Rocky planets may have gotten their start far earlier than anyone expected, almost as soon as the first stars gave the universe the ingredients to build them. New computer simulations suggest that planetesimals, the solid precursors of planets like Earth, could have formed only about 100 million years after the Big Bang. At that point, […]
“I Jumped From My Chair” – Astronomers Discover a Hidden Star Orbiting Betelgeuse
Direct imaging has revealed strong evidence that Betelgeuse is orbited by a companion two to three times as massive as the Sun. For generations, Betelgeuse has appeared to the naked eye as a single reddish point in the constellation Orion. Now astronomers have obtained their strongest evidence yet that the famous star has company. Using […]
A New Quantum Blueprint Could Make States Easier To Tell Apart
MIT and University of Ferrara researchers created a mathematical blueprint for designing distinguishable non-Gaussian quantum states. Researchers worldwide are working to develop quantum systems for sensing, communications, computing, and control that could outperform today’s technologies. A major challenge is creating quantum states that are stable, measurable, and easy to distinguish, since these states are the […]
A New Quantum Blueprint Could Make States Easier To Tell Apart
MIT and University of Ferrara researchers created a mathematical blueprint for designing distinguishable non-Gaussian quantum states. Researchers worldwide are working to develop quantum systems for sensing, communications, computing, and control that could outperform today’s technologies. A major challenge is creating quantum states that are stable, measurable, and easy to distinguish, since these states are the […]
A New Quantum Blueprint Could Make States Easier To Tell Apart
MIT and University of Ferrara researchers created a mathematical blueprint for designing distinguishable non-Gaussian quantum states. Researchers worldwide are working to develop quantum systems for sensing, communications, computing, and control that could outperform today’s technologies. A major challenge is creating quantum states that are stable, measurable, and easy to distinguish, since these states are the […]
A New Quantum Blueprint Could Make States Easier To Tell Apart
MIT and University of Ferrara researchers created a mathematical blueprint for designing distinguishable non-Gaussian quantum states. Researchers worldwide are working to develop quantum systems for sensing, communications, computing, and control that could outperform today’s technologies. A major challenge is creating quantum states that are stable, measurable, and easy to distinguish, since these states are the […]
New Technique Could Slash AI’s Memory Energy Use by Thousands of Times
The microscopic magnetic flips behind digital memory could soon use thousands of times less energy, offering a new way to shrink AI’s rapidly growing power footprint. Artificial intelligence is creating and processing data on an enormous scale. Searches, recommendations, generated images, scientific simulations, and large language models all depend on information that must be repeatedly […]
Scientists Find a Hidden Biological Link Across Different Forms of Autism
Researchers have identified shared biological changes across different genetic forms of autism, despite the disorder’s extensive genetic diversity. Hundreds of genes have been associated with autism, but scientists still do not fully understand the molecular and cellular processes that drive the condition. A new study published in Nature, led by Gaia Novarino at the Institute […]
Scientists Find a Hidden Biological Link Across Different Forms of Autism
Researchers have identified shared biological changes across different genetic forms of autism, despite the disorder’s extensive genetic diversity. Hundreds of genes have been associated with autism, but scientists still do not fully understand the molecular and cellular processes that drive the condition. A new study published in Nature, led by Gaia Novarino at the Institute […]
Scientists Discover a 3.7-Billion-Year-Old Secret of Early Life
Ancient microbes appear to have used molybdenum as far back as 3.7 billion years ago, despite the metal being scarce in Earth’s early oceans. Scientists funded by NASA have found that organisms living on Earth more than 3 billion years ago were already using molybdenum, even though the metal was extremely rare in the environment […]