
Discovery Helps Computers Draw Intricate Two-Dimensional Animations
A new algorithm solves the long-standing “hidden line problem” of computer graphics
A new algorithm solves the long-standing “hidden line problem” of computer graphics
Social media companies need to give their data to independent researchers to better understand how to keep users safe
How, and whether, to keep atomic time in sync with Earth’s rotation is still up for debate
Acquaintances, more than close friends, show the strength of “weak ties” when it comes to employment
Flexible organic circuits that mimic biological neurons could increase processing speed and might someday hook right into your head
The CHIPS and Science Act aims to support domestic semiconductor production, new high-tech jobs and scientific research—even NASA
Scientists scramble to forecast where and when the disease-carrying arthropods pose the most danger
When we first started researching Klára Dán von Neumann, we thought she was “the computer scientist you should thank for your smartphone’s weather app.” It turns out that’s not true...
Eventually, the most ethical option might be to divert all resources toward building very happy machines
Klára Dán von Neumann encounters a new home, a new husband and a new project
In the newest season of Lost Women of Science, we enter a world of secrecy, computers and nuclear weapons—and see how Klára Dán von Neumann was a part of all of it...
Klára Dán von Neumann enters the netherworld of computer simulations and the postwar Los Alamos National Laboratory
The same physics that makes quantum computers powerful also makes them finicky. New techniques aim to correct errors faster than they can build up
ENIAC, an early electronic computer, gets a makeover
In the newest season of Lost Women of Science, we enter a world of secrecy, computers and nuclear weapons—and see how Klára Dán von Neumann was a part of all of it...
Klára Dán von Neumann arrives in Princeton, N.J., just as war breaks out in Europe
Before she entered a world of secrecy, computers and nuclear weapons, who was Klára Dán von Neumann?
Overheating is a major problem for today’s computers, but those of tomorrow might stay cool by circumventing a canonical boundary on information processing
Rather than take a side, these campaigns create decision paralysis that leads to inaction
When Russia invaded Ukraine, many analysts expected an unprecedented level of cyberattacks—which so far haven’t materialized
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