Teen Laurent Simons’ PhD thesis in quantum physics, titled ‘Bose polarons in superfluids and supersolids’, was published by the University of Antwerp. His next goal is ‘creating superhumans’.
American scientist John Hopfield’s network can save info & reconstruct it. British-Canadian computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton’s Boltzmann machine was an early example of a generative model.
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said that Machine learning based on artificial neural networks is currently revolutionising science, engineering and daily life.
After she retired from research in 2003, she started the Buti Foundation to help young scientists in their careers. 'I am putting more effort into reducing the gender gap in STEM,' she said.
Anne L’Huillier, Pierre Agostini, & Ferenc Krausz won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on attosecond pulses to peek into realm of atoms and molecules.
What is the origin of the universe? The answer lay between quantum physics and Indian philosophy according to Hertog, the scholar who worked with Stephen Hawking.
At the centre of the buzz is a polycrystalline material called LK-99 (Lee-Kim 1999, the year of discovery) manufactured by scientists from Korea University in Seoul.
First Indian to get Boltzmann Medal, Dhar equated his approach to statistical mechanics to art & said it is wrong to 'propagate idea that everyone should do only applied work'.
The trio conducted experiments in quantum entanglement, with the award-giving body stating they have enabled fundamental research and potentially cleared the way for new technology.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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