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Quanta Magazine:
For Shang-Hua Teng, theoretical computer science has never been purely theoretical. Now 58, Teng is a professor of computer science at the University of Southern California and a two-time winner of the Gödel Prize, an annual award recognizing groundbreaking…
The Conversation:
Every two to seven years, the equatorial Pacific Ocean gets up to 3°C warmer (what we know as an El Niño event) or colder (La Niña) than usual, triggering a cascade of effects felt around the world. This cycle…
IEEE Spectrum:
What could you do with an extra limb? Consider a surgeon performing a delicate operation, one that needs her expertise and steady hands—all three of them. As her two biological hands manipulate surgical instruments, a third robotic limb that’s…
Physics:
Experts anticipate that chemistry calculations will be “killer apps” for quantum processors. To that aim, they are developing quantum devices that can model complex chemical processes. Now Christopher Wang and colleagues at Yale University have engineered a superconducting circuit…
New Scientist:
Reactions between rocks, rain and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have helped to stabilise the climate throughout Earth’s history, but they won’t prevent our carbon emissions from causing…