Mathematicians have solved a physics puzzle using backyard sprinklers. Experiments with silly sprinklers clarified how reverse sprinklers rotate. The key lies in how water momentum collides inside the ...

A quantum problem once described as impossible for classical computers has now been solved using relatively modest hardware.

A decade after uncovering a mysterious mathematical relationship in the physics of "jamming," Nobel laureate Giorgio Parisi ...

A new AI framework called THOR is transforming how scientists calculate the behavior of atoms inside materials. Instead of relying on slow simulations that take weeks of supercomputer time, the system ...

This is the second of three feature articles Ars is publishing to explore the financial, technical, and competitive ...

The companies that succeed in the AI era will be the ones that solve the infrastructure challenge at every layer between the ...

Global Quantum Forum 2026 opens in Chicago as Trump's post-quantum cryptography executive orders set 2030 and 2031 deadlines ...

Applied Computing has raised a $20M Series A to build a foundation AI model for the oil, gas and petrochemical industry.

For communities worried about PFAS contamination, waiting for test results can mean days of uncertainty. A University of ...

Somewhere between a Mr. Burns scheme and every plan Cobra Commander ever pitched sits the idea of launching giant mirrors into space so we can shine sunlight back onto Earth after dark. It also ...

Plastic has become a ubiquitous part of modern life—in water bottles, shopping bags and car dashboards. But once discarded, ...

A former teacher is now helping Pacific Fusion build a workforce pipeline in New Mexico — from trade skills to advanced ...