Smithsonian Magazine

Mathematicians Puzzled Over a Famous Problem for 80 Years. Now, They’ve Used A.I. to Identify a Clever Solution

In 1946, the mathematician Paul Erdős posed the unit distance problem—and suggested a winning strategy. An A.I. model has now ...
Microsoft

Introducing Majorana 2

Microsoft today unveiled Majorana 2, its newest topological quantum chip featuring a next-generation materials stack and qubits that are 1,000 times more reliable than their predecessors. With this ...
IEEE

Asymmetric Phase MPCC Interleaving Method for Boost PFC Converter With Enhanced Input Current Harmonic Characteristic

Abstract: This paper proposes an asymmetric phase model predictive current control (MPCC) interleaving method to improve power density, power factor (PF), and total harmonic distortion (THD) of power ...
Communications of the ACM

I Spent a Year Asking AI to Solve Math’s Hardest Problem. Here’s What Happened

P vs. NP asks: are these two classes actually the same? If P = NP, then every “hard” problem is secretly fast to solve; we ...
IEEE

A Cross-Type Multifocus Phase Compensation Method Enables Metalens Antenna Wide-Angle Beam Steering

Abstract: An artificial metalens manipulates the electromagnetic wavefront phase via deploying transmitted phase and amplitude of metasurfaces units, which exhibits excellent merits in beam steering ...
Wired

Using AI for Just 10 Minutes Might Make You Lazy and Dumb, Study Shows

Using AI chatbots for even just 10 minutes may have a shockingly negative impact on people’s ability to think and problem-solve, according to a new study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon, MIT, ...