This section explores the intersection where physics meets data analysis, a rapidly evolving frontier where complex datasets reveal hidden patterns in the universe. From tracking particle collisions to modeling cosmic structures, these studies rely on advanced statistical methods to turn raw numbers into fundamental insights about how reality works.

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Below are the latest papers in physics and data analysis, organized for easy reading and discovery.

Universal electronic manifolds for extrapolative alloy discovery

This study introduces a computationally efficient framework that utilizes non-interacting electron density and Bayesian active learning to achieve highly accurate, zero-shot extrapolative predictions of alloy properties across vast compositional landscapes, significantly reducing the data requirements for discovering refractory high-entropy alloys.

Pranoy Ray, Sayan Bhowmik, Phanish Suryanarayana, Surya R. Kalidindi, Andrew J. Medford2026-03-10🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Turning Time Series into Algebraic Equations: Symbolic Machine Learning for Interpretable Modeling of Chaotic Time Series

This paper introduces two interpretable symbolic machine learning methods, the Symbolic Neural Forecaster (SyNF) and the Symbolic Tree Forecaster (SyTF), which successfully learn explicit algebraic equations to forecast chaotic time series with accuracy competitive to deep learning while providing transparent insights into the underlying dynamics.

Madhurima Panja, Grace Younes, Tanujit Chakraborty2026-03-10🤖 cs.LG

Dissecting Spectral Granger Causality through Partial Information Decomposition

This paper introduces Partial Decomposition of Granger Causality (PDGC), a novel framework leveraging Partial Information Decomposition to dissect multivariate spectral Granger causality into unique, redundant, and synergistic components, which was successfully applied to physiological networks to reveal distinct patterns of autonomic dysfunction in patients prone to neurally-mediated syncope.

Luca Faes, Gorana Mijatovic, Riccardo Pernice, Daniele Marinazzo, Sebastiano Stramaglia, Yuri Antonacci2026-03-10🔬 physics

Scalable Multi-Task Learning for Particle Collision Event Reconstruction with Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks

This paper proposes a scalable Heterogeneous Graph Neural Network (HGNN) that employs a multi-task learning paradigm to simultaneously perform particle vertex association and graph pruning, thereby significantly improving beauty hadron reconstruction performance and inference efficiency for complex particle collision events at the Large Hadron Collider.

William Sutcliffe, Marta Calvi, Simone Capelli, Jonas Eschle, Julián García Pardiñas, Abhijit Mathad, Azusa Uzuki, Nicola Serra2026-03-09⚛️ hep-ex

Large Language Models -- the Future of Fundamental Physics?

This paper demonstrates that the Qwen2.5 Large Language Model, when combined with connector networks to form a "Lightcone LLM," can effectively analyze and generate 3D cosmological maps from SKA data, outperforming standard initialization methods and matching dedicated networks of similar size for tasks like parameter regression and lightcone generation.

Caroline Heneka, Florian Nieser, Ayodele Ore, Tilman Plehn, Daniel Schiller2026-03-09⚛️ hep-ph

Position-Sensitive Silicon Photomultiplier Array with Enhanced Position Reconstruction by means of a Deep Neural Network

This paper demonstrates that applying Deep Neural Networks to a 2x2 array of linearly-graded Silicon Photomultipliers significantly improves position resolution and linearity while increasing the number of resolvable pixels by a factor of 5.7 to 12.1 compared to traditional reconstruction methods.

Cyril Alispach, Fabio Acerbi, Hossein Arabi, Domenico della Volpe, Alberto Gola, Aramis Raiola, Habib Zaidi2026-03-09🔬 physics