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A team of international physicists has brought Bayes’ centuries-old probability rule into the quantum world. By applying the “principle of minimum change” — updating beliefs as little as possible ...

Differential equations are fundamental tools in physics: they are used to describe phenomena ranging from fluid dynamics to general relativity. But when these equations become stiff (i.e. they involve ...

Picture this: Arjun rushes through the airport terminal, exhausted from a delayed flight and desperately craving his usual coffee. Despite being in an unfamiliar city thousands of miles from home, he ...

Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies has explained the different characteristics of the Marina Bay Circuit in Singapore means the team’s “equations” will “move a bit” to find the optimum setup. The ...

The European Commission has opened infringement procedures against Malta for failing to fully transpose a commission directive aimed at ensuring harmonisation of plant health. The Commission sent ...

In January I wrote a piece titled “5 Physics Equations Everyone Should Know.” Lots of you weighed in with your own nominations, and there were plenty of good suggestions. So I’ve decided to do a ...

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