Minecraft as research: Project Malmo

Microsoft has made Project Malmo, a platform that uses the world of Minecraft as a testing ground for advanced AI research, available for novice to experienced programmers on GitHub via an open-source license. The system, which had until…

New particles added to exotic category

The LHCb collaboration reported the observation of three new 'exotic' particles and the confirmation of the existence of a fourth one in data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). These particles seem to be formed by four quarks (the…