From coffee-like swirls to atmospheric chaos, a data-driven model reproduces turbulent particle motion across scales using auto-regressive learning with memory effects.
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-driven-captures-dynamics-turbulence-scale.html
#turbulence #AI #fluiddynamics #machinelearning #physics
Data-driven model captures dynamics of turbulence at scale
Whether the dust borne on the violent winds of a tornado or the sugar grains in a swirled cup of coffee, the behavior of particles carried along in turbulence is subject to some similarities—all of them difficult to predict at scale. As described in a recent publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a research team led by Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists has developed a first-of-its-kind machine learning framework that models chaotic particle motions in a turbulent flow.
Centres de données : pourquoi leur refroidissement consomme autant d’eau (et pourquoi cela pose problème)
La course à l’IA engagée à l’échelle internationale ne doit pas se traduire par un détricotage des règles préservant nos ressources naturelles.
Can the history of science help students navigate misinformation?
Researchers argue that exploring how scientific ideas were debated, challenged and shaped by society may strengthen critical thinking in an increasingly polarized world.
🔗 https://phys.org/news/2026-05-history-science-equip-students-polarized.html
#ScienceEducation #HistoryOfScience #CriticalThinking #STEM #misinformation
How teaching the history of science can help equip students to face polarized times
For decades, science educators have been encouraged to "stick to the science" and leave politics at the classroom door. But as disinformation spreads online and public trust in science seems to erode in some contexts, this advice is no longer realistic.
Is difficult peer review a hidden signal of high-impact science?
Data from Nature Communications suggests that stronger reviewer criticism correlates with more influential papers later on.
🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01615-4
#Science #PeerReview #ResearchIntegrity #Alanalysis #Knowledge
Tough peer-review process? Your paper might end up being more highly cited
An AI-led analysis of publicly available peer-review reports links requests for major revisions with papers that end up having high impact.
What happens when two miscible liquids inside a droplet have different interfacial tensions?
A lattice Boltzmann study reveals spontaneous internal flows that break symmetry, accelerate mixing and reshape concentration patterns inside microdroplets.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0321035
#Microdroplets #FluidMechanics #InterfacialPhysics #Microfluidics #marangonieffect
Which active learning methods work best in physics?
By comparing 31 university courses across 28 US institutions, researchers found that collaborative problem solving and hands-on activities were linked to stronger conceptual learning and peer engagement.
🔗 https://phys.org/news/2026-05-physics-derail-students-track.html
#PhysicsEducation #ActiveLearning #ScienceEducation #Pedagogy #STEM
Learning physics can derail some students: New research shows the best way to keep them on track
For many undergraduate students, exploring the complexities of physics for the first time, from wading through advanced mathematics, to absorbing information in a large lecture format, can be a daunting endeavor—one that dissuades many students from continuing their studies.
From hypothesis generation to data interpretation, teams of AI agents are starting to assist multiple stages of the scientific process. A glimpse of how research might evolve in the coming years.
🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01596-4
#ArtificialIntelligence #Research #Science #MachineLearning #OpenScience
Teams of AI agents boost speed of research
Systems can generate hypotheses, interpret data and suggest ways to develop medicines.
LAB CHRONICLE #33
- Collaboration -
"Let’s redo the same experiment."
He said “the same.”
He lied.
#CollaborationChaos #SameButDifferent #LabLifeDrama #LabTrustIssues #ScientificBetrayal
Researchers and journalists are sometimes seen as opponents, but they may be strongest as partners.
In a Nature commentary, science sleuth Lonni Besançon reflects on how both communities can work together to safeguard research.
🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00824-1
#ScienceCommunication #ResearchIntegrity #Journalism #PeerReview #OpenScience
A conference taught me that scientists and journalists must work together to protect research
Science sleuth Lonni Besançon realizes that he has sometimes misunderstood what the media want from him and his researcher colleagues.
Busseiron is a Japanese term for a broad branch of physics focused on the study of matter.
In the mid-20th century, it expanded to include magnetism, metals and quantum theory, blurring disciplinary boundaries.
🔗 https://phys.org/news/2026-05-busseiron-formation-discipline-japanese-physics.html
#Physics #HistoryOfScience #Japan #MaterialsScience #CondensedMatter
Busseiron and the formation of a discipline in Japanese physics
The middle of the twentieth century was a period of significant scientific advancement, particularly in the realm of physics. Within this rapidly changing landscape, academic disciplines emerged and evolved to keep pace with scientific discoveries. The new subdiscipline of solid-state physics gained prominence in the United States, but it was later subsumed by the broader category of condensed matter physics.
