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Consciousness may emerge not from code, but from the way living brains physically compute.

Researchers developed a programmable lensless imaging system, LIP, that adapts the mask in real time to enhance image quality and resolution Traditional cameras rely on lenses to focus light and image ...

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What’s the best way to solve hard problems? That’s the question at the heart of a subfield of computer science called computational complexity theory. It’s a hard question to answer, but flip it ...

Analytical chemistry researchers at the University of Amsterdam's Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) have developed a novel algorithm that significantly improves the analysis of ...

Schematic presentation of a copolymer where the red lines represent the soft parts of the polymer and the blue ‘sticks’ the rigid parts that can assemble into hard blocks. The ratio and arrangement of ...

“Obviously” is a dangerous word, even in scenarios that seem simple. Suppose, for instance, you need to do an important computation. You get to choose between two computers that are almost identical, ...