Machine learning can get a boost from quantum physics. On certain types of machine learning tasks, quantum computers have an exponential advantage over standard computation, scientists report in the ...

In today's podcast, Ilona talks with Tim Stelzer, a theoretical particle physicist and a research Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois. Over the past few years, Tim has created ...

The CMS Collaboration has shown, for the first time, that machine learning can be used to fully reconstruct particle ...

Two teams have shown how quantum approaches can solve problems faster than classical computers, bringing physics and computer science closer together. For Valeria Saggio to boot up the computer in her ...

As enrollment numbers for the introductory chemistry and physics courses reach around 600 students each this semester, the need to understand how students learn in STEM classes only becomes more ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. When she was 10 years old, Rose Yu got a birthday present that would change her life—and, potentially, the way we study physics. Her ...

Participants in a Physics Summer Camp, designed for high school students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, take a tour of Mississippi State’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory. Each day, campers are ...

Master the right-hand rule in physics with this easy-to-follow tutorial! In this video, we explain how to use the right-hand rule correctly to determine directions of magnetic fields, currents, and ...

image of Winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics, John J. Hopfield (left) and Geoffrey E. Hinton. Winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics, John J. Hopfield (left) and Geoffrey E. Hinton. Credit: ...

Don’t know your convolutional neural networks from your boosted decision trees? Symmetry is here to help. It’s time for some deep learning. Check out this list to pick up some new terminology—and ...