Tensor networks enable researchers to tackle quantum physics problems previously thought to be solvable only by quantum computers. Credit: Lucy Reading-Ikkanda/Simons Foundation By applying a 1980s ...

It has been nine years since a Chinese HPC supercomputer was at the top of the High Performance Linpack performance rankings, but as we all know, China did break through the exascale flops barrier at ...

More than 20% of the workload on the world's 500 fastest supercomputers is spent simulating how atoms and molecules move—with applications ranging from material design to identifying drug interactions ...

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A supercomputer in Shenzhen was declared the world’s fastest. It uses only standard microprocessors and not the ...

Working with circuits and LED lights guides students to test ideas, troubleshoot problems, revise plans, notice patterns, and ...

Growth and change in technology have brought a boom in the availability of data and the need for people to shape technologies. Growing areas like machine learning require expertise in programming, ...

The percentage of failing grades in multiple UC Berkeley computer science classes in spring 2026 is significantly higher than past semesters and marks a departure from the department’s grading ...

4,329 students. 487 institutions. 12 problems. 6 hours. A median score of 0 to 2 points out of 120. Those are the numbers behind the most prestigious undergraduate mathematics exam in North ...

One of the most bitterly contested proofs in modern mathematics may be on the verge of being untangled. Two projects, both aiming to use a computer program to cast new light on the controversy, are ...

Over the weekend, Neel Somani, who is a software engineer, former quant researcher, and a startup founder, was testing the math skills of OpenAI’s new model when he made an unexpected discovery. After ...

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...