How Base 3 Computing Beats Binary
Long explored but infrequently embraced, base 3 computing may yet find a home in cybersecurity. Three, as Schoolhouse Rock!(opens a new…
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Lego bricks inspired a new way to shape devices for studying liquids
The design could lead to adaptable tools to study how fluids move When building devices, engineers mostly use solids, such…
The Dazzling Sun of 2024
From totality to tremendous light shows, our sun put on a shining performance. The sun had a big year in…
Follow the Heart
Oncologists and researchers increasingly focus on how to predict, treat and monitor for cardiovascular problems that develop before and after…
Avi Wigderson, Complexity Theory Pioneer, Wins Turing Award
The prolific researcher found deep connections between randomness and computation and spent a career influencing cryptographers, complexity researchers and more.…
How Quickly Do Large Language Models Learn Unexpected Skills?
A new study suggests that so-called emergent abilities actually develop gradually and predictably, depending on how you measure them. Two…
Immunotherapy: When is sooner better than later?
JUST AFTER LABOR DAY in 2019, Sascha Roth, who was 38 years old, was diagnosed with stage III rectal cancer. Roth…
Scientists Grow First Plants in Lunar Soil
Last May, scientists reported that they’d successfully grown plants in moon soil for the first time. At the University of…
Is It Actually Impossible to “Square the Circle?”
Geometry students are taught that squaring the circle — using a compass and straightedge to draw a square with the…
Game theory approach describes how social networks produce “six degrees of separation”
"Six degrees of separation” refers to a long-held notion about social networks—namely, that any two people in a social network…