FSNet is a new problem-solving tool that can find the optimal solution to an extremely complex problem without violating any of the problem’s many constraints. Developed at MIT, FSNet could help power grid operators manage electricity-production scheduling.

University of Delaware materials scientist Matthew Doty studies how magnetic and electric systems can work together to create the next generation of computing technology. His latest research, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveals that magnons – tiny magnetic waves – can generate measurable electric signals, opening the door to ultrafast, energy-efficient devices that transmit information using magnetic waves instead of electrical currents.

It’s a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced civilization’s supercomputer.

But new research from UBC Okanagan has mathematically proven this isn’t just unlikely—it’s impossible.