Artificial intelligence Research update AI could help human scientists pick promising research topics Large language models flag up novel combinations of concepts in materials science Read article: AI could help human scientists pick promising research topics
Stars and solar physics Research update Evidence for a ‘forbidden range’ of black hole masses emerges in gravitational wave observations Stars in this range may form a long-predicted type of supernova instead Read article: Evidence for a ‘forbidden range’ of black hole masses emerges in gravitational wave observations
Optical physics Research update Darkness can travel faster than light Discovery of superluminal correlations within 2D hexagonal boron nitride could advance super-resolution electron microscopy Read article: Darkness can travel faster than light
Devices and structures Research update Bat-inspired drone can navigate through dense fog and dodge obstacles New low-power robot works using echolocation and could find applications in search and rescue missions in difficult-to-access spaces Read article: Bat-inspired drone can navigate through dense fog and dodge obstacles
Condensed matter Research update Hyperuniformity can be altered by ‘weighting’ many-particle systems Calculations reveal the richness of systems that have crystal-like and liquid-like properties Read article: Hyperuniformity can be altered by ‘weighting’ many-particle systems
Astronomy and space Research update Newton’s law describes gravity on cosmological scales, galaxy clusters reveal Observations appear to rule out MOND, but not everyone agrees Read article: Newton’s law describes gravity on cosmological scales, galaxy clusters reveal
Optics and photonics Research update Tantala 3D integrated circuits deliver a rainbow of laser light Devices could help miniaturize laser-based technologies Read article: Tantala 3D integrated circuits deliver a rainbow of laser light
Artificial intelligence Research update Meta-design: language models generate novel quantum experiments Researchers stretch the limits of how far artificial intelligence can contribute to scientific discovery Read article: Meta-design: language models generate novel quantum experiments
States of matter Research update Scientists find a new critical point in supercooled water X-ray experiments provide further evidence that water exists in two distinct phases Read article: Scientists find a new critical point in supercooled water
Devices and structures Research update Memristive synapses could reduce AI energy consumption Hafnium-oxide based nanomaterial mimics the mechanisms of the human brain Read article: Memristive synapses could reduce AI energy consumption
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