Eclipse's Joe Fath explains AI's role in transforming physical industries, with Travis Kalanick's Atoms and Jeff Bezos making similar moves.

In new research published in Physical Review X, scientists have designed quantum control protocols that generate processes more consistent with time flowing backward than forward. The ...

An analysis spanning fifty years reveals that the cost of gasoline is one of the strongest predictors of presidential approval ratings, acting in an uneven pattern where initial price spikes cause the ...

We’re inching ever closer to K.I.T.T. from ‘Knight Rider.’ Remember when cars were just . . . cars? You turned a key, explosions happened under the hood, and wheels turned. It was simple. It was ...

Researchers from Chiba University have developed a lightweight peer-selection algorithm that significantly reduces data propagation delays without increasing resource usage on internet of things (IoT) ...

X is revamping the algorithm that ranks posts in the "For You" feed. The engineering team said it will post changes to the algorithm on GitHub every four weeks, including explainers on changes. The ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...

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One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...

Kidney cancer is a highly heterogeneous oncologic disease with historically poor prognosis. Precise assessment of the risk of distal metastasis can facilitate risk stratification and improve prognosis ...

Tor has announced improved encryption and security for the circuit traffic by replacing the old tor1 relay encryption algorithm with a new design called Counter Galois Onion (CGO). One reason behind ...

Media personalities and online influencers who sow social division for a living, blame the rise of assassination culture on Antifa and MAGA. Meanwhile, tech CEOs gin up fears of an AI apocalypse. But ...