What if the most powerful artificial intelligence models could teach their smaller, more efficient counterparts everything they know—without sacrificing performance? This isn’t science fiction; it’s ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. The Chinese AI company DeepSeek released a chatbot earlier this year called R1, which drew a huge amount of attention. Most of it ...

Distillation columns are extensively deployed in the chemical process industries when there is a need for separation of components that have different boiling points. Typically, a mixture of ...

The third is adversarial distillation. Distillation is a technique for training AI models in which a developer prompts one model and uses its responses to train another. Because those responses ...

Distillation is one of the oldest methods of water treatment and is still in use today, though not commonly as a home treatment method. It can effectively remove many contaminants from drinking water, ...

Different distilling methods produce distinct profiles and can affect a spirit’s flavor, aroma, and texture. Distillation shapes a spirit’s flavor, aroma, and texture by removing unwanted compounds ...

If you enjoy spirits, you likely know that they're distilled. But what does that mean? Distillation is a method to purify a liquid through heat and condensation. In spirits, distillation removes ...