Computer scientists’ daydreams have revealed the power of quantum mechanics. Imagine meeting omniscient beings who claim to have the solution to a complex problem that no computer could ever solve.

CAMBRIDGE, U.K. – A small Microsoft Research team had lofty goals when it set out four years ago to create an analog optical computer that would use light as a medium for solving complex problems.

When the Clay Mathematics Institute put individual $1-million prize bounties on seven unsolved mathematical problems, they may have undervalued one entry—by a lot. If mathematicians were to resolve, ...

Microsoft's CEO, Satya Nadella, announced a breakthrough in optical computing, published in Nature. The analog optical computer, developed by Microsoft Research, uses light for calculations instead of ...

A mathematician was keen to forecast the evolution of the COVID epidemic. Instead, he ended up solving a problem which had troubled computer scientists for decades. During the corona epidemic many of ...

Recent breakthroughs in quantum computing have led market commentators to, once again, claim that Bitcoin’s future is under threat. Google’s Willow quantum chip and its ability to significantly reduce ...

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of United Airlines flights were disrupted on Wednesday evening as the carrier grappled with a major computer system outage. "The underlying technology issue has been resolved, ...

In its December 2022 report, "Solving Higher Education's Wicked Problems," WGU Labs, the research arm of Western Governors University, identified seven areas that need solutions based on the science ...

The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles resumed business at its driver’s license offices late Thursday afternoon, after problems with the state’s mainframe computers prompted it to suspend operations ...