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Engineers Use AI to Wrangle Fusion Power for the Grid
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Engineers Use AI to Wrangle Fusion Power for the Grid

A team from Princeton University, PPPL, and Chung-Ang University have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to predict — and then avoid — the formation...

The Year in Computer Science
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The Year in Computer Science

In 2023, artificial intelligence learned how to generate text and art better than ever before, while computer scientists developed algorithms that solved long-standing...

Despite Controversy, Superconductor Research Is In A 'Golden Age'
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Despite Controversy, Superconductor Research Is In A 'Golden Age'

Despite some high-profile setbacks, the field of superconductivity is enjoying something of a renaissance, researchers say.

Decomposing Language Models Into Understandable Components
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Decomposing Language Models Into Understandable Components

Researchers used a weak dictionary learning algorithm called a sparse autoencoder to generate learned features from a trained model that offers a more monosemantic...

Can Generative AI Solve Computer Science's Greatest Unsolved Problem?
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Can Generative AI Solve Computer Science's Greatest Unsolved Problem?

Does P = NP? That question, a grand theoretical challenge, has resisted a convincing answer despite decades of intense study. Now, the effort has enlisted the help...

Scientific Discovery In the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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Scientific Discovery In the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is being increasingly integrated into scientific discovery to augment and accelerate research, helping scientists to generate hypotheses...

Professor to Develop Electronic Devices Made Entirely of Paper
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Professor to Develop Electronic Devices Made Entirely of Paper

Professor Seokheun (Sean) Choi wants to build electronic devices made entirely of paper as a nontoxic, cost-effective, and biodegradable alternative to silicon-...

Ranking the Best Computer Scientists
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Ranking the Best Computer Scientists

The 9th edition of Research.com ranking of the best scientists in the field of Computer Science is based on data consolidated from various data sources including...

Researchers Boost the Building Blocks of Computing
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Researchers Boost the Building Blocks of Computing

Researchers from the group of Jean Anne Incorvia, assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin, describe improvements on current semiconductor technology...

Researchers Develop A Wood Transistor
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Researchers Develop A Wood Transistor

Researchers at Linköping University and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed a transistor made of conductive wood, a possible step toward bio-based...

Team's 'Quantum Composites' Increase Ability to Store Electricity
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Team's 'Quantum Composites' Increase Ability to Store Electricity

A team of electrical engineers and material scientists at the University of California, Riverside has demonstrated materials that may result in advancements in...

Scientists Plan to Create Biocomputers Powered by Human Brain Cells
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Scientists Plan to Create Biocomputers Powered by Human Brain Cells

A multidisciplinary team of scientists is working to create biocomputing systems for which three-dimensional cultures of brain cells, called brain organoids, serve...

Scientists Make Their Case for Extending Longevity
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Scientists Make Their Case for Extending Longevity

Hope, hype, and self-experimentation collided at the exclusive Longevity Investors Conference for scientists and ultra-rich investors who want to extend their lives...

Designing and Programming Living Computers
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Designing and Programming Living Computers

Scientists from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology collaborated to create genetic "devices" designed to perform...

Research Suggests Human Brains Use Quantum Computation
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Research Suggests Human Brains Use Quantum Computation

Scientists from Trinity College Dublin believe that the human brain uses quantum computation and that quantum processes are an important part of cognitive and conscious...

Scientists Use Machine Learning to Accelerate Materials Discovery
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Scientists Use Machine Learning to Accelerate Materials Discovery

Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory have demonstrated an automated process for identifying and exploring promising new materials by combining machine learning...

Study to Investigate Quantum Computing Advantages
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Study to Investigate Quantum Computing Advantages

Supartha Podder, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Stony Brook University, has received a two-year $400,000 U.S. Department of Energy...

Teaching Robots To Be Team Players With Nature
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Teaching Robots To Be Team Players With Nature

Researchers have harnessed the self-organization skills required to reap the benefits of natural swarms for robotic applications in artificial intelligence, computing...

Using Mathematics to Resolve Human Conflicts
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Using Mathematics to Resolve Human Conflicts

Game theory mathematics is being adapted through big data to resolve highly contentious issues between people and the environment.

Can An Algorithm Help Scientists Write Better Quantum Programs?
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Can An Algorithm Help Scientists Write Better Quantum Programs?

Timothy Proctor, a quantum physicist at Sandia National Laboratories, is leading a research project to help quantum computer scientists write better programs that...
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