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James Halverson, an assistant professor of physics at Northeastern, uses data science to study the many possibilities in string theory. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
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How cosmic stasis may drastically rewrite the history of the universe

Already, others are beginning to explore the new paradigm of cosmic stasis. In August 2024, James Halverson and Sneh Pandya at Northeastern University in Massachusetts found that cosmic stasis arises from decaying towers of axions within models of string theory known as the axiverse.

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AI and physics have more in common than you might think

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Why you need a computer to understand strings and knots

by Emily Arntsen
James Halverson, an assistant professor of physics at Northeastern, uses data science to study the many possibilities in string theory. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

How theoretical physicist James Halverson is using data science and machine learning to study string theory

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