A tool called AI-Newton can derive scientific laws from raw data, but is some way from developing human-like reasoning.

MIT professor Asegun Henry's research focuses on high-efficiency energy storage, thermophotovoltaics, and thermal systems ...

CAMBRIDGE — Soon after MIT students returned to campus this fall, Retsef Levi, a professor of operations management who has been a vocal critic of COVID-19 vaccines, gave an informal talk about his ...

Rondo Energy hopes hot bricks could help clean up manufacturing. Rondo Energy just turned on what it says is the world’s largest thermal battery, an energy storage system that can take in electricity ...

Cardiologists often struggle to assess heart attack risk. New startups using AI could help. For all the modern marvels of cardiology, we struggle to predict who will have a heart attack. Many people ...

Quantum physics is the study of matter and energy at its most fundamental level. A central tenet of quantum physics is that energy comes in indivisible packets called quanta. Quanta behave very ...

The Trump administration has offered major universities preferential access to federal funds in exchange for agreeing to a list of administration demands. The “Compact for Academic Excellence in ...

The Department of Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder in collaboration with CUbit and JILA is hosting the third annual Physics and Quantum Career & Internship Fair on Friday, October 17 th ...

Neil Downie believes that supporting students to devise, build and test their own projects can help to get them and their teachers interested in and enjoying physics Practical solutions Students who ...

Steering the light A cross section of the electrowetting prism under actuation. A differential voltage applied across opposing electrodes will produce a tilt in the liquid-liquid interface that steers ...

Researchers from EeroQ, the quantum computing company pioneering electron-on-helium technology, have published a paper, titled "Sensing and Control of Single Trapped Electrons Above 1 Kelvin," in ...