Distributed systems of servers now power almost everything we do online, from file sharing to video streaming to shopping.

Does cloud-free AI have the cutting-edge over data processing and storage on centralised, remote servers by providers like ...

Late in 2025, we covered the development of an AI system called Evo that was trained on massive numbers of bacterial genomes. So many that, when prompted with sequences from a cluster of related genes ...

Since cloud based and distributed computing platforms have continued to support high demand digital services, the ability to obtain consistent request completion time, low operational delay and ...

The idea behind quantum computing has existed for a long while now, with the primary goal being to basically create supercomputers capable of calculating intensive problems almost instantly. While we ...

In the race between DNA sequencing throughput and computer speed, sequencing is winning by a mile. Sequencing throughput has recently been improving at a rate of about fivefold per year 1, whereas ...

When she was a college student, Stephanie Pridgeon fell hard for a documentary by award-winning director Sandi DuBowski. In this full circle moment, she introduced her students to DuBowski's work ...

The evidence is solid but not definitive, as the conclusions rely on the absence of changes in spatial breadth and would benefit from clearer statistical justification and a more cautious ...

The day when quantum computers will be able to break conventional encryption is rapidly approaching, but not all companies are prepared to implement post-quantum cryptography. Quantum-safe encryption ...

Four Bates seniors are hoping to get the chance to spend the next year seeking answers to some big questions. Finalists for the Watson Fellowship, these students are exploring differing approaches to ...