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A team of mathematicians from New York University and the Colorado School of Mines ...

A decade after uncovering a mysterious mathematical relationship in the physics of "jamming," Nobel laureate Giorgio Parisi ...

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A new AI framework called THOR is transforming how scientists calculate the behavior of atoms inside materials. Instead of relying on slow simulations that take weeks of supercomputer time, the system ...

The potential for solving problems in climate, oceans, the biosphere, and the biology of disease is vast, writes Celine ...

The company has drawn governments, a major chipmaker, and the Pentagon into an effort to control fragile photons and build a ...

Western's Rotman Institute of Philosophy hosted a global Summit on Interdisciplinarity. Director Dan Lizotte explains why 'wicked problems' need philosophy.

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For years, physicists were stuck in trying to explain an important mathematical problem in physics. The right approach ended up being too simple.