The computer, at its core, is an input-output device: it receives instructions, executes programmes, performs calculations ...

A 2,000-year-old loom found in a Chinese tomb may hold the key to the origins of computing.

Sophisticated silk-weaving loom dating back to the Western Han dynasty used physical pattern cards which acted like ancient software.

Black holes — remnants of collapsed stars — have immense mass that curves spacetime so all paths lead inward. They also ...

As China’s largest official scientific body, CAST’s claim to the world’s earliest computer is a big deal. It comes at a time ...

Physicists at Silicon Quantum Computing have developed what they say is the most accurate quantum computing chip ever ...

Researchers at USTC in China turned to microwave-based error correction to achieve a distance-7 logical qubit, much like ...

The true danger isn't just that quantum computers will read our emails. It's that they'll fundamentally change what's possible in the material world.

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...

Chemist Anne Lüscher showed at 39C3 how synthetic DNA can be used for data storage and tamper-proof authentication.

Climate change, AI, geopolitical shifts drive a world in flux, where societies, economies, warfare, no longer binary ...

Governments and tech companies continue to pour money into quantum technology in the hopes of building a supercomputer that can work at speeds we can't yet fathom to solve big problems.