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Why IBM, TSMC, Quantinuum, and SambaNova Systems are among Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in computing for 2025.

Japan's Fugaku supercomputer has gained an edge following the installation of the Reimei quantum computer.

Once online in 2030, it will make current speeds feel like dial-up.

Japan has announced plans to build the world's first zeta-class supercomputer. Still a theoretical exercise, this groundbreaking machine could reach processing speeds a thousand times faster than...

Japan's new state-of-the-art supercomputer, which is due to cost more than $750 million to build, is set to turn on by 2030.

Two atoms of element 116 demonstrate path to hunt for element 120 and extend the periodic table

Supercomputers play a vital role in scientific discoveries — from helping us forecast climate change to discovering new drugs. We've rounded up the top fastest on the planet right now.

A new magnetic material developed by RIKEN physicists could boost computer memory storage by enabling higher memory density and faster memory writing speeds. Their research has been published in the journal Nature Communications.

In creating five new isotopes, an international research team working at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University has brought the stars closer to Earth.

A new study suggests that mutations in regions of the genome that help control gene activity may influence the development of autism.

Some scientists have warned a new strain of COVID-19 could cause potential heart issues. This new strain, known as JN.1, will reduce cardiac function in many

Endocytosis is an important cellular process through which cells internalize substances such as water and nutrients. These substances are first transported as cargo to the initial sorting compartment (endosomes) before being degraded (endo-lysosomal pathway) or recycled (recycling pathway of the plasma membrane).

This is the first time that electron scattering has been observed and recorded.

The long-awaited discovery of oxygen 28 might prompt physicists to revamp theories of how atomic nuclei are structured

Researchers have announced an important step in the development of a next-gen technology for making X-ray free-electron laser pulses brighter and more stable. They used precisely aligned mirrors made of high-quality synthetic diamond to steer X-ray laser pulses around a rectangular racetrack inside a vacuum chamber.

A research group led by scientists from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science have developed a unique material, based on nanofillers embedded in a hydrogel, that can channel mechanical energy in one direction but not the other, acting in a "nonreciprocal" way. Using the composite material—whi

We know that genetic factors play the largest role in the risk of developing schizophrenia, but few of the genes involved have been identified. Now researchers have found relevant mutations that occur in embryos

In Japan, two enzymes that plants need to make oils live in different organelles, a pair of RIKEN researchers has found. This finding will help inform efforts to tweak the metabolism of plants to boost their production of oils, which can be used as biofuels among other things. Oils are formed in the endoplasmic reticulum—a […]

Despite what's written in textbooks, fruit flies use a similar cell-stress sensor as mammals to initiate programmed cell death. Contrary to established understanding, RIKEN researchers have discovered a BH3-only protein in fruit flies that triggers programmed cell death or apoptosis. This discove

Billions of years ago, Earth was an extremely hostile planet with active volcanoes, a harsh atmosphere, and no life. This prebiotic Earth, however, was filled with a wide array of abiotic organic molecules derived from its early environment, which underwent chemical reactions that eventually led to the origin of life.