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Artificial intelligence will help pick Nobel Prize for Physics winners
Swedish Academy believes AI will reduce bias in evaluating nominations
Researchers use machine learning to improve the taste of Belgian beers
The team hops the findings could be used to enhance the flavour of alcohol-free beer
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Machine learning takes hassle out of cold-atom experiments
Reinforcement learning can make cooling apparatus more robust
‘Autonomous laboratory’ unearths the best quantum dots for optoelectronic and photonic devices
System known as "SmartDope" identifies highest-performing semiconductor material in just one day rather than years required for conventional techniques
Unifying gravity and quantum mechanics without the need for quantum gravity
Approach uses the random coupling of the quantum and classical worlds
Large language model predicts how to make inorganic compounds
Fine-tuned "MatChat" model provides detailed responses that includes reaction precursors, equations and relative references in the literature
Deep Bayesian experimental design characterizes large-scale quantum systems
Machine learning technique uses a minimum number of measurements
Iron atoms in Earth’s inner core are on the move
Result could shed light on the seismic and geodynamic processes at play deep inside our planet
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