One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling discovery about the relationship between time and memory in computing.

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Observing the sky from Earth is often hindered by the whims of our atmosphere, which blurs the light from stars and galaxies. A recent mathematical innovation could change the game by making images ...

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...

Zhenbo Wang is an associate professor of mechanical, aerospace and biomedical engineering at the University of Tennessee. In 2024, space exploration dazzled the world. As an aerospace engineer, I'm ...