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Tomorrow’s physics test: machine learning

Machine learning is becoming an essential part of a physicist’s toolkit. How should new students learn to use it?

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Physics may seem like its own world, but different sectors using machine learning are all part of the same universe. 

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Symmetry: AI for control rooms

Scientists inside and outside of particle physics and astrophysics are leaning on AI for assistance with complex tasks.

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Symmetry: Physics vocabulary, AI edition

Do you know your convolutional neural networks from your boosted decision trees?

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In the coming weeks, Symmetry will explore the ways scientists are using artificial intelligence to advance particle physics and astrophysics—in a series of articles written and illustrated entirely by humans.

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An advisory committee recommends the US work to advance three key areas of emerging accelerator technology.

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The High Energy Physics Advisory Panel has approved the recommendations of the P5 Report.

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Imagining the future of gravitational-wave research

To understand why scientists are excited about detecting a new background, just look to the history of studies of the CMB.

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Applications of quantum mechanics at the beach

How does sunscreen work on the atomic level?

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SAGE Journey program ignites interest in STEM

Three SAGE alumni talk about their experiences with a program meant to broaden gender diversity in STEM.

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