In a step toward biological computing, brain organoids rewired their networks as they learned to balance a digital pole on a cart. Try balancing a ruler vertically on the palm of your hand while ...

After 30 months of fast-paced innovation in quantum algorithms, six research groups are hoping to hit paydirt. But there can be only one big winner—if there is a winner at all. I’m standing in front ...

Researchers have proposed a new type of quantum system built from “giant superatoms,” combining two previously separate quantum concepts to address one of the field’s biggest challenges: decoherence.

When a startup struggles, founders usually assume the solution is obvious: more marketing, more hiring, or more capital. But in my experience advising founders, the real issue is usually something ...

Learn how to solve problems using linear programming. A linear programming problem involves finding the maximum or minimum value of an equation, called the objective functions, subject to a system of ...

In 2019, Monte Leifheit, a warehouse operator at 3M, noticed his left eye was bloodshot and swollen. What began as a minor irritation turned into a yearlong medical odyssey marked by the lack of a ...

For all their potential, AI agents have been slow to make an impact in the enterprise, and one new startup is betting that the reason they haven’t is a lack of context. Launched as part of Y ...

When my cofounder and I were accepted into a competitive startup accelerator program in fall 2025, we applied with an ambitious idea: to build an “AI scientist” for machine learning research. What ...

Steven Bouma-Prediger seldom sees students walking between classes without their faces buried in their smartphones. This distraction transfers into the classroom, where Bouma-Prediger takes matters ...

While AI programs are excellent at summarizing existing knowledge or finding patterns in data, the models struggled to solve the problems in a single attempt. The researchers' overall conclusion is ...

Have you ever gone to bed with a tough question and woken up closer to an answer? Sleep may seem passive, but the brain continues to reshape ideas in surprising ways. New research now explains why ...

Abstract: Many introductory computing courses focus on syntax and semantics, where students are required to inductively develop problem-solving skills by working on many programming assessments. When ...