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  • Scientists carve up tiny transistors to one atom thick

    British scientists have created what they claim is the world's smallest transistor, measuring one atom in thickness and 10 atoms in width.

  • Big bang demands big computer

    A Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist, known for calculating the absolute, physical limit of a laptop computer's storage potential, has now imagined what it would take for a computer to accurately simulate the entire universe throughout its history.

  • Scientists teach computer to speak

    Scientists in Israel are treating their computer like an unruly child, correcting its mistakes and punishing it for errors. Could tutoring be the way to develop machines that talk back?

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  • Big bang demands big computer

    A Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist, known for calculating the absolute, physical limit of a laptop computer's storage potential, has now imagined what it would take for a computer to accurately simulate the entire universe throughout its history.

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