Theoretical Sciences

Program to help startups bring their innovations to the marketplace The University of Chicago's Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Chicago Quantum Exchange today announced the launch of Duality, the first accelerator…

The researchers have developed a novel connection which can help in the design of more efficient multi-agent AI systems.Credit: SUTD Game theory is known to be a useful tool in the study of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial…

A new book by Jeff Hawkins offers implications for AI and for the future of humanity - with foreword by Richard DawkinsCredit: JACKE T IMAGES © ALEXSL / E+ VIA GETTY IMAGES; © DMITRI GOMON / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM JACKET © 2021 HACHETTE BOOK…

Study 'Systemic Risk: The Threat to Societal Diversity and Coherence' Globalization, digitalization, sustainabilization - three major waves of transformation are unfolding around the world. The social upheaval caused by these…

By combining ferromagnets and two rotated layers of graphene, researchers open up a new platform for strongly interacting states using graphene's unique quantum degree of freedomCredit: Jose Lado Electrons in materials have a property…

Credit: Image is provided by the Anthro Illustrated project (https://anthroillustrated.com). Science is society's best method for understanding the world. Yet many scientists are unhappy with the way it works, and there are growing…

Modern decision theory can assist policymakers in critical times such as the COVID-19 crisis, argue Bocconi University's Massimo Marinacci and Valentina Bosetti in a paper coauthored by Nobel laureate Lars Peter HansenCredit: Paolo Tonato …

An international PhD training programme, CriticalEarth, addresses a pressing need in climate scienceCredit: Ola J. Joensen, NBI There is a pressing need for skilled climate scientists with excellent insight into advanced mathematical…

Digital thought clones that prey on and manipulate real-time online behavior can be tackled with tough legislation, say expertsCredit: Centre for Law and Development, College of Law, Qatar University In The Social Dilemma, the Netflix…

USC researchers have developed a method that could allow robots to learn new tasks, like setting a table or driving a car, from observing a small number of demonstrations. Imagine if robots could learn from watching demonstrations: you…

According to a new study from Copenhagen Business School, on the role of privacy and decentralization in the cryptocurrency community, developers are creating cryptocurrencies in such a way that regulatory oversight will not be possible,…

As much of Europe is engulfed by a second wave of Covid-19, and track and trace struggles to meet demand, modelling support tools are being increasingly used by policymakers to make key decisions. Most notably, models have been used to…

Research reveals new time dilation phenomenonCredit: Petra Korlevic HANOVER, N.H. - October 23, 2020 - A phenomenon of quantum mechanics known as superposition can impact timekeeping in high-precision clocks, according to a…

Credit: University of Birmingham Seismic waves, commonly associated with earthquakes, have been used by scientists to develop a universal scaling law for the sense of touch. A team, led by researchers at the University of Birmingham,…

Over the last few decades, the divide between the two major political parties in the United States has deepened. Studies of Congressional voting patterns show that politicians take increasingly polarized positions, and that those…

With its 2,500 participants, 1,300 presentations and over 300 sessions, the Econometric Society and Bocconi University Virtual World Congress, from 17 to 21 August, will be the largest ever online congress for economists. The…

TU Graz develops methods for the generation of simulation scenarios and internal error regulationCredit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz The future has already arrived. (Partially) autonomous cars are already on our roads today with…

By manipulating ultracold molecules mid-chemical reaction, researchers crack a molecular disappearing actCredit: Ni Lab/Harvard University In a famous parable, three blind men encounter an elephant for the first time. Each touches…

New Springer book visualizes the beauty and complexity of theoretical biology and showcases science as artCredit: Springer Nature The book is a confluence of aesthetic and analytics in theoretical biology, which continues to be…

Credit: Nikita Kirsanov/MIPT Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, joined by a colleague from Argonne National Laboratory, U.S., have implemented an advanced quantum algorithm for measuring physical…