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Fields medal awarded to four young mathematicians

July 23, 2026 Phys Org

The world of mathematics handed out its most prestigious awards Thursday at a unique moment for the field, as it faces pressure from AI’s potential to outpace human calculation.This article was originally published on this […]

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Why a tiny social media post has mathematicians rethinking AI

July 22, 2026 Phys Org

As millions of people were coming down from the excitement of the FIFA World Cup final at the start of this week, a different kind of excitement was building within the mathematical community. Levent Alpöge, […]

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Gig platforms can simply ‘wait out’ workers to slash wages, research reveals

July 21, 2026 Phys Org

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS), the Tübingen AI Center and Ellis Institute Tübingen have conducted a study that uncovers a mathematical strategy explaining how digital labor platforms can systematically suppress […]

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Study could help event organizers prevent crowd crushes and stampedes

July 20, 2026 Phys Org

McGill researchers have found that dangerous crowd conditions leading to surges and stampedes may not emerge suddenly but instead develop gradually, as repeated physical contact and pushing accumulate and become synchronized among nearby individuals. Recognizing […]

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AI may not make us stupid, but relying on it could weaken the skills built through practice

July 20, 2026 Phys Org

The worry of becoming stupid isn’t new; it dates back to the time of the Greek philosopher Socrates, who insisted that writing would destroy memory and weaken the mind. Then came calculators, GPS and computers, […]

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Statistical method broadens forecasts by modeling uncertainty beyond average outcomes

July 16, 2026 Phys Org

When it comes to statistics, we usually expect to be informed about what happens “on average.” But sometimes the key information lies in deviations from that mean: how likely is heavy rain, and how likely […]

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Statistical test helps judge the value of personalization

July 14, 2026 Phys Org

From precision medicine to personalized job training, customizing interventions for individuals is often assumed to produce better outcomes than a one-size-fits-all approach. But personalization also comes with costs: it can be more expensive, harder to […]

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Researchers develop AI tool that finds the equations behind complex systems

July 7, 2026 Phys Org

Clarkson University researchers have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can uncover the mathematical equations governing complex and chaotic systems directly from data. The technology, called KANDy—short for Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks for Dynamics—is designed to help […]

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Free-text answers and LLMs reveal hidden reasons behind human choices

July 3, 2026 Phys Org

Why do people make the choices they do? Researchers from the Center Synergy of Systems (SynoSys) at TUD Dresden University of Technology, the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, and the University of Basel present […]

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Visual map of 20,000 words reveals why lip-readers confuse common look-alikes

July 3, 2026 Phys Org

New research from the University of Kansas uses network science to determine why people make mistakes when lip-reading. Michael Vitevitch, professor of speech-language-hearing at KU, and his co-authors created a visual map of about 20,000 […]

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