Physics Archives

They Used Physics To Find Patterns In Information

October 9, 2024

nobel-prize-popular-physics-prize-2024-figure1

This year’s laureates used tools from physics to construct methods that helped lay the foundation for today’s powerful machine learning. John Hopfield created a structure that can store and reconstruct information. Geoffrey Hinton invented…

View Post

View Post

Generative AI Could Offer A Faster Way To Test Theories Of How The Universe Works

March 17, 2024

IBM and CERN are using time-series transformers to model particle collisions at the world’s largest collider; it’s part of a larger goal to turn raw observational data into actionable insights.…

View Post

View Post

Three MIT Alumni Graduate From NASA Astronaut Training

March 8, 2024

Marcos Berríos ’06, Christina Birch PhD ’15, and Christopher Williams PhD ’12, now eligible for spaceflight assignments, encourage MIT students to apply for the next astronaut class. Sandi Miller | Department of…

View Post

View Post

From mRNA To Electrons: Here’s Who Won Nobel Prizes In 2023

October 11, 2023

Image: REUTERS In May 2023, the World Health Organization declared the end of COVID-19 as a global health emergency. The pandemic claimed more than 6.9 million lives in three years. The speed…

View Post

View Post

Nobel prize in physics awarded for work unveiling the secrets of electrons

October 4, 2023

Screenshot at. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach, CC BY-SA Amelle Zaïr, King’s College London The 2023 Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to a trio of scientists for…

View Post

View Post

Science

3 Reasons We Use Graphic Novels To Teach Math And Physics

August 21, 2023

Sarah Klanderman, Marian University and Josha Ho, Marian University Post-pandemic, some educators are trying to reengage students with technology – like videos, computer gaming or artificial intelligence, just to name…

View Post

View Post

New Quantum Magnet Unleashes Electronics Potential

July 27, 2023

Julianna Mullen | Plasma Science and Fusion CenterMIT News (https://news.mit.edu/2023/new-quantum-magnet-unleashes-electronics-potential-0725) Researchers discover how to control the anomalous Hall effect and Berry curvature to create flexible quantum magnets for use in computers, robotics,…

View Post

View Post

Oppenheimer: July 28 Panel Discussion Focuses On The Man Behind The Movie

July 19, 2023

The story behind the summer blockbuster movie Oppenheimer, which opens across the nation on Friday, July 21, began at the University of California, Berkeley. A 25-year-old J. Robert Oppenheimer arrived at…

View Post

View Post

Science

Why Newton’s ‘law of universal gravitation’ is not so universal after all

October 7, 2019

Isaac Newton’s law of universal gravitation is many things – revolutionary, elegant, mysterious – but, as it turns out, one thing we know for sure is that it’s not, well,…

View Post

View Post

Science

Physicists Design An Experiment To Pin Down The Origin Of The Elements

August 30, 2019

Nearly all of the oxygen in our universe is forged in the bellies of massive stars like our sun. As these stars contract and burn, they set off thermonuclear reactions…

View Post

Social Links

Social Links

Social Links