has now created a computer model that can represent and generate human-like goals by learning from how people create games. The work could lead to AI systems that better ...
Feb. 26, 2025 A research team demonstrated the 'world's smallest shooting game,' a unique nanoscale game inspired by classic arcade games. This achievement was made possible by real-time control of ...
Feb. 19, 2025 Researchers find large language models process diverse types of data, like different languages, audio inputs, images, etc., similarly to how humans reason about complex problems. Like humans, LLMs ...
Feb. 19, 2025 A new study of more than 1400 adults who gamble and play online video games has found loot box buying is associated with real-world gambling, video gaming addiction, and other mental health issues. ...
Feb. 13, 2025 Is it possible to tile a surface with a single shape in such a way that the pattern never repeats itself? In 2022, a mathematical solution to this 'Einstein problem' was discovered for the ...
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- Student Refines 100-Year-Old Math Problem, Expanding Wind Energy Possibilities
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- Like Human Brains, Large Language Models Reason About Diverse Data in a General Way
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- New Training Approach Could Help AI Agents Perform Better in Uncertain Conditions
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- Physics and Emote Design: Quantifying Clarity in Digital Images
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- Researchers 'see' Vulnerability to Gaming Addiction in the Adolescent Brain
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- Wearable Ultrasound Tech for Muscle Monitoring Opens New Possibilities in Healthcare and Human-Machine Interfaces
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- In Double Breakthrough, Mathematician Solves Two Long-Standing Problems
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- Language Agents Help Large Language Models 'think' Better and Cheaper
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- How the Brain Processes the Number Zero
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- Artificial Intelligence Grunt Work Can Be Outsourced Using a New Blockchain-Based Framework
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- Invisibility Cloaks? Wave Scattering Simulation Unlocks Potential for Advanced Metamaterials
- Big Algebras: A Dictionary of Abstract Math
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- Cold Math, Hot Topic: Sea Ice Thermal Conductivity
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- Think Fast -- Or Not: Mathematics Behind Decision Making
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- Groundbreaking Progress in Quantum Physics: How Quantum Field Theories Decay and Fission
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