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Physicists use machine learning to find out how layered gases and metals melt
In physics, a phase transition is a transformation of a substance from one form to another. They happen everywhere, from ...
The Debrief10d
Defying Physics, New Study Reveals the Secrets of Quantum Phase Transitions
Researchers at the University of Hong Kong used special models to simulate the phase transition from one quantum state to ...
C&EN20d
Raman Fingerprints of Phase Transitions and Ferroic Couplings in van der Waals Multiferroic CuCrP 2 S 6
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, ...
Phys.org26d
An evolutionary algorithmic phase transition 2.6 billion years ago may have sparked the emergence of eukaryotic cells
A critical phenomena analysis then concluded that a phase transition, well studied in the physics of magnetic materials, occurred at a critical gene length of 1,500 nucleotides. This marked ...
EurekAlert!26d
The eukaryotic cell emerged as an evolutionary algorithmic phase transition
A critical phenomena analysis then concluded that a phase transition, well studied in the physics of magnetic materials, occurred at a critical gene length of 1,500 nucleotides. This marked ...
Live Science26d
Scientists observe new quantum phase that could have major implications for quantum computing
The phase, called a superradiant phase transition (SRPT), is the result of two independent groups of quantum particles beginning to fluctuate in a way that's both coordinated and collective, the ...
TechCrunch28d
OpenAI plans to phase out GPT-4.5, its largest-ever AI model, from its API
Developers will have access to GPT-4.5 via OpenAI’s API until July 14, after which they’ll have to transition to another model in OpenAI’s catalog, the company says. OpenAI is positioning ...
C&EN29d
Phase Modulation of 2D Semiconducting GaTe from Hexagonal to Monoclinic through Layer Thickness Control and Strain Engineering
Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s ...