Bizarre Things: Computers & Math
April 12, 2025
Top Headlines
Apr. 9, 2025 — In a new study, researchers created an AI model of the mouse visual cortex that predicts neuronal responses to visual ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — FLUID, an open-source, 3D-printed robot, offers an affordable and customizable solution for automated material synthesis, making advanced research accessible to more ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — A hopping, insect-sized robot can jump over gaps or obstacles, traverse rough, slippery, or slanted surfaces, and perform aerial acrobatic maneuvers, while using a fraction of the energy required for flying ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — A tiny, soft, flexible robot that can crawl through earthquake rubble to find trapped victims or travel inside the human body to deliver medicine may seem like science fiction, but an international team is pioneering such adaptable robots by ...
Latest Headlines
updated 9:56pm EDT
Apr. 7, 2025 — Researchers have successfully demonstrated the UK's first long-distance ultra-secure transfer of data over a quantum communications network, ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — A web platform uses a chatbot to enable any chemist -- including undergraduate chemistry majors -- to configure and execute complex quantum mechanical simulations through ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — Scientists have repurposed smartphone camera sensors to create a detector capable of tracking antiproton annihilations in real time with ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — Quantum states can only be prepared and observed under highly controlled conditions. A research team has now succeeded in creating so-called hot Schrodinger cat states in a superconducting microwave ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — An international team has merged two lab-synthesized materials into a synthetic quantum structure once thought impossible to exist and produced an exotic structure expected to provide insights that ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — Researchers conducted the first clinical trial of an AI-powered therapy chatbot and found that, on average, people with diagnosed mental disorders experienced clinically significant improvements in ...
Mar. 28, 2025 — Novel artificial neurons learn independently and are more strongly modeled on their biological counterparts. A team of researchers has programmed these infomorphic neurons and constructed artificial ...
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. 27, 2025 — Imagine navigating a virtual reality with contact lenses or operating your smartphone under water: This and more could soon be a reality thanks to innovative e-skins. A research team has developed an ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — Researchers asked generative AI to write a research paper. While adept at some steps, it wholly failed at ...
Earlier Headlines
Mar. 27, 2025 — Most haptic devices only deliver feedback as simple vibrations. New device applies dynamic forces in any direction to simulate a more realistic sense of touch. Small, lightweight device can enhance ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — A tiny magnetic robot which can take 3D scans from deep within the body, that could revolutionize early cancer detection, has been developed by researchers. The team say this is the first time it has ...
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. 26, 2025 — A new study shows that people in Japan treat robots and AI agents more respectfully than people in Western ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Electrical and computer engineers have developed a 'Super-Turing AI,' which operates more like the human brain. This new AI integrates certain processes instead of separating them and then ...
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. 25, 2025 — The study of elementary particles and forces is of central importance to our understanding of the universe. Now a team of physicists shows how an unconventional type of quantum computer opens a new ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — This a robot can walk, without electronics, and only with the addition of a cartridge of compressed gas, right off the 3D-printer. It can also be printed in one go, from one ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — To get around the constraints of quantum physics, researchers have built a new acoustic system to study the way the minuscule atoms of condensed matter talk together. They hope to one day build an ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — Researchers presented advances shaping the world of forensics, from research that could improve how forensic scientists estimate a person's age at death, to technology demos of CSIxR -- a ...
Mar. 21, 2025 — A study found that when people were told to imagine their virtual bodies in pain, their brains resisted the illusion of ownership. Their findings could provide insights into why some people may ...
Mar. 20, 2025 — Researchers developed a hybrid AI approach that can generate realistic images with the same or better quality than state-of-the-art diffusion models, but that runs about nine times faster and uses ...
Mar. 20, 2025 — Memristors consume extremely little power and behave similarly to brain cells. Researchers have now introduced novel memristive that offer significant advantages: they are more robust, function ...
Mar. 20, 2025 — Scientists recently unveiled a first-of-its-kind authentication protocol for wireless, battery-free, ultraminiaturized implants that ensures these devices remain protected while still allowing ...
Mar. 19, 2025 — Sensors attached to animals gather valuable data to track and mitigate the human influence on marine life. The review paper emphasizes the importance of integrating data from various sources and ...
Mar. 19, 2025 — A leaping robot could have application in search and rescue, construction, even forest monitoring. But how do you design a robot to stick a landing on a branch or pipe? Biologists worked with robot ...
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. 18, 2025 — An AI-powered robot that can prepare cups of coffee in a busy kitchen could usher in the next generation of intelligent machines, a study ...
Mar. 18, 2025 — The smart MAIJU jumpsuit offers a novel approach to at-home monitoring of infants' early motor development. The wearable device combines expertise in medicine, measuring technology and AI, ...
Mar. 18, 2025 — Virginia Tech researchers say a true revolution in wireless technologies is only possible through endowing the system with the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI) that can think, imagine, ...
