Physics

AI promises to revolutionize the way we do science, which raises a central technological question of our time: Can classical AI understand all natural phenomena, or are some fundamentally beyond its reach? Many proponents of artificial intelligence argue that any …

When electricity first emerged as a technology, Edison and Tesla clashed in the “war of currents,” arguing over whether alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC) should be the global standard of electricity. While AC won that battle, it’s become …

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There are many shapes that can be tiled to fill space, but nearly all of them have sharp corners. Last year, mathematicians identified a new class of shapes, known as “soft cells,” that feature curved edges and faces but very …

Brian Greene has a new video out today, of himself talking to Edward Witten, mainly about string theory. Pretty much the usual decades-old hype, with nothing even slightly different than what a similar conversation would have consisted of 20 years …

Physicist George Smoot told a packed press conference in 1992, “If you’re religious, it’s like seeing God.” He was referring to the cosmic microwave background, which he and colleague John Mather imaged with NASA’s Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE), marking the …

As announced in October’s blog post, several volumes from the Wenner Collection are now available online in our digital repository . In Part 1, we looked at texts popularizing natural philosophy to the general public. In Part 2, we are …

I ddarllen y dudalen hon yn Gymraeg, cliciwch yma os gwelwch yn dda. To read this page in Welsh, please click here. Applications for a Welsh teacher to attend the 2023 LIGO International Physics and Astronomy (IPA) program are now …

In his 10 years at MIT, Loureiro helped illuminate the physics occurring at the center of fusion vacuum chambers and at the edges of the universe. This article may be updated. Nuno Loureiro, a professor of nuclear science and engineering …

📖Read Time: 15 minutes 📊Readability: Advanced 📐 (Technical knowledge needed) 🔖Core Topics: log, pr, problem, complex, branch Abstract This article will build on the hints about treating the complex numbers as a branched surface, briefly described and pictured in section …