Vasudevan Mukunth

What are Monte Carlo methods?

The Monte Carlo method is a type of algorithm that reveals a distribution by randomly sampling its e...

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2024 physics Nobel for work on artificial neural networks | Explained

The story so far: On October 8, John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton won the 2024 Nobel Prize for physi...

science | 1 week ago

Nobel Prize in Physics 2024: John Hopfield, Geoffrey Hinton awarded for work on machine learning

The 2024 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton “for foundatio...

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What is gold?

Gold is a precious metal famed for its use in jewellery and as a form of investment. Its atomic numb...

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The Matt Mullenweg and WordPress controversy | Explained

The story so far: Since September 21, a dispute between Matt Mullenweg, the technologist at the cent...

technology | 2 weeks ago

Exploring the ‘wonderful world’ of symplectic geometry to solve problems in mechanics

Russian-American mathematician and Wolf Prize laureate Yakov Eliashberg delivered a public talk at I...

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What is the butterfly effect?

You’re likely to have heard about the butterfly effect and just as likely to have heard the example ...

science | 3 weeks ago

How do noise-cancelling headphones work?

Deepavali is the festival of lights but it has become synonymous with loud firecrackers — and it’s a...

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Superfast lasers open a shortcut to hard drives of the future

You’re watching Chennai Super Kings play Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede. The stands are packed and t...

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What is planetary protection?

In space missions from the earth to another planetary body, planetary protection is the idea that it...

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The Science Quiz: Scientific terms beginning with ‘X’

Questions: 1. What is the term for a transplantation procedure in which cells or organs are transfer...

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Daily Quiz: On Zyklon B

Q: Zyklon B was originally ‘Cyclone B’. While the ‘B’ distinguished the product from Zyklon A, it wa...

world | 1 month ago

Do earthquakes help quartz crystals collect gold?

Sometimes a scientific study comes along that reminds us not all the natural mysteries of this world...

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How superfast studies of the photoelectric effect are revealing matter’s secrets

For his monumental work in transforming our understanding of gravity and spacetime, Albert Einstein ...

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What does spaceflight do to the human body? | Explained

The story so far: On August 24, NASA said Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule that took astronauts Sunit...

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The simple medical tools of an OPD visit | Explained

You’ve developed a minor cold. You heard there’s something going around, maybe a virus? Or maybe it’...

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