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Philip Dee at ORNL combines quantum theory with advanced computing, using AI to improve quantum Monte Carlo methods.

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Stanford scientist Fei-Fei Li talks about teaching machines to see as humans do, the US-China AI arms race, and what worries ...

Scientists struggle with the physics of fluids. A recent Google breakthrough could support better predictions and practical ...

Humans can detect buried objects without touching them, sensing faint pressure ripples in sand. This seventh sense is called ...

Mathematicians have broken through a long-standing barrier in the study of “minimizing surfaces,” which play an important ...

Gokul N A mission is clear: to build robotic intelligence that understands and manipulates the physical world with the ...