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- Mini Rolling Robot Takes Virtual Biopsies
- Entangled in Self-Discovery: Quantum Computers Analyze Their Own Entanglement
- Philosophy: Cultural Differences in Exploitation of Artificial Agents
- Artificial Intelligence Uses Less Energy by Mimicking the Human Brain
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- Revolutionizing Touch: Researchers Explore the Future of Wearable Multi-Sensory Haptic Technology
- New Type of Quantum Computer Studies the Dance of Elementary Particles
- These Electronics-Free Robots Can Walk Right Off the 3D-Printer
- Listen to Quantum Atoms Talk Together Thanks to Acoustics
- VR Crime Scene Tech
Friday, March 21, 2025
Thursday, March 20, 2025
- New AI Tool Generates High-Quality Images Faster Than State-of-the-Art Approaches
- Novel Memristors to Overcome AI's 'catastrophic Forgetting'
- Engineer Develops New Security Protocol to Protect Miniaturized Wireless Medical Implants from Cyberthreats
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
- Marine Animals Help Solve Ocean Issues
- Squirrel-Inspired Leaping Robot Can Stick a Landing on a Branch
- Record-Breaking 12,900 Km Ultra-Secure Quantum Satellite Link
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- Coffee-Making Robot Breaks New Ground for AI Machines
- Innovative Infant Wearable Uses Artificial Intelligence for at-Home Assessments of Early Motor Development
- Revolutionary Blueprint to Fuse Wireless Technologies and AI
Monday, March 17, 2025
- Dialing in the Temperature Needed for Precise Nuclear Timekeeping
- Artificial Muscle Flexes in Multiple Directions, Offering a Path to Soft, Wiggly Robots
- Magnetic Microalgae on a Mission to Become Robots
Thursday, March 13, 2025
- Spinning, Twisted Light Could Power Next-Generation Electronics
- Most Current AI Struggles to Read Clocks and Calendars
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
- Muscles from the Printer: Silicone That Moves
- Foraging Footballers Suggest How We Come Together to Act as One
Monday, March 10, 2025
Thursday, March 6, 2025
- Paralyzed Man Moves Robotic Arm With His Thoughts
- Touchless Tech: Control Fabrics With a Wave of Your Finger
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- My Compliments to the Chef: Researcher Studies Robots in the Kitchen
- Feeling Is Believing: Bionic Hand 'knows' What It's Touching, Grasps Like a Human
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
- Study Shines Headlights on Consumer Driverless Vehicle Safety Deficiencies
- NASA's Hubble Finds Kuiper Belt Duo May Be Trio
Monday, March 3, 2025
- Quantum Properties in Atom-Thick Semiconductors Offer New Way to Detect Electrical Signals in Cells
- ChatGPT on the Couch? How to Calm a Stressed-out AI
Friday, February 28, 2025
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Material's 'incipient' Property Could Jumpstart Fast, Low-Power Electronics
- A Springtail-Like Jumping Robot
- Morphing Robot Turns Challenging Terrain to Its Advantage
- New Low-Cost Challenger to Quantum Computer: Ising Machine
- AI Generates Playful, Human-Like Games
- What Can Theoretical Physics Teach Us About Knitting?
- Researchers Create the World's Smallest Shooting Video Game Using Nanoscale Technology
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- Mesoporous Silicon: Semiconductor With New Talents
- A Completely New Type of Microscopy Based on Quantum Sensors
Friday, February 21, 2025
- How to Get a Robot Collective to Act Like a Smart Material
- AI Unlocks the Emotional Language of Animals
Thursday, February 20, 2025
- Predator Robots Help Researchers Uncover How Larval Zebrafish Rapidly Learn
- Topological Quantum Processor Marks Breakthrough in Computing
- Revolutionizing Dynamic Facial Projection Mapping: A Leap Forward in Augmented Reality
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- A Miniature Swimming Robot Inspired by Marine Flatworms
- Magnetic Semiconductor Preserves 2D Quantum Properties in 3D Material
- Magnetic Switch Traps Quantum Information Carriers in One Dimension
- A Robust and Adaptive Controller for Ballbots
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- Biohybrid Hand Gestures With Human Muscles
- Scientists Develop Novel Self-Healing Electronic Skin for Health Monitoring
- Holograms Boost 3D Printing Efficiency and Resolution
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
- Is the Metaverse a New Frontier for Human-Centric Manufacturing?
- When Qubits Learn the Language of Fiberoptics
Monday, February 10, 2025
Friday, February 7, 2025
Thursday, February 6, 2025
- Novel 'living' Biomaterial Aims to Advance Regenerative Medicine
- Making an Invisible Electric Wire: Guiding Electricity With Sound
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
- 'Living' Electrodes Breathe New Life Into Traditional Silicon Electronics
- Paving the Way to Quantum Supercomputers
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Monday, January 27, 2025
- 'Embodied Energy' Powers Modular Worm, Jellyfish Robots
- A New Experimental System to Bring Quantum Technologies Closer to Students
Thursday, January 23, 2025
- Scaling Up Neuromorphic Computing for More Efficient and Effective AI Everywhere and Anytime
- Adding Bridges to Stabilize Quantum Networks
- London Cabbies' Planning Strategies Could Help Inform Future of AI
- New Tool Enables Phylogenomic Analyses of Entire Genomes
- Physicists Pioneer Entanglement Microscopy Algorithm to Explore How Matter Entangles in Quantum Many-Body Systems
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
- 'Unprecedented' Level of Control Allows Person Without Use of Limbs to Operate Virtual Quadcopter
- Neuromorphic Semiconductor Chip That Learns and Corrects Itself?
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Friday, January 10, 2025
Thursday, January 9, 2025
- A Smart Ring With a Tiny Camera Lets Users Point and Click to Control Home Devices
- Brain-Inspired Nanotech Points to a New Era in Electronics
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
- Using Robots in Nursing Homes Linked to Higher Employee Retention, Better Patient Care
- Electrohydraulic Wearable Devices Create Unprecedented Haptic Sensations
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Monday, January 6, 2025
- Scientists Develop Technology to Control Cyborg Insect Swarms
- Macroscopic Oscillators Move as One at the Quantum Level