Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed an innovative energy storage system ...
Quantum walks sound abstract, but they sit at the center of a very concrete race: who will harness quantum mechanics to solve problems that overwhelm today’s most powerful supercomputers. Instead of ...
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a new approach that addresses the limitations of generative AI ...
Abstract: The growing direct integration of renewable energy sources (RES) into railway power networks has increased their vulnerability to power quality (PQ) disturbances and dynamic variations. To ...
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A new theory to explain consciousness

What if our understanding of consciousness has been missing the point by trying to compare it to software? The debate on the ...
When René Descartes watched a mechanical figure move with lifelike precision in the 17th century, the scene unsettled him. The machine behaved like a person, yet no one believed it could feel.
A new theoretical framework argues that the long-standing split between computational functionalism and biological naturalism misses how real brains actually compute.
Nothing on the surface of this scrubby expanse of western Nevada desert, overlooked by towering, craggy mountains, gives even a hint of what lies beneath. But a few thousand feet underground is a ...
Most organizations are familiar with the traditional approach to external visibility: rely on passive internet-scan data, subscription-based datasets, or occasional point-in-time reconnaissance to ...
Zanskar uses AI to identify hidden geothermal systems—and claims it has found one that could fuel a power plant, the first such discovery by industry in decades. A geothermal startup said Thursday ...
As part of yesterday’s Android 16 QPR2 launch and new features drop, Google is ending Samsung’s exclusivity on continuous Circle to Search translations. The existing CtS capability captures just your ...
The big picture: Nvidia has focused more on AI hardware than on traditional PC GPUs in recent years, but it remains the world's leading graphics chip designer. However, its repositioning as an ...