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More information: Daniel Lersch et al, SAGIPS: a physics-inspired scalable asynchronous generative inverse-problem solver, Machine Learning: Science and Technology (2025). DOI: 10.1088/2632-2153 ...

Using an advanced Monte Carlo method, Caltech researchers found a way to tame the infinite complexity of Feynman diagrams and ...

Meet the problem-led science startup factories. ... and what I see is that there’s this amazing research produced, but there’s no identified problem or need – the technology is developed first.

The problem is that we appear to be stumbling in our attempts to deal with the supremely difficult collective choices science and technology continually shove in our faces.

Science has an AI problem: This group says they can fix it. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 05 / 240501153055.htm ...

That differential in the application of science and technology to solving human problems and to developing new processes and products, I believe is at the essence of the explanation of the widening ...

This UN-recognized day aims to raise awareness of gender inequality in science and technology with the ultimate goal of ending gender inequality in STEM fields. Representative image of women in STEM.

Black and Hispanic people face huge hurdles at technology companies and in computer-science education in the United States, with far-reaching consequences for science and all of society.

Can science and technology really help solve global problems? A UN forum debates vital question 2 May 2018. Science and technology offer part of the solution to climate change, inequality and ...

The space junk problem was first raised in the 1960s, ... Michelle Starr is a senior journalist at ScienceAlert, with over 15 years of experience in the science and technology sectors.