A line of engineering research seeks to develop computers that can tackle a class of challenges called combinatorial ...

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A new type of computer uses oscillators in special materials to find the most efficient solutions to complex scheduling and ...

In 1951, physicist Julian Schwinger theorized that by applying a uniform electrical field to a vacuum, electron-positron ...

When mathematicians revived ignored mathematical structures, they found that overlooked particles, called "neglectons," could ...

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Scientists may have uncovered the missing piece of quantum computing by reviving a particle once dismissed as useless. This ...

Thought experiments can have some advantages over real experiments: they require no special equipment, are low-cost, can be ...