Theoretical Sciences

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…

Blockchain technology underpins cryptocurrency, and is being used for rights and royalties management for numerous industries. It could help book publishers stay afloat. As Australian book publishers grapple with global disruption, digital…

China's National Center for Trauma Medicine creates a clinical decision support system based on big data to help predict individual trauma patient outcome Chinese researchers from The Trauma Center of Peking University People's Hospital…

Credit: S Paesani A team of physicists at the University of Bristol has developed the first integrated photon source with the potential to deliver large-scale quantum photonics. The development of quantum technologies…

Artificial intelligence and primary care research: A scoping review Artificial intelligence methods are being utilized in radiology, cardiology and other medical specialty fields to quickly and accurately process large quantities of…

Group calls for transparency, interoperability, privacy, and scrutinyCredit: Association for Computing Machinery Today, the ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee (Europe TPC) of the world's largest society of computing professionals,…

A new research study, investigating how service robots in hotels could help redefine leadership and boost the hospitality industry, has taken on new significance in the light of the seismic impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on tourism and…

Current experiments' detectors and data analyses efforts could be refocused to seek out newly suggested types of dark matter signals that may have been overlookedCredit: Milennium-II Simulation Dark matter has so far defied…

Study shows networks are better than official databases at identifying weaknesses quickly RICHLAND, Wash. -- Software vulnerabilities are more likely to be discussed on social media before they're revealed on a government reporting site, a…

New insights into phase transitions using artificial intelligenceCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have used machine learning to study spin models, used in physics to…

Credit: Kimberly L. Oremus et al., Nature Sustainability. Feb. 24, 2020 Policymakers will need to step up to the challenges caused by significant shifts in fish species distributions caused by climate change. Tropical countries stand to…

With a unifying model based in game theory, Andrew Tilman, Joshua Plotkin, and Erol Akçay of the School of Arts and Sciences inform dynamics in fields as diverse as ecology and economics. In a heavily polluted environment, does it make…

The next era of computing will depend on controlling light the way we now control electricity, and Stanford scientists have developed a trick that could do just that. To develop futuristic technologies like quantum computers, scientists…

Research ranges from better batteries to better ways of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named 32 academic inventors to the February 2020 class of NAI Senior Members. Among these are four UH…

Bias in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning programs is well established. Researchers from North Carolina State University and Pennsylvania State University are now proposing that software developers incorporate the concept…