Unable to find a teaching position, Einstein bounced around until he completed a doctorate in physics in 1905 and began publishing groundbreaking scientific papers that ultimately changed the world.

For physicist Nicole Yunger Halpern, based at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Maryland, these antiquated automata have a resonance with some of today’s most cutting-edge ...

The announcement came in a 19 February press release containing few technical details — but Microsoft ... a theoretical physicist at the University of Oxford, UK, who was briefed on the results.