The growing commercialization of the quantum computing industry continues to attract attention from investors, policymakers and industry ...

Time has always seemed like the one thing physics could count on. Matter changes, stars die, particles flicker in and out, ...

This summer, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Tanglewood season is July 10 through Aug. 23, an appropriate occasion to explore Aristotle’s theory of “aether,” source of the word “ethereal.” ...

Abstract: The majority of extremum-seeking literature discusses rigorous stability analysis, thereby limiting its audience to mathematicians and control engineers with strong theoretical backgrounds.

Wanting training in practical rather than theoretical skills may be the opposite of quality training. Technicians rely solely ...

Abstract: Solving combinatorial optimization problems on current noisy quantum devices is currently being advocated for (and restricted to) binary polynomial optimization with equality constraints via ...

The concept of credition represents an innovative research field at the interface of the natural sciences and the humanities addressing the nature of beliefs and believing. Credition signifies the ...

Reconstructed Wigner function of a superposition of two trisqueezed states. Its sixfold rotational symmetry and regions of Wigner negativity reveal highly non-classical quantum interference in the ion ...

A festival gift box inspired by the DIVAS' DREAM motif from Bvlgari Hotel Beijing. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] As Dragon Boat Festival approaches, the familiar aroma of zongzi — China's ...

Quantum memories, systems that store and retrieve information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, can outperform classical storage systems on some existing tasks. Yet these promising memories could ...

One classical school in Minneapolis offers a lesson on how to create opportunities in tough areas. Policymakers and special interest groups should pay attention. In May, at a hearing of the U.S. House ...

The oil industry holds relatively few surprises for strategists. Things change, of course, sometimes dramatically, but in relatively predictable ways. Planners know, for instance, that global supply ...