Japanese scientists were pioneers of AI, yet they’re being written out of its history

How can including them change our understanding of AI?

Hansun Hsiung, Assistant Professor, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Durham University • conversation
Nov. 27, 2024 ~8 min

AI could soon be making major scientific discoveries. A machine could even win a Nobel Prize one day

We’ve only just scratched the surface of what AI can achieve in science.

Nello Cristianini, Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of Bath • conversation
Nov. 21, 2024 ~8 min


It all started with a Big Bang – the quest to unravel the mystery behind the birth of the universe

Can we really understand what happened at the beginning of the universe?

Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Reader in Particle Cosmology, Lancaster University • conversation
Oct. 31, 2024 ~16 min

MicroRNA − a new Nobel laureate describes the scientific process of discovering these tiny molecules that turn genes on and off

Victor Ambros received half of the Nobel Prize for his work on microRNAs. Here he talks about the teamwork – and the nematodes – that made the discovery possible.

Victor Ambros, Professor of Molecular Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School • conversation
Oct. 17, 2024 ~12 min

AI was central to two of 2024’s Nobel prize categories. It’s a sign of things to come

AI will feature in future Nobel prizes as scientists exploit the power of this technology for research.

Nello Cristianini, Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of Bath • conversation
Oct. 10, 2024 ~5 min

Machine learning cracked the protein-folding problem and won the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry

The prize honors innovation at Google DeepMind and in academia. Three researchers share the award for using machine learning to predict proteins’ 3D shapes and design the molecules from scratch.

Marc Zimmer, Professor of Chemistry, Connecticut College • conversation
Oct. 9, 2024 ~10 min

How a subfield of physics led to breakthroughs in AI – and from there to this year’s Nobel Prize

Two researchers whose work has led to the AI revolution won the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics. A materials physicist explains statistical mechanics, the physics field behind their discoveries.

Veera Sundararaghavan, Professor of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan • conversation
Oct. 9, 2024 ~8 min

Nobel Prize in physics spotlights key breakthroughs in AI revolution − making machines that learn

The Nobel Prize shows that the field of artificial neural networks – and the deep learning AI revolution the technology unleashed – owe as much to physics as biology and computer science.

Ambuj Tewari, Professor of Statistics, University of Michigan • conversation
Oct. 8, 2024 ~8 min


Many stable atoms have ‘magic numbers’ of protons and neutrons − 75 years ago, 2 physicists discovered their special properties

All the oxygen in your body is thanks to magic numbers of protons and neutrons in the nucleus.

Sean Liddick, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Michigan State University • conversation
Oct. 7, 2024 ~9 min

MicroRNA is the Nobel-winning master regulator of the genome – researchers are learning to treat disease by harnessing how it controls genes

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their discovery of microRNAs, molecules that turn genes on and off – and cause disease when they go awry.

Andrea Kasinski, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Purdue University • conversation
Oct. 7, 2024 ~9 min

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