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The road to the modern machine-learning marvels was paved with ideas from statistical mechanics and collective phenomena.

The prizewinning research enhances understanding of nature’s molecular toolkit and enables the construction of novel proteins.

An analysis of 60 years of water chemistry data from Arctic and subarctic Canadian rivers finds that some regions exhibit a major increase of dissolved sulfates, a product of weathering reactions that also release CO2.

A nuclear-physics laboratory is the exception and the focus of both hope and controversy.

The government is aiming to build a prototype plant in the next two decades.

Researchers collaborate with colleagues at national labs, companies, and universities in efforts to make nuclear fusion a viable source of clean energy.

The physicist examines crime, transportation, innovation, and more in the burgeoning field of computational social science.

The Chinese American physicist led groundbreaking experiments that demonstrated parity violation and photon entanglement. Many in the physics community say Wu deserved more accolades in her lifetime.

Seismic waves traversing the interior of the planet reveal continent-sized regions with distinct physical properties. Researchers are investigating what they are, how they got there, and what their role is in Earth’s dynamic convecting interior.

The search is underway for the ideal electrode to pass signals from artificial implants to the body’s neurons. Fractal shapes in biology could provide the solution.

A colorful technique allows us to better understand the development of branching patterns in fluid flow.