The authors point out that quantum computers are still plagued by high gate error rates, low qubit counts, and extremely slow ...

One way AI can improve on human work Computer scientists at UC Berkeley say that AI models show promise as a way to discover and optimize algorithms.… In a preprint paper titled "Barbarians at the ...

Researchers from Tsinghua University have developed a groundbreaking optical system for computing that performs feature extraction with unprecedented low latency, which has the potential to ...

Analog computers are systems that perform computations by manipulating physical quantities such as electrical current, that ...

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 ...

Bio-inspired computational methods have gained popularity recently. These methods mimic the seemingly complex behavior of organisms to tackle difficult and often overwhelming problems. For example, ...

It’s become a trendy managerial acronym: VUCA, short for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, and a catchall for “Hey, it’s crazy out there!” It’s also misleading: VUCA conflates four ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Cataract surgery is a low-risk, low-cost intervention that can improve the quality of life in people with dementia and may prevent progression to some extent.