Hamilton also coined the term "software engineering" and founded two successful software companies.

Two women programmers played a pivotal role in the birth of chaos theory. Their previously untold story illustrates the changing status of computation in science.

Lian Yunzhi broke the women's world record twice in three days at World Cube Association competitions.

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She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

A recent special issue of Philosophical Transactions B takes on one of the biggest mysteries in science: how life first began. Instead of trying to replay Earth’s exact history, the issue’s authors lo...

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npj Unconventional Computing - Thermodynamic linear algebra

Current digital hardware struggles with high computational demands in applications such as probabilistic AI. Here, authors present a small-scale thermodynamic computer composed of eight RLC circuits, ...