Published January 7 in the journal Nature, one paper tackled the age-old problem of nature’s construction with a bit of a twist: it suggests that living networks, like our brain, may use some of the ...

One of the most striking outcomes of the surface-minimization framework is its ability to explain structural features that ...

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The universe feels three-dimensional — but some of the deepest physics suggests reality may have 11 dimensions hidden from ...

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Learn how Microsoft research uncovers backdoor risks in language models and introduces a practical scanner to detect tampering and strengthen AI security.

Like stretch marks left on skin that expanded too quickly or cracks embedded in freezing ice, cosmic strings are artifacts of what the universe looked like in the moments before it rapidly changed ...

Cosmic strings and Einstein’s relativity raise the theoretical possibility of time travel within modern physics.

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JWST has created a map of dark matter that is twice as good as anything we have had before, and it may help unravel some of the deepest mysteries of the universe ...