Muons are a key subatomic particle in the discovery of new physics, but after particle collision, they’re difficult to track.

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Your immune system harbors a lifetime's worth of information about threats it's encountered - a biological Rolodex of baddies. Often the perpetrators are viruses and bacteria you've conquered; others ...

Adaptive algorithms have immensely advanced, becoming integral for innovation across multiple industries. These intelligent systems adjust content and strategies to improve the experiences of users by ...

When a quantum computer processes data, it must translate it into understandable quantum data. Algorithms that carry out this 'quantum compilation' typically optimize one target at a time. However, a ...

For about a decade, computer engineer Kerem Çamsari employed a novel approach known as probabilistic computing. Based on probabilistic bits (p-bits), it’s used to solve an array of complex ...

Ford engineers are studying whether AI can play a role in detecting faulty run-downs. To do that, they first had to determine ...

EVOLVE, an agentic framework that autonomously optimizes AI training data, model architectures, and learning algorithms — ...

Machine learning is a subfield of artificial intelligence, which explores how to computationally simulate (or surpass) humanlike intelligence. While some AI techniques (such as expert systems) use ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.