IEEE

Quantum and Classical Communication Complexity of Permutation-Invariant Functions

Abstract: This paper gives a nearly tight characterization of the quantum communication complexity of permutation-invariant Boolean functions. With such a characterization, we show that the quantum ...
NPR

Billy Strings: Tiny Desk Concert

It's rare these days for an artist to ask for fewer microphones, but after warming up in our space, Billy Strings did just that. Surrounded by his band, the bluegrass virtuoso brings back the spirit ...
Taste of Country

Billy Strings Was Blindsided When He Learned His Mom’s Cause of Death

Billy Strings is opening up about the unexpected death of his mother, Debra Apostal, which happened in June. Strings — whose legal name is William Lee Apostal — says his mom wasn't sick leading up to ...
STAT

Recursion’s incoming CEO: Beyond hype on AI-driven drug development, it’s time to show results

Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on Signal at drewqjoseph.45. LONDON — In the year-plus since Najat Khan joined the AI-focused drug ...
STAT

Recursion seeks to deliver results, and a VC sees a wave of M&A coming

Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70. Want to stay on top of ...
Seeking Alpha

Recursion Pharmaceuticals: What To Make Of This AI-Based Drug Discovery Leader?

Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. leverages AI to accelerate drug discovery, offering both a licensing platform and an internal drug development pipeline. RXRX faces heavy competition, ongoing operating ...
Forbes

Recursion’s Incoming CEO Needs To Prove That AI Drug Development Can Pay Off

After a challenging 12 years trying to use AI to create new medicines, cofounder Chris Gibson stepped down as CEO last week. Can R&D chief and new CEO Najat Khan turn it around? In 2014, Recursion ...
The Conversation

String theory: scientists are trying new ways to verify the idea that could unite all of physics

Marika Taylor currently receives funding from EPSRC, STFC, UK government deparments and the European Horizon programme. In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the ...
Phys.org

String theory: Scientists are trying new ways to verify the idea that could unite all of physics

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called "Is the end in sight for theoretical physics?" Forty-five years later, ...
Jambands

Puff of Smoke: Billy Strings Covers “Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette” for First Time with a Full Band in Pittsburgh

Billy Strings turned in two performances over the weekend. The concerts arrived after the Michigan-bred guitarist ignited the Universal Monsters theme during his Halloween show at the CFG Bank Arena ...
GEN

Recursion, Roche Unveil Microglia Map of Neuro Disease Targets

Recursion, Roche, and its Genentech subsidiary have unveiled the latest product of their nearly four-year artificial intelligence (AI) drug discovery collaboration, a whole-genome map of specialized ...
Psychology Today

Steven Pinker on the Recursive Loop That Made Us Human

In Hans Christian Andersen's folktale, The Emperor's New Clothes, when a child cries out that the emperor is naked, he isn't revealing a secret. Everyone already knows it. What changes in that instant ...