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Blog / The Ins and Outs of Quantum Computing

March 11, 2025May 5, 2025 / Syed Masood /

The history, the current breakthroughs, and potential future of quantum computing.

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Blog / The Uneven Progress of Diversity Across STEM Fields

March 17, 2022 / Allison Smith /

Diveristy in STEM can vary widely across fields. Let’s delve into what fields are more underrepresented, what drives this, and how we can address it.

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Blog / To the Moon and back: a profile of an unsung hero, Margaret Hamilton

October 26, 2021October 27, 2021 / Jamshaid Shahir /

The last decade has shed light on many unsung women scientists who have catapulted humanity to new heights. In this article, we will learn about Margaret Hamilton, the woman responsibility for getting humanity to the Moon and back safe and sound.

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Blog / AlphaFold Unlocks Protein Structure Prediction with Artificial Intelligence

August 10, 2021 / Matt Niederhuber /

In theory, a protein’s structure could be computationally predicted using only its unique sequence of amino acids. But for the last half century, accurate structural predictions of proteins have remained one of the great puzzles of modern biology.

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Blog / The birth and inevitable death of Moore’s Law

March 31, 2021 / Corban Murphey /

We’ve all seen it happening: shiny and fantastical electronic devices coming out year after year, each one rendering its predecessor obsolete. Why does this happen? Will we eventually hit a…

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Blog / Xenobots: Programming Life

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 / Meaghan Kennedy Ng / 1

In an article that came out earlier this year, researchers were able to design tissues based on the outputs from computational simulations, such that they would carry out common cellular behaviors in the most optimized manner.

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Blog / The Machine Learning Sonata

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 / Jamshaid Shahir / 2

Machine learning has influenced several facets of our lives, from how we conduct research to even how we listen to music. In this post, let’s explore how machine learning is changing the way we listen to and even compose music.

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