Fungal networks may be a promising alternative to tiny metal devices used in processing and storing digital memories and ...

Mushrooms can store data and act as living chips, offering a low-cost, sustainable alternative to silicon for future ...

To reduce electronic waste and cut greenhouse gas emissions from plastic, future computer chips might use a substrate made of mushrooms. This isn’t something out of the Mario Bros. movie, either. That ...

Big Tech’s latest batch of mixed-reality headsets are ready for you, but are they just stopgaps on the way to something else?

Computers are not mechanical brains, and our brains are not biological computers. They differ in function, organization, and composition. Both have circuits, sure, but computer chips are ultimately ...

A glittering hunk of crystal gets its iridescence from a highly regular atomic structure. Frank Wilczek, the 2012 Nobel ...

We’ve seen the future of architecture and design, and it’s at the intersection of biology, computing, and engineering. While many architects these days put up buildings loaded with energy-saving ...

Rajendra Raj, professor of computer science, has been appointed co-chair of an international task force to revise computer science curriculum in the next decade. About every 10 years, a joint task ...