Previously on the blog, we've discussed a recurring theme throughout mathematics: making new things from old things. Today, I'd like to focus on a particular way to build a new vector space from old vector spaces: the tensor product. This construction often…

Samsung early on Friday revealed the world's first 32 Gb DDR5 DRAM die. The new memory die is made on the company's 12 nm-class DRAM fabrication process and not only offers increased density, but also lowers power consumption. The chip will allow Samsung…

Whether it’s at a concert, play or lecture, we love to show our appreciation by clapping our hands. Laura Hiscott finds out how to get the best sound

Making a gestural, itemized environment more fluid

My grandpa -- my Missouri grandpa, who played slide guitar to me when I got homesick on the rare occasions I stayed with them -- grew up on a farm without electricity. He went past eighth grade, which really mattered to him. He loved that I played harp, which…

You may have noticed that there’s a massive, bipartisan push afoot to pass “right to repair” laws in many states making it easier and cheaper to repair the things you buy. In a bi…

The great thing about measuring developer productivity is that you can quickly identify the bad programmers. I want to tell you about the worst programmer I know, and why I fought to keep him in the team.

Microsoft has quietly revealed that WordPad, the basic word processor that's been included with Windows since 1995, is being retired.

A Highly Portable Future

"Agricultural exceptionalism," explained.

Scientist proved for the first time that kidney cells, housed in an implantable device functioning as an artificial kidney, can survive inside the body of an animal.

A Russian rocket scientist has died after mysteriously being poisoned - with Russian state media saying that he ate edible mushrooms.

A farmer plows his irrigated cotton field in Gujarat, India. Image credit: Meha Jain, University of Michigan.




Study: Warming temperatures exacerbate groundwater depletion rates in India




A new University of Michigan-led study finds that farmers in…