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Take a risk or play it safe? Neuronal tug-of-war helps the brain decide (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-17 | by Naddaf | tags: orbitofrontal cortex, neuronal circuits, risk-reward decision-making

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The Secret Life of Circuits (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | tags: the secret life of circuits, no starch press, barnes & noble

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“The Secret Life of Circuits” is here (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | tags: the secret life of circuits, no starch press, hardcover book

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A Mathematical Framework for Transformer Circuits (2021) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-12 | by Catherine Olsson | get Deep Learning Goodfellow Bengio Courville book → | tags: transformer circuits, mechanistic interpretability, gpt-3

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Imaging cellular activity across all organs reveals body-wide circuits (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-09 | by Ruetten | get Instant Ocean Sea Salt aquarium salt mix → | tags: zebrafish, danionella cerebrum, janelia research campus

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I'm teaching an introductory 12 week course on Quantum Oracle Engineering (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-06 | get Quantum Computation and Quantum Information Nielsen Chuang → | tags: quantum oracle engineering, quantum circuits, quantum speedup

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A Switch-Level Simulation Model for Integrated Logic Circuits (1981) [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-02 | get ADALM2000 active learning module → | tags: switch-level, integrated logic circuits, simulation model

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Discovered Materials is playing AI whack-a-mole to hunt cooler chips (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-10 | by Tim Fernholz | tags: integrated circuits, discovered materials, anthropic

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Encapsulation epitaxy of air-stable 2D superconductors for quantum circuits (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-05 | by Zheng | tags: acknowledge, acknowledge support, center

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Show HN: I made a game where you build a CPU from logic gates (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | by Laurentiu Raducu | tags: logic gates, cpu, chip builder

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I made a game where you build a CPU from logic gates (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | by Laurentiu Raducu | tags: logic gates, cpu, chip builder

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Underdog ‘spin qubits’ leap forward in race to a useful quantum computer (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-29 | by Garisto | tags: spin qubits, hrl laboratories, quantum computer

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MorphoHDL: A minimalistic language for growing circuits (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-14 | tags: comments

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Cursed circuits #5: capacitance multiplier (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-05 | get Capacitance Multiplier Kit → | tags: capacitor, circuit, frac

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Show HN: zkGolf – Competitive optimization of formally verified circuits (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-02 | get ZkGolf Circuit Optimization Kit → | tags: zkgolf, zero-knowledge circuits, lean 4

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Show HN: zkGolf, competitive optimization of formally verified circuits. (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-02 | get ZkGolf Circuit Design Kit → | tags: zkgolf, zero-knowledge circuits, lean 4

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Your Brain Has Separate Circuits for Belly Laughs and Polite Chuckles (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-23 | get Laughing Yoga Exercise Ball → | tags: brain circuits, spontaneous laughter, epilepsy

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Brain-inspired chip runs near absolute zero and could transform quantum computing (sciencedaily.com)

2026-06-12 | get Quantum Computing Cooling System → | tags: carbide, circuits, cryogenic

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Distributed control circuits across a brain-and-cord connectome (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-08 | by Bates | get Neural Network Development Kit → | tags: ascending, ascending descending, body

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The Secret Life of Circuits with lcamtuf / Michał Zalewski (Audio Interview) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-04 | by Chris Gammell | get Circuit Design Starter Kit → | tags: circuits, circuits lcamtuf, lcamtuf

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Huawei's ‘Chip Queen’ Throws Down the Gauntlet (wired.com)

2026-05-27 | by Will Knight | get Huawei MateBook X Pro → | tags: huawei, hisilicon, tau’s scaling law

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Transistors on a roll: 3D circuits built from stacks of flexible membranes (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-27 | by Deshpande | get Flexible 3D Circuit Kit → | tags: transistors, silicon nanomembranes, 3d circuits

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Experimental randomness amplification (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-27 | by Kulikov | get Quantum Random Number Generator → | tags: quantum error correction, randomness amplification, loophole-free bell test

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How to breathe life back into brain theory (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-25 | by Gómez-Marín | get Neuroscience Brain Puzzle Kit → | tags: neuroscience, brain theory, neural circuits

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IBM invented semiconductor manufacturing automation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-21 | by Jesse Aronstein | get IBM Semiconductor Automation Kit → | tags: ibm, semiconductor, wafer-fabrication

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Long-term editing of brain circuits using an engineered electrical synapse (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | by Ransey | get Optogenetics Neural Stimulation Kit → | tags: connexins, cx26, cx34.7

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Long-term editing of brain circuits using an engineered electrical synapse (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-13 | by Ransey | get Neural Interface Brain Stimulator → | tags: cells, mice

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The UK’s Answer to Darpa Wants to Rewire the Human Brain (wired.com)

2026-04-28 | by David Cox | get Neuralink Brain-Computer Interface → | tags: darpa, aria, neurotechnology

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Show HN: Qumulator – quantum circuit simulator, 1000 qubits, no GPU (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-27 | get Quantum Circuit Simulator Software → | tags: qumulator, quantum circuits, google cloud

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Hacktivists share a guide on making working electronics PCBs made from natural clay with prehistoric technique — ethical hardware tutorial explains how to find clay, stamp 3D printed circuits, paint traces, and fire tablets (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-27 | by Mark Tyson | tags: feminist hacking, clay pcbs, prehistoric firing