Physics is shifting from strict reductionism toward studying living systems and information-processing principles, linking biology and AI and potentially redefining the field.
The research team combined biophysics with artificial intelligence to identify high-risk viral variants quickly, fundamentally altering how we predict and respond to pandemics.
Scientists have figured out why flamingos are such weird eaters
"All of their feeding behavior is so weird," says Steven Whitfield, the director of terrestrial and wetlands conservation at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, La.
Revealed: the unusual mathematics that gives rose petals their shape
The growth of rose petals utilizes a previously unobserved geometric trick, demonstrating how mechanical feedback regulates their growth and leads to rolled edges.