Mathematics and computation

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Special relativity keeps digital identities secure

How to build tiny robots from stretchy sheets

Powerful theoretical tool designs robots from 2D materials

Variational principles and topological constants of motion for MHD

Available to watch now, IUVSTA, in partnership with Agilent Technologies explores how magnetohydrodynamics can be formulated through a variational principle as a field theory

Research headlines

A set of balance-type scales with representations of all-inorganic perovskites in the more heavily weighted pan and hybrid perovskites in the lighter pan, against a background of solar panels and sunshine

Simulations herald rethink for all-inorganic perovskite solar cells

Figure depicting the cross-section of apples at different stages of growth

Physicists get under the skin of apple growth

Simulations offer observational test for Planet Nine hypothesis

‘CatGym’ algorithm predicts better catalysts

Deep reinforcement learning technique finds the best surface atom configurations for a given chemical reaction

Coughed particles float for longer in cold air, study suggests

Supercomputer study of “turbulent puffs” could boost our understanding of airborne disease spread

‘Tunable tuna’ makes a better robotic swimmer

Adjustable-stiffness tails prove key to optimizing swimming speed and efficiency

Neutrons cluster in nuclear reactors

First experimental observation of a phenomenon predicted a decade ago could help improve reactor safety

Optimal size for wind farms is revealed by computational study

Efficiency declines in farms exceeding 30 km in length

Machine learning could save firefighters from deadly flashovers

System uses data from heat sensors to predict when fires will intensify

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Opinion and reviews

Photos of a wolf and a husky side by side

Friend or foe? Machine learning and how it is shaping our lives

Build a bot: new book covers history and future of robotics

Artificial stupidity

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Free and open-source software is driving physics forwards

Pioneers of free and open-source software discuss opportunities and challenges for science

the original black hole image (left) and open code (right) from the EHT Collaboration

Standing on the shoulders of programmers: the power of free and open-source software

Achintya Rao looks at free and open-source software used in physics research, and its role in the wider open-science movement

Why open-source software is so powerful for physics: find out in the September 2021 issue of Physics World

Find out why physics is increasingly reliant on open-source code by checking out the September 2021 issue of Physics World magazine

How to build an artificial brain, future is bright for hybrid perovskite solar cells

In this podcast we also look at the physics of rollercoasters

Cosmic challenge: protecting supercomputers from an extraterrestrial threat

Fast neutrons from cosmic-ray showers can cause significant errors in supercomputers. Physicists hope to measure the problem and protect devices, says Rachel Brazil

Physics tracks changes in English dialects, machine learning confused by COVID-19

This podcast also looks back on an exciting week in astronomy

Caution needed when testing Einstein’s general relativity using gravitational waves

Future signs of new physics might just be accumulated errors, physicists warn

Frequency and distance of human travel follows universal pattern, mobile-phone data reveals

Researchers discover "universal visitation law of human mobility"

Artist's impression of a black hole with streaks of light falling into it

Messages scrambled by black holes stand their ground against quantum computers

Featureless “cost functions” prevent quantum machine learning algorithms from reconstructing scrambled information

Quantum algorithm provides new approach to NP-hard problem

Proposed implementation of Grover’s search algorithm could be feasible on near-term quantum devices

Infrared cloaking device could make objects invisible to thermal cameras

Device uses heat pumps to redistribute thermal energy

iFind (intelligent Foetal Imaging Diagnosis) project

Medical marvels: how AI is boosting healthcare

Irina Grigorescu, a medical physicist at King’s College London, explains how artificial intelligence can transform medical physics

Illustration of a 140 part per billion error

AI and particle physics: a powerful partnership

Jessica Esquivel explores the beneficial collaboration between artificial intelligence and particle physics that is advancing both fields

Ask me anything: Jony Hudson – ‘I love the incredibly fast pace of progress in machine learning’

Jony Hudson is a research engineer working on the development of artificial intelligence at DeepMind

illustration of AI versus human intelligence

The Turing Test 2.0

Juanita Bawagan discovers how modern algorithms have transformed our understanding of the “Turing Test” and what it means for artificial intelligence

illustration of human intelligence and AI

Artificial intelligence: towards better, smarter and fairer physics

The May 2021 issue of Physics World shows how physicists aren't just using AI for research but also trying to tackle some of its inherent human biases

How to keep a skipping stone on a steady path across water

Study could help aircraft and spacecraft land more safely on water

Machine learning could help slow epidemic spread

Neural network outperforms standard contact tracing at choosing who to test for disease

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