A new quantum-inspired algorithm has cracked a problem so massive that conventional supercomputers struggle to even approach it. Researchers used the method to simulate extraordinarily complex quantum ...
Abstract: To address the inconsistency issue in large-scale series-connected lithium battery packs, this paper proposes an active equalization topology along with a novel equalization control strategy ...
As the world races to build artificial superintelligence, one maverick bioengineer is testing how much unprogrammed intelligence may already be lurking in our simplest algorithms to determine whether ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...
Greedy people often take more than they need and don’t have much sympathy for the people they take from. There are several reasons for this, but one in particular is that greedy people will never ...
An African penguin who left many offspring in his long life, he belonged to the largest colony of the aquatic bird species in North America, according to the zoo. By Hank Sanders The popular African ...
After a celebrated, decades-long career as one of North America’s most reproductively successful members of an endangered species, African penguin No. 821 — known fondly as Mr. Greedy — has passed ...
A sleepy East Coast community is easily corrupted by a handful of eccentric characters (including the likes of Traci Lords and Simon Rex) when an unclaimed bag of cash is found at a murder scene. This ...