Machine learning is becoming an essential part of a physicist’s toolkit. How should new students learn to use it? When Radha Mastandrea started her undergraduate physics program at MIT in 2015, she ...

From interactive simulations to adaptive AI tools, technology is changing how students engage with physics. Educators are blending traditional methods with innovations that personalize learning and ...

From adaptive problem sequencing to physics-informed simulations, AI is transforming how students learn and apply physics. New tools now guide learners step-by-step, visualize complex concepts, and ...

As LLM calculation skills advance, theoretical fields of science are reckoning with the possibility that they could be ...

In today's podcast, Ilona talks with Tim Stelzer, a theoretical particle physicist and a research Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois. Over the past few years, Tim has created ...

Machine learning can get a boost from quantum physics. On certain types of machine learning tasks, quantum computers have an exponential advantage over standard computation, scientists report in the ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. When she was 10 years old, Rose Yu got a birthday present that would change her life—and, potentially, the way we study physics. Her ...

Sticking with the same people might feel safe and comfortable. But a new Northwestern University study suggests it can ...