Northwestern Engineering’s Prem Kumar has been appointed to the advisory board of the NTT Basic Research Laboratories (BRL) in Atsugi, Japan. Part of the NTT Science & Core Technology Laboratory Group ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...

Quantum computers are coming. And when they arrive, they are going to upend the way we protect sensitive data. Unlike classical computers, quantum computers harness quantum mechanical effects — like ...

Google’s Willow quantum computer (pictured here) is delivering. Image credits: Google. “Today, we’re announcing research that shows — for the first time in history — that a quantum computer can ...

It's easy to assume that the e-commerce boom is all about flashy storefronts, speedy shipping, and frictionless apps. But behind every "Buy Now" button lies a bigger transformation—one that's ...

Alphabet Inc.’s Google ran an algorithm on its “Willow” quantum-computing chip that can be repeated on similar platforms and outperform classical supercomputers, a breakthrough it said clears a path ...

Designed to accelerate advances in medicine and other fields, the tech giant’s quantum algorithm runs 13,000 times as fast as software written for a traditional supercomputer. A quantum computer at ...

The GTX line of video cards from Nvidia featured some of the most popular graphics cards of all time. The GTX 1080 and GTX 1080 Ti are considered two of the greatest video cards of all time. Even ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

A new leak detailing what appears to be the full next-gen Intel Panther Lake mobile CPU range has emerged. The big news is a top tier of Intel Core Ultra X 300 chips to sit above the regular Core ...

The Week 4 NFL schedule has a number of key matchups, including eight interconference matchups. The season's biggest NFL spread takes place in Saints vs. Bills (-15.5), while other matchups include ...