Do we live in a computer simulation like in The Matrix? My proposed new law of physics backs up the idea

If the average amount of information conveyed by an event is always decreasing, it could mean we live in a computer program.

Melvin M. Vopson, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Portsmouth • conversation
Oct. 18, 2023 ~8 min

Can supercomputers help solve mysteries of universe?

A talk with Andrew Pontzen, author of “The Universe in a Box: Simulations and the Quest to Code the Cosmos.”

Liz Mineo • harvard
July 31, 2023 ~6 min


Helping robots handle fluids

Researchers create new simulation tool for robots to manipulate complex fluids in a step toward helping robots more effortlessly assist with daily tasks.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
May 24, 2023 ~9 min

Open-source platform simulates wildlife for soft robotics designers

SoftZoo is a soft robot co-design platform that can test optimal shapes and sizes for robotic performance in different environments.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
May 2, 2023 ~8 min

3D-printing the brain's blood vessels with silicone could improve and personalize neurosurgery – new technique shows how

Organ models that more accurately capture finer details could reduce surgical error and lead to personalized implants.

Thomas Angelini, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida • conversation
March 24, 2023 ~7 min

Building better brain collaboration online – despite scientific squabbles, the decade-long Human Brain Project brought measurable success to neuroscience collaboration

The European Union’s 10-year Human Brain Project is coming to a close. Whether this controversial 1 billion-euro project achieved its aims is unclear, but its online forum did foster collaboration.

Ann-Christin Kreyer, Ph.D. Candidate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition • conversation
March 22, 2023 ~10 min

How to test if we're living in a computer simulation

There may be ways to check if our universe is just simulated entertainment for an advanced, alien species.

Melvin M. Vopson, Senior Lecturer in Physics, University of Portsmouth • conversation
Nov. 21, 2022 ~8 min

‘Hologram patients’ developed to help train doctors and nurses

A new partnership involving Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) and the University’s Faculty of Education, brings medical training using “mixed reality”

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 28, 2022 ~4 min


Researchers release open-source photorealistic simulator for autonomous driving

MIT scientists unveil the first open-source simulation engine capable of constructing realistic environments for deployable training and testing of autonomous vehicles.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
June 21, 2022 ~8 min

New tool models evolution of opioid crisis

To help combat the opioid crisis, researchers have developed a tool, known as SOURCE, which taps national data on opioids to track stages of use and misuse, including use initiation, treatment, relapse, and death by overdose.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
June 3, 2022 ~4 min

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