Researchers report building photonic computing chips that use light pulses to train spiking neural networks on robotic-control-style benchmark tasks, aiming to shift more of the learning workload from ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD New research suggests sleeping a little longer on weekends may help people who cut their sleep short ...

In the 1970s, the contraceptive pill was the most frequently used method of contraception in Western countries; in Germany, for example, one in three women used "the pill." It is safe and reliable, ...

This paper examines whether Chinese development finance is associated with faster progress toward Millennium Development Goal style targets in low- and middle-income countries. We combine AidData’s ...