Where and when the Covid-19 pandemic began — in Wuhan, China in late 2019 — is well known. How it began is a matter of heated controversy. There are two competing hypotheses, one of which is hindering ...

Google’s Gemini for Science pushes AI beyond research summaries, with experimental tools for hypotheses, computational testing, and literature review. The bigger question is whether it can earn trust ...

Previous studies in quantum information have recognized that specific types of noise can encode information in certain applications. However, the role of noise in quantum hypothesis testing, ...

Distinguishing between various possibilities is fundamental to the scientific method and the process of discovery and categorization. As such, mathematical methods underlying distinguishability have ...

Three new features will be available under the Gemini for Science collection.

What if everything we know about the world is just a simulation? This thought-provoking question has been at the center of the Simulation Theory, a concept that has become increasingly popular in ...