For more than a decade, mathematicians have been unable to settle the question of whether the ABC conjecture has been solved.

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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 ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A few months ago, I sat in a board meeting at a financial services firm where the CEO was walking the directors through the company’s AI transformation. The slides were impeccable, detailing AI ...

Researchers have developed a new type of optical fiber by freezing a glass capillary filled with liquid. It guides light and ...

The Majorana 2 quantum chip embodies Microsoft's efforts to use a topological architecture to pursue fault-tolerant quantum ...

Look at every movie Marvel's Phase 7 is rumored to be, line them up next to each other, and you notice the same thing about all of them. There isn't one genuinely new idea in the bunch. But even ...

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. — Skeptics of the Catawba Nation’s plan to build a casino went beyond calling it a gamble. “They said it couldn’t be done on 18 acres,” said Catawba Chief Brian Harris, ...

Tech startup I-Pulse has secured a $250 million research and development grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s CHIPS office. It is one of the largest federal investments in a company developing ...

In his battle to clean the murky waters of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, President Donald Trump has tried draining, painting, hydrogen peroxide and what the Interior Department describes as ...