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Simulation games aren't just the realm of thousand-dollar joystick setups and force feedback racing chairs; they can encompass anything, really, from cleaning stubborn dirt to designing the most ...

Variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) face scalability challenges, notably barren plateaus, where the loss landscape flattens with increasing system size. Here, the authors explore an analog VQA ...

How do you know anything is real? Some things you can see directly, like your fingers. Other things, like your chin, you need a mirror or a camera to see. Other things can't be seen, but you believe ...

Abstract: Since they offer profound insights into the atomic-level interactions between drug candidates and their biological targets, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have become extremely ...