We are now at an exciting point in our process of developing quantum computers and understanding their computational power: It has been demonstrated that quantum computers can outperform classical ones (if you buy my argument from Parts 1 and 2 …
Using our observations and predictions based off of Einstein’s theory of general relativity, physicists are pretty sure that there’s a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. But according to a new paper, that prediction might be …
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On the outskirts of our solar system, two enigmatic giants loom: Uranus and Neptune. In terms of mass and size, both resemble many of the exoplanets discovered in recent years. Within our own solar system, these planets are known as …
I’ve been trying to understand (not entirely successfully yet…) Wick rotation using hyperfunctions, which are a sort of distributions not as well-known as they should be. Some notes about them are in a separate pdf. What is well-known is that …
The AIP Niels Bohr Library & Archives is thrilled to announce that the Ronald E. Mickens Collection on African-American Physicists is now available on our digital repository. This is one of our most requested collections, and we are pleased to …
Reactions ranged from disappointment to enthusiasm On Feb. 18, MIT faculty gathered in Huntington Hall (10-250) for the first faculty meeting of 2026, where they discussed the recent proposal released by the Task Force on the Undergraduate Academic Program (TFUAP). …
📖Read Time: 9 minutes 📊Readability: Advanced 📐 (Technical knowledge needed) 🔖Core Topics: stochastic, probability, time, dt, tile Stochastic calculus has come a long way since Robert Brown described the motion of pollen through a microscope in 1827. It’s now a …
Havana Syndrome is a mysterious ailment that has affected at least 1,500 people – the vast majority of them U.S. diplomats or government officials. Symptoms include headaches, dizziness, and blurred vision, all of which are symptoms of being targeted by …
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