New method enables AI for safety-critical situations
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HardFlow is a new algorithm developed at MIT that helps pretrained generative AI models satisfy hard constraints while improving solution quality without retraining, in applications spanning robotics, control of physical systems, and computer vision.
Researchers observed an anomalous splitting of image-potential states on higher-order topological Bi(111). By tuning film thickness and substrate screening, they linked the splitting to a radial active electric field and the development of Bi(111) surface states. The anomaly provides a possible spectroscopic signature of a monopole-like topological magnetoelectric response.
In this study, the researchers found that the excess number of breast cancer cases detected in the randomised trials closely matched what would be expected in a Danish screening population, where overdiagnosis is estimated to be below 5%.
Superfluid helium could offer a new way to tackle one of the biggest challenges in scaling up quantum computers, say researchers from the University of Surrey. The research team has introduced a conceptual design for a new type of qubit that could be much less vulnerable to errors.
Does the academic discipline of a scientist’s doctorate degree accurately capture their disciplinary affiliation decades later? Consider a scientist who earned a doctorate in physics 25 years ago who now studies climate change, publishes primarily in interdisciplinary journals and considers herself a climate scientist. Does “physics” still accurately describe where she fits in science? A new study led by researchers at Rice University and Michigan State University argues that the answer is often no.