Combining two kinds of quantum computing devices could be just the trick for taking better images of faint, faraway ...

The platypus is one of evolution's lovable, oddball animals. The creature seems to defy well-understood rules of biology by ...

Calculations show that injecting randomness into a quantum neural network could help it determine properties of quantum ...

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Computer Science: Those with advanced degrees in computer science (CS), especially those who specialize at the Master's or Ph.D. levels in subjects like algorithms, computational theory, or artificial ...

Compelling evidence that the structure of matter surrounding supermassive black holes has changed over cosmic time has been uncovered by an international team of astronomers. If true, the research led ...

Personalized algorithms may quietly sabotage how people learn, nudging them into narrow tunnels of information even when they start with zero prior knowledge. In the study, participants using ...

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...

Quasars are the bright centers of young galaxies powered by supermassive black holes. Most quasars are very distant and faint, making them difficult to observe. One quasar, 0957+561, is ...