A computer that relies on fungal mycelium to store information could one day be a low-cost alternative to the current ...

A new paper published in PLOS One shows that mushrooms can act as the "memristors" required for many next-gen computing ...

In the eighties, computer processors became faster and faster, while memory access times stagnated and hindered additional performance increases. Something had to be done to speed up memory access and ...

Scientists transform grocery store mushrooms into working computer memory chips that switch electrical states 5,850 times per ...

Working memory is what allows humans to juggle different pieces of information in short-term scenarios, like making a mental grocery list and then going shopping or remembering and then dialing a ...

Investigators have discovered how brain cells responsible for working memory -- the type required to remember a phone number long enough to dial it -- coordinate intentional focus and short-term ...

When buying a PC, it’s not just one single component that counts, like the best graphics card or the most powerful CPU. Instead, you need to consider many individual parts when making your decision.

In the future, a new type of computer may be able to learn much like you do—by experience rather than endless repetition or ...