A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and ...

Using generative AI to design, train, or perform steps within a machine-learning system is risky, argues computer scientist Micheal Lones in a paper publishing April 22 in the Cell Press ...

The setup of the ingenious computer that works with tension and springs. Credit: St. Olaf College It has no wires, no silicon ...

Forced to rely on apps and Zoom meetings during the Covid emergency, librarian and high school history teacher Benjamin ...

A small cluster of springs and metal bars, bolted together on a benchtop in Northfield, Minnesota, can count, distinguish odd ...

A steel bar pivots. A spring stretches. Then, with a small shove, the whole setup flips into a new state and stays there until the next push. That simple motion sits at the heart of a mechanical ...

A computer language created to spot errors in mathematical theorems has uncovered a fundamental error in a widely cited physics paper for the first time. The ...

The quantum computing power required to break the encryption that secures blockchains continues to decline, at least in theory, raising the question of whether the industry can migrate to ...

To date, the main role of AI in scientific research has been to assist with narrow tasks such as discovering chemical structures, analyzing data or predicting protein shapes. But now, the technology ...

A brand new computer can cost hundreds, even thousands of dollars. But you don’t necessarily have to spend anything to get that fresh-out-of-the-box feeling. With a few simple steps, you can breathe ...