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As of September 2026: Home of Song He's group, which published the nine-loop symbol first
A small physics calculation just became a marker for AI capability. The six-particle scattering amplitude in planar N=4 super-Yang-Mills, a favorite testing ground for theorists, had sat at eight loops since 2023—until Anthropic's Claude pushed it to nine in late August 2026, running unsupervised for days at a cost of a few thousand dollars.
Updated Sep 28
As of May 2026: Leading the 2026 expedition; will house and analyze the ice