At first glance, the idea sounds implausible: a computer made not of silicon, but of living brain cells. It’s the kind of ...

The death of US computer scientist and physicist Edward Fredkin this June went largely unnoticed, except for a belated obituary in the New York Times. Yet despite never quite becoming the household ...

The laboratory of the future is a visionary concept: a goal that evolves as technology advances. Predictions are made, skeptics respond, and the vision reboots. The future offers few guarantees. But ...

A patient suffering from tetraplegia steered a smart wheelchair through the neighborhood with only his thoughts and directed ...

Intel's Hala Point neuromorphic computer is powered by more than 1,000 new AI chips and performs 50 times faster than equivalent conventional computing systems. When you purchase through links on our ...

We carry these mixed feelings into 2026, which is slated to be another great—yet perhaps troubled—year for science. No list ...

HEIDELBERG, Germany—Every September, a critical mass of the world’s most decorated computer scientists and mathematicians gathers in the warm microclimate here. They discuss the states of their fields ...

Google Deepmind unveiled plans to establish its first automated science laboratory in the UK, focused on discovering new materials.

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Universities across the country are scrambling to understand the implications of generative A.I.’s transformation of technology. Universities across the country are scrambling to understand the ...

Inspired by A New History of Modern Computing by Thomas Haigh and Paul E. Ceruzzi. But the selection of key events in the journey from ENIAC to Tesla, from Data Processing to Big Data, is mine. This ...