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We are pleased to announce that Corentin Bodart has been awarded the 2025 Piaget Prize, which is presented in rotation each year in astronomy, mathematics, or physics and recognises the best doctoral ...

Using artificial intelligence, researchers at the RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences, ...

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