Physicists Teach AI to Identify Exotic States of Matter

Put a tray of water in the freezer. And then--boom--the molecules stack into little hexagons, and you've got ice. Those drastic alterations in physical properties are called phase transitions, and physicists love them. It's as if they could spot the exact instant Dr. Jekyll morphs into Mr. Hyde. If they could just figure out exactly how the upstanding doctor's body metabolized the secret formula, maybe physicists could understand how it turns him evil.