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The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics honors pioneering work on artificial neural networks, which provided the foundation for many of the artificial intelligence technologies in use today. [Physics 17, 146] Published Tue Oct 08, 2024

Author(s): Charles Day When two laser beams converge on a volume of gas, their interference creates a diffraction grating made of plasma that can divert and shape a third beam. [Physics 17, s123] Published Tue Oct 08, 2024

Author(s): Matteo Ciarchi and Ivan Di Terlizzi Bacteria, cells, swarms, and other organisms pluck information from noisy environments with extraordinarily high precision. [Physics 17, 143] Published Mon Oct 07, 2024

Author(s): Mark Buchanan An infrared detector is sensitive to a wide range of intensities and could potentially pick up biomarkers from exoplanet atmospheres. [Physics 17, 144] Published Mon Oct 07, 2024

Author(s): Michael Schirber A short-lived combination of an electron and an antielectron has been cooled with lasers to near absolute zero—a step toward tackling fundamental questions about matter and antimatter. [Physics 17, 145] Published Fri Oct 04, 2024

Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson By observing the motion of preschool children, researchers have developed a thermodynamic description of human movement that pinpoints collective phases emerging when social interactions are strong. [Physics 17, s111] Published Thu Oct 03, 2024

Author(s): Michael Schirber New experimental results from the Large Hadron Collider argue against the existence of multiple Higgs bosons, as predicted in certain “beyond-standard-model” theories. [Physics 17, s119] Published Wed Oct 02, 2024