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
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Fighting algorithmic bias in artificial intelligence
Julianna Photopoulos explores the issues of racial and gender bias in AI – and what physicists can do to recognize and tackle the problem
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Celebrating a century of nuclear isomers
A century after “nuclear isomers” were discovered, Philip Walker and Zsolt Podolyák explore these long-lived, excited nuclear states
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Sunny superpower: solar cells close in on 50% efficiency
Multi-layered solar cells stand on the brink of 50% efficiency, but are more likely to be installed in space than on Earth, as Richard Stevenson explains
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Battling bovine belching: measuring methane emissions from cows
Physicists are developing ways to measure emissions from cattle, reports Michael Allen
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Combining materials science and entrepreneurship to found a spin-off
Materials scientist Arnab Basu, head of radiation-detection technology developer Kromek, on spin-offs, COVID-19 and the future
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Switching career from particle physics to nuclear power
Troels Schönfeldt talks about his career change from particle physics to co-founder and chief executive of Seaborg Technologies
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Spoilt for choice: APS March meeting explores the wide range of careers available to physicists
Laura Hiscott hears from physicists working in a range of different careers at the March meeting of the American Physical Society
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Digging up magnetic clues: archaeology sheds light on magnetic moments of the past
Rachel Brazil explains how magnetic information stored in ancient artefacts reveals the recent history of the Earth’s magnetic field
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Make or break: building soft materials with DNA
Davide Michieletto explains how DNA can be harnessed to create a new generation of “topologically active” materials
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