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A new article examines the history of computing to help outline the direction of quantum research. It reports that quantum technology is advancing quickly, and that the major obstacles now involve ...

Explore the life and groundbreaking contributions of Bibha Chowdhuri, a pioneering Indian physicist in cosmic ray research, ...

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By establishing a larger principle for how things shatter, certain energy-intensive tasks could gain an advantage.

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Two papers challenged the existence of theorized particles called sterile neutrinos that might account for mysteries like the ...

Most of us first hear about the irrational number π (pi)—rounded off as 3.14, with an infinite number of decimal digits—in ...

Despite soaring progress, scientists at AI’s largest gathering say key questions about how models work and how to measure ...

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Neutrinos – you may have heard of them referred to as "ghost particles" – pass through everything because they are extremely ...

Why did Ramanujan’s formulae stay relevant for a century? His set of 17 expressions offered huge speed. They gave long digit ...