Computer Science

A new device concept opens the door to compact, high-performance transistors with built-in memory.

The UK Government recently published its response to the House of Lords UK Engagement with Space Committee report, marking an important moment for the UK’s growing space sector.

While quantum computers continue to slowly grind toward usefulness, some are pursuing a different approach—analog quantum simulation. This path doesn’t offer complete control of single bits of quantum information, known as qubits—it is not a universal quantum computer. Instead, quantum simulators directly mimic complex, difficult-to-access things, like individual molecules, chemical reactions, or novel materials. What analog quantum simulation lacks in flexibility, it makes up for in feasibility: quantum simulators are ready now.“Instead of using qubits, as you would typically in a quantum computer, we just directly encode the problem into the geometry and structure of the array itse..

The House of Commons Business and Trade Committee has published a new report on its priorities, including several suggestions from techUK.

What happens when you create a social media platform that only AI bots can post to? The answer, it turns out, is both entertaining and concerning. Moltbook is exactly that—a platform where artificial intelligence agents chat among themselves and humans can only watch from the sidelines.

He joins Nikos Trichakis in guiding the cross-cutting initiative of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.

Torralba’s research focuses on computer vision, machine learning, and human visual perception.

Professor James Collins discusses how collaboration has been central to his research into combining computational predictions with new experimental platforms.

When AlphaFold solved the protein-folding problem in 2020, it showed that artificial intelligence could crack one of biology’s deepest mysteries: how a string of amino acids folds itself into a working molecular machine.The team at Google DeepMind behind that Nobel Prize-winning platform then turned their lens from from the structure of proteins to how these molecules function in the body. Applying similar machine-learning methods, they first developed AlphaMissense, an AI tool for predicting which changes in protein structure are likely to cause disease. AlphaProteo, a system for designing proteins that bind to specific molecular targets, came next.Now the architects of the Alpha platform..

The previous article in this series, “Rules fail at the prompt, succeed at the boundary,” focused on the first AI-orchestrated espionage campaign and the failure of prompt-level control. This article is the prescription. The question every CEO is now getting from their board is some version of: What do we do about agent risk? Across…

This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why AI companies are betting on next-gen nuclear AI is driving unprecedented investment for massive data centers and an energy supply that can support its huge computational appetite. One potential source of electricity…

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In 1930, a young physicist named Carl D. Anderson was tasked by his mentor with measuring the energies of cosmic rays—particles arriving at high speed from outer space. Anderson built an improved version of a cloud chamber, a device that visually records the trajectories of particles. In 1932, he saw evidence that confusingly combined the properties of protons and electrons. “A situation began to develop that had its awkward aspects,” he wrote many years after winning a Nobel Prize at the age of 31. Anderson had accidentally discovered antimatter.Four years after his first discovery, he codiscovered another elementary particle, the muon. This one prompted one physicist to ask, “Who o..

This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Microbes could extract the metal needed for cleantech In a pine forest on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the only active nickel mine in the US is nearing the end of its life. At a…

In a pine forest on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the only active nickel mine in the US is nearing the end of its life. At a time when carmakers want the metal for electric-vehicle batteries, nickel concentration at Eagle Mine is falling and could soon drop too low to warrant digging. But earlier this year, the…

The International AI Safety Report 2026 has been released today on 3 February 2026, marking the second iteration of the most comprehensive global assessment of artificial intelligence capabilities, risks, and safety measures.

The FCA has opened applications for the second cohort for their AI Live Testing service which offers firms the opportunity to test AI systems in live market conditions with regulatory support. Applications are open until 2 March 2026.

Barnsley has been named the UK’s first government-backed Tech Town, with plans to roll out AI across public services, skills, healthcare and local business as part of a place-based regeneration approach. Announced by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, the initiative aims to demonstrate how AI adoption can improve local services, build skills and support regional growth.

By now, it's no secret that large language models (LLMs) are experts at mimicking natural language. Trained on vast troves of data, these models have proven themselves capable of generating text so convincing that it regularly appears humanlike to readers. But is there any difference between how we think about a word and how an LLM does?

MIT researchers’ DiffSyn model offers recipes for synthesizing new materials, enabling faster experimentation and a shorter journey from hypothesis to use.

Computer scientists often assume that the brain works by approximations, and therefore that computing hardware inspired by the brain won’t be as good at complex math as traditional hardware. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are pushing back against this premise. In a paper published in Nature Machine Intelligence last November, they show that neuromorphic hardware built by Intel can solve differential equations using one of the most important methods in scientific computing, the finite element method.Computing inspired by the brainNeuromorphic computing promises to be more energy efficient than conventional hardware, which uses densely packed electrical switches to add up signal..

At times, it can seem like efforts to regulate and rein in AI are everything, everywhere, all at once.China issued the first AI-specific regulations in 2021. The focus is squarely on providers and content governance, enforced through platform control and recordkeeping requirements. In Europe, the European Union AI Act dates to 2024, but the European Commission is already proposing updates and simplification.India charged its senior technical advisors with creating an AI governance system, which they released in November 2025.In the United States, the states are legislating and enforcing their own AI rules even as the federal government in 2025 moved to prevent state action and loosen the re..

Sixth-generation wireless networks, or 6G, are expected to achieve terabit-per-second speeds using terahertz frequencies. However, to harness the terahertz spectrum, complicated device designs are typically needed to establish multiple high-speed connections. Now research suggests that advanced topological materials may ultimately help to achieve such links. The experimental device the researchers have made, in fact, achieved 72 gigabits-per-second data rates, and reached more than 75 percent of the three-dimensional space around it.“It delivers very high data speeds, wide coverage without moving parts, support for multiple simultaneous links, and two-way communication, all while keeping s..

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Many organizations rushed into generative AI, only to see pilots fail to deliver value. Now, companies want measurable outcomes—but how do you design for success? At Mistral AI, we partner with global industry leaders to co-design tailored AI solutions that solve their most difficult problems. Whether it’s increasing CX productivity with Cisco, building a more…

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