Peter Hess

New York

Science Journalist at Freelance

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Articles

How AI is improving chip production

3 weeks ago | research.ibm.com | Peter Hess

The silicon wafers that form the basis for modern chips are extremely sensitive. As they’re being manufactured, there are many steps where defects can be introduced. To smooth out this process and ensure that defective chips are caught as early as possible, IBM Research scientists are proposing new algorithms to identify the source of defects across a whole range of chip making processes, and challenging a longstanding assumption about controlling silicon wafer workflow.
Top dietitians: How olive oil could be making you FAT and UNHEALTHY

3 weeks ago | businessandamerica.com | Peter Hess

A debate on cooking oils has reached boiling point – pinning olive oil and alternatives like seed oils against each other. Olive oil has been touted as liquid gold and hailed for its varied health benefits, such as improved heart health and reduced inflammation, with studies to back up the claims.
What’s next in computing is generative and quantum

4 weeks ago | research.ibm.com | Peter Hess

At IBM’s flagship Think conference this week, the company demonstrated how businesses are putting its latest advances in AI, hybrid cloud, hardware, and quantum computing to work. IBM has been pushing the computer industry forward for as long as there has been one, and on Wednesday, IBM Research leaders took the stage to show off what’s next in computing and discuss the wide-reaching implications of two of the fastest moving areas of tech today — AI and quantum computing.
Top dietitians: How olive oil could be making you FAT and UNHEALTHY

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | Peter Hess

A debate on cooking oils has been raging - pinning olive oil and alternatives like seed oils against each other. Olive oil has been touted as liquid gold and hailed for its varied health benefits, such as improved heart health and reduced inflammation, with studies to back up the claims.
IEEE medals recognize unexpected computer science methods

1 month ago | research.ibm.com | Peter Hess

Retired IBM Research scientist Miklós Ajtai and MIT professor Regina Barzilay each received prestigious medals from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) this month. They were presented with the awards on April 23 at IEEE’s Vision Innovation Challenges Summit in Tokyo.
Cosmic Inflation in an Extended Non-Commutative Foliated Quantum Gravity: Friedmann-Type Dynamical Equations

1 month ago | preprints.org | Peter Hess |Remo Ruffini |Dimiter Hadjimichef |Fridolin Weber---

You are already at the latest version A novel approach to cosmic inflation within the framework of a non-commutative Riemannian foliated quantum gravity, built upon a reverse Faddeev–Jackiw symplectic spacetime deformation of the conventional Poisson algebra, is investigated.
Relic Gravitational Waves in the Noncommutative Foliated Riemannian Quantum Gravity

1 month ago | preprints.org | Peter Hess |Fridolin Weber |Remo Ruffini |Dimiter Hadjimichef

You are already at the latest version We present a study of relic gravitational waves based on a foliated gauge field theory defined over a spacetime endowed with a noncommutative algebraic-geometric structure. As an ontological extension of general relativity concerning manifolds, metrics and fiber bundles, the space and time coordinates, which conventionally correspond to classical numbers, are replaced in this formulation by complementary quantum dual fields.
Local Community Benefits from EDF Renewables’ First Operational UK Solar Farm

1 month ago | edf-re.uk | Peter Hess

EDF Renewables UK is proud to announce the successful operation of its first solar farm in the UK, which began generating clean, renewable energy last year, and the start of the community benefit fund for local organisations. The 49.9 MW Sutton Bridge solar farm, located in Lincolnshire is capable of generating enough low carbon electricity for the domestic needs of more than 9,000 households annually[1].
Revolutionizing industries with AI-powered digital twins

1 month ago | research.ibm.com | Peter Hess

10 Apr 2025Case study5 minute readIBM Research’s foundation models are powering simulated versions of complex systems, which promise to accelerate technological progress. Digital twins have long been considered game-changers across industries. Whether in automotive and aerospace, or manufacturing, energy grids, and supply chain logistics, these virtual models of real-world systems have promised to transform operations through predictive modeling and real-time analytics.
How the IBM z17 was prepared for tomorrow’s workloads

2 months ago | research.ibm.com | Peter Hess

Today, IBM announced the release of z17, the latest version of the mainframe that powers enterprises and handles 70% of the world’s financial transactions.1 The brains of the new system’s AI accelerators were conceived and co-developed at IBM Research: the Telum II processor’s embedded AI accelerator core, and the Spyre Accelerator, available in Q4 2025. With these powerful components, z17 will unlock an era of AI applications for enterprise.