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Making nature compute for us
Maths, Physics & Chemistry

Making nature compute for us

Artificial intelligence is all the hype lately. Behind many of the mind-blowing breakthroughs of the past decade is a single workhorse: More compute. As...

4 min read5,127 views
An eye-opening molecular explosion
Maths, Physics & Chemistry

An eye-opening molecular explosion

Have you ever wondered how plants make use of sunlight to do photosynthesis? What happens inside your eye such that your brain can perceive your smartphone...

4 min read3,506 views
Network resuscitation – pumping life into a failed complex system
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Network resuscitation – pumping life into a failed complex system

When a complex social, biological or ecological network collapses, we seek to steer it back towards functionality. Our recent work maps unique conditions - the...

4 min read3,287 views
Mathematical paradoxes unearth the boundaries of AI
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Mathematical paradoxes unearth the boundaries of AI

Instability is AI's Achilles’ heel. We show the following paradox: there are cases where stable and accurate AI exists, but it can never be trained by any...

4 min read5,457 views
A House Of Toxins? How Cleaning Products Can Create An Unhealthy Living Environment
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A House Of Toxins? How Cleaning Products Can Create An Unhealthy Living Environment

Using some common household cleaning products lead to the formation of indoor pollutants. During realistic use, we observed for the first time that chemical...

3 min read4,474 views
Creating Tiny Stars On Earth In The Quest For Fusion Power
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Creating Tiny Stars On Earth In The Quest For Fusion Power

At the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (USA), we have recently produced record performance in laser-driven fusion experiments. Exploring and...

4 min read3,152 views
Can we read the universe’s book of secrets?
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Can we read the universe’s book of secrets?

FASER, a small experiment at the CERN LHC, searches for new hypothetical particles proposed in theories that try to address some of the open questions of the...

4 min read3,216 views
Animal magnetism: how magnetic fields can influence chemistry in living cells
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Animal magnetism: how magnetic fields can influence chemistry in living cells

In recent years, scientists have discovered that many animals can sense the weak magnetic field of the earth and use it to help them navigate. Other studies...

4 min read4,920 views
Magic Squares: A children’s puzzle meets quantum physics
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Magic Squares: A children’s puzzle meets quantum physics

A magic square is a grid of numbers where every column and row sum up to the same number. We explain the “quantum jump” for magic squares, generalizing them to...

4 min read12,587 views
E-skin: the future of sustainable & recyclable wearable electronics
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E-skin: the future of sustainable & recyclable wearable electronics

An electronic “skin” can find applications in health care, robotics, and prosthetics, and can benefit the well-being, economy, and sustainability of our...

4 min read8,971 views