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The road to the modern machine-learning marvels was paved with ideas from statistical mechanics and collective phenomena.
The prizewinning research enhances understanding of nature’s molecular toolkit and enables the construction of novel proteins.
With inspiration from neuroscience and the physics of atomic spins, John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton created the tools that underpin AI technology.
By confining electrons to nanoscale spaces, the laureates created crystals that emit light at specific wavelengths. That behavior has been harnessed for displays and other technologies.
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