Danish physicists make breakthrough quantum discovery
This colossal breakthrough allows quantum researchers to create a phenomenon known as quantum mechanical entanglement.
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JJ Shavit
- Apr 23
Major discovery cuts the carbon footprint of AI training by up to 75%
Deep learning models that power giants like TikTok and Amazon, as well as tools like ChatGPT, could save energy without new hardware.
JJ Shavit
- Apr 17
Breakthrough quantum material delivers major advances in processor speed
This discovery is significant in the field of quantum materials and could pave the way for energy-efficient and ultra-fast computers.
JJ Shavit
- Apr 15
Groundbreaking transistor can process data at the speed of light!
Traditional transistors lose heat energy and limit the speed of signal transfer, which can degrade performance.
JJ Shavit
- Apr 8
'Einstein Shape': This holy grail of tiles will revolutionize material science
The shape, which the scientists have named "the hat," has 13 sides and can cover a plane without ever repeating.
JJ Shavit
- Mar 15
Start-up captures waste heat from cloud data centers to heat public pools
Deep Green, a leading sustainable energy solutions company, has recently unveiled a new technology that has been dubbed the "digital boiler.
JJ Shavit
- Mar 12
Can computers teach babies to count?
In recent years, there has been a lot of discussion about the use of technology in education, including for very young children.
JJ Shavit
- Mar 1
Future computers will run on human brain cells, study finds
A “biocomputer” powered by human brain cells could be developed within our lifetime, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers.
JJ Shavit
- Jan 21
First ever computer reconstructs a virus in its biological entirety
First ever computer reconstruction of a virus, including its complete native genome leading the way to alternative antibiotics.
JJ Shavit
- Jan 2
Researchers enter the dawn of solid-state quantum networks
Since the early days of table top experiments, one of the most significant challenges is to extend the distance of quantum communications.
JJ Shavit
- Dec 29, 2022
Scientists identify what is hidden inside the heart of a black hole
Research team has used quantum computing and computer learning to describe what is believed to be the interior of a black hole.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 14, 2022
New ‘smart tattoos’ revolutionize on-skin computing
The emergence of on-skin interfaces has created an opportunity for seamless, always-available on-body interactions.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 12, 2022
Brain implant wirelessly translates thought to text with an incredible 94% accuracy
BrainGate researchers demonstrated the first human use of a wireless transmitter capable of delivering high-bandwidth neural signals.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 6, 2022
Miniaturized, energy efficient, computer chip is faster than silicon
Researchers from UPenn have zeroed in on hardware redesign to deliver required improvements in speed, agility and energy usage.
Joshua Shavit
- Oct 1, 2022
Researchers just made the world's websites less vulnerable to hacking and cyberattacks
An international team of researchers has developed a scanning tool to make websites less vulnerable to hacking and cyberattacks.
JJ Shavit
- Sep 13, 2022
A thin device uses quantum mechanics’ strangest phenomena to make computers smaller
An ultrathin invention could make future computing, sensing and encryption technologies remarkably smaller and more powerful.
JJ Shavit
- Aug 12, 2022
Graphene synapses advance brain-like computers
Computers that think more like human brains are inching closer to mainstream adoption. But many unanswered questions remain.
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 10, 2022
Amazing new software can edit computer images through the power of human thoughts
We can make a computer edit images entirely based on thoughts generated by human subjects. Nobody has ever done this before.
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 4, 2022
New computer hardware runs 1 million times faster than the synapses in the human brain
A practical inorganic material in the fabrication process enables their devices to run 1 million times faster than previous versions.
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 2, 2022
Novel quantum computer works with more than ones and zeroes
The Innsbruck quantum computer stores information in individual trapped calcium atoms, each of which has eight states.
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