AI trained like a Rubik's Cube solver simplifies particle physics equations

For years, Rutgers physicist David Shih solved Rubik's Cubes with his children, twisting the colorful squares until the ...

Compact flat-lens system can generate nondiffracting bottle beams

Most laser sources produce Gaussian beams that diverge as they propagate. This natural spreading limits their effectiveness in applications that require light to remain concentrated over long ...
The New Yorker

The Pentagon Went to War with Anthropic. What’s Really at Stake?

In 2025, the A.I. frontier lab Anthropic mustered Claude, its large language model, for national service. Although the military-industrial complex is newly fashionable, Anthropic was not a natural fit ...
The New York Times

Hard Fork

“The platforms should be absolutely begging Congress to regulate them, because the alternative is they get sued into oblivion by a bunch of law firms.” By Kevin RooseCasey NewtonWhitney JonesRachel ...
Nature

As the use of synthetic DNA expands, so does the potential to solve real-world problems

The ability to read and write bespoke segments of DNA is enabling unique solutions to everyday challenges. As ease-of-use and adoption grow, the trend is set to accelerate. In April, 2000, Stanford ...