Forgetting feels like a failure of attention, but physics treats it as a fundamental process with a measurable price. At the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." For the past 30 years, scientists have investigated whether the human brain might require quantum ...

Consciousness has long resisted neat explanations, but a growing body of research suggests the problem may lie in how we ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — It’s estimated it can take an AI model over 6,000 joules of energy to generate a single text response. By comparison, your brain needs just 20 joules every second to keep you alive and ...

Using tiny semiconductor particles called quantum dots, a team of researchers at the University of Washington has discovered a targeted way to stimulate neurons in the brain. Quantum dots have ...

The collapse of a superposition state during measurement. Source: Peter Kvam One of the beautiful things about physics, as a field, is its ability to inspire the creation or use of new mathematical ...

The mere mention of “quantum consciousness” makes most physicists cringe, as the phrase seems to evoke the vague, insipid musings of a New Age guru. But if a new hypothesis proves to be correct, ...

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For the past 30 years, scientists have investigated whether the human brain might require quantum processes to achieve cognition. A new study from Shanghai University uses mathematical models to ...