Entanglement enhances the speed of quantum simulations, transforming long-standing obstacles into a powerful advantage

Researchers from the Faculty of Engineering at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a significant discovery regarding ...

Asteroid impact simulation reveals the hidden strength of space rocks

Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate ...
IEEE

Optimal Control Design and Simulation of a Second-Order Inverted Pendulum System Based on Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR)

Abstract: Inverted pendulum systems (IPSs) are typically nonlinear, highly coupled, multivariable underactuated systems. Due to their complex control characteristics, they have become a research focus ...
Houston Chronicle

Houston Museum of Natural Science’s Foucault Pendulum has stopped after decades of swinging. Here's what happened.

The pendulum at the museum is attached to a 61-foot-long cable. It typically swings as the Earth rotates, knocking down pegs, until it suddenly stopped this month. The Houston Museum of Natural ...