AIs can't stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations

AIs can't stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations

• Artificial intelligences opt for nuclear weapons surprisingly oftenGalerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images Artificial intelligences opt for nuclear weapons surprisingly often Galerie Bil

Science · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 260 words

Supercomputer simulations reveal rotation drives chemical mixing in red giant stars

• Advances in supercomputing have made solving a long‐standing astronomical conundrum possible: How can we explain the changes in the chemical composition at the surface of red gia

Science · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 123 words
Force Fields Will Accelerate Atomistic Simulations By 10,000× In 2026, Unlocking New Era Of Discovery

Force Fields Will Accelerate Atomistic Simulations By 10,000× In 2026, Unlocking New Era Of Discovery

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High-performance Vector-length Agnostic Quantum Circuit Simulations on ARM Processors

High-performance Vector-length Agnostic Quantum Circuit Simulations on ARM Processors

• Computer Science > Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing [Submitted on 10 Feb 2026 (v1), last revised 18 Feb 2026 (this version, v2)] Title:High-performance Vector-length

'Boomerang' earthquake simulations suggest ricocheting ruptures may be more common than previously thought

• An earthquake typically sets off ruptures that ripple out from its underground origins. • But on rare occasions, seismologists have observed quakes that reverse course, further s

Science · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 136 words

Simplifying quantum simulations-symmetry can cut computational effort by several orders of magnitude

• Quantum computer research is advancing at a rapid pace. • Today’s devices, however, still have significant limitations: For example, the length of a quantum computation is severe

Science · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 131 words

Simulations map how single-crystal battery materials could boost cycle life

• The performance of rechargeable batteries is governed by processes deep within their components. • A fundamental understanding of electrochemistry, structure-property-performance

Science · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 106 words