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AI is helping chemists unpick the mysteries around the origins of life and detect signs of it on other worlds. The Biggest Questions is a mini-series that explores how technology is helping probe some ...

For more than 20 years in experimental particle physics and astrophysics, machine learning has been accelerating the pace of science, helping scientists tackle problems of greater and greater ...

Let’s imagine that, for years now, Emily has led a successful German Mittelstand company, one of the so-called Hidden Champions that manufactures high-quality products for a niche customer base. A ...

Machine learning is becoming an essential part of a physicist’s toolkit. How should new students learn to use it? When Radha Mastandrea started her undergraduate physics program at MIT in 2015, she ...