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AlphaFold Developers Win Breakthrough $3 Million Prize

AlphaFold Developers Win Breakthrough $3 Million Prize

DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis (left) and John Jumper (right) have developed AlphaFold, an AI capable of predicting protein structure.Credit: Breakthrough Prize The researchers behind the AlphaFold artificial intelligence (AI) system have won one of this year’s US$3 million Breakthrough Prizes – the most lucrative awards in science. Demis Hassabis and John Jumper, both of DeepMind in …

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Stunning Image of Comet Leonard Breakup Wins 2022 Top Astronomy Photography Prize

Stunning Image of Comet Leonard Breakup Wins 2022 Top Astronomy Photography Prize

The big winner of the 2022 Astronomical Photographer of the Year contest is this photo of Comet Leonard, titled “Disconnection Event.” (Image credit: Gherard Rhemann) An eruption of last year’s brightest comet has topped entries in an astronomy photographer contest. Gas spewing from the tail of Comet Leonard has won the top prize in the …

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