Bill Cannon

Connecting the neurodots

The human brain contains a vast expanse of unmapped territory. An adult brain measures only about 1,300 cubic centimeters —… Read More

December 3, 2024

We the AI trainers

Computer scientists are democratizing artificial intelligence, devising a way to enable virtually anyone to train their own AI models, no… Read More

November 12, 2024

AI turbocharge

Electrifying transportation and storing renewable energy require improving batteries, including their electrolytes. These fluids help lithium ions shuttle seamlessly from… Read More

October 30, 2024

Pandemic preparedness

During the pandemic turmoil, Margaret Cheung reconsidered her career. At the University of Houston, she was approaching the physics of… Read More

October 16, 2024

A heavy lift

Growing up in the remote countryside of China’s Hunan province, Z.J. Wang didn’t see trains or automobiles often, but about… Read More

August 1, 2024

Frugal fusion

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) scientists are creating simulations to advance magnetic mirror technology, a potential path to safe, clean… Read More

July 16, 2024

A deeper shade of green

Niall Mangan uses data to explore the underlying mechanisms of energy systems, particularly ones for energy capture, transduction and storage.… Read More

June 26, 2024

Under life’s hood

The Institute for Computational Biomedicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University’s medical college in New York City, needs help from… Read More

May 30, 2024

Holistic computing

Bahar Asgari thinks that high-performance supercomputers (HPCs) could run far more efficiently and consume less energy. That’s particularly possible when… Read More

April 24, 2024

Quanta in bulk

Quantum computers hold the promise of processing information exponentially faster than traditional machines — 100 million times the speed of… Read More

April 2, 2024