Scientists used a new error correction method to encode 70 logical qubits and solve a problem that is intractable for classical computers. The quantum computation ...

Bonsai 27B is a multi-billion parameter model small enough to fit into a smartphone. It’s useful for dev and research work, ...

OpenAI Astra reportedly solved 10 long-standing math problems dating back to 1946. Mathematicians are now actively debating ...

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A long-standing mathematical conundrum has been solved by ChatGPT in a few hours, with only a few simple prompts. The Dinitz-Garg-Goemans conjecture is a 30-year-old question in graph theory, but a ...

Toyota has cooked up a new patent that hints at a smarter way to bolt EV batteries in place – one that could help future trucks and SUVs shrug off rough roads without breaking a sweat. If you’ve ever ...

A quantum problem once described as impossible for classical computers has now been solved using relatively modest hardware. Researchers used tensor networks to compress the overwhelming wave function ...

Physicists have debated which way a submerged sprinkler sucking in water would spin. Careful experiments provide an answer. By Kenneth Chang Scientists say they have solved in detail what may be the ...

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If, as novelist-philosopher Samuel Butler wrote in 1878, “a hen is only an egg’s way of making another egg”, then a galaxy may only be a black hole’s way of making another black hole. To put it ...

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