Technological advancements like autonomous driving and computer vision are driving a surge in demand for computational power. Optical computing, with its high throughput, energy efficiency, and low latency, has garnered considerable ...
Optics & Photonics
Jul 31, 2023
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174
AI, machine learning, and ChatGPT may be relatively new buzzwords in the public domain, but developing a computer that functions like the human brain and nervous system—both hardware and software combined—has been a decades-long ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 5, 2023
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79
Getting something for nothing doesn't work in physics. But it turns out that, by thinking like a strategic gamer, and with some help from a demon, improved energy efficiency for complex systems like data centers might be ...
Nanophysics
May 12, 2023
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334
Error correction in quantum computers could be simplified by a new protocol proposed by an all-RIKEN team based on "cat states." It could cut the computing resources needed to fix errors to the same level as conventional ...
Quantum Physics
Dec 8, 2022
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The past may be a fixed and immutable point, but with the help of machine learning, the future can at times be more easily divined.
General Physics
Sep 28, 2022
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63
A recent special issue of the Journal of Chemical Physics highlights Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's (PNNL) contributions to developing two prominent open-source software packages for computational chemistry used ...
General Physics
Jan 7, 2021
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42
Quantum circuits, the building blocks of quantum computers, use quantum mechanical effects to perform tasks. They are much faster and more accurate than the classical circuits that are found in electronic devices today. In ...
Quantum Physics
Mar 27, 2020
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1337
Ever wish your computer could think like you do or perhaps even understand you?
Materials Science
Mar 3, 2020
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235
All life on earth performs computations – and all computations require energy. From single-celled amoeba to multicellular organisms like humans, one of the most basic biological computations common across life is translation: ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 17, 2017
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842
Hurricanes, traffic jams, demographic development – to predict the effect of such events, computer simulations are required. Many processes in nature, however, are so complicated that conventional computers fail. Quantum ...
Quantum Physics
Oct 17, 2017
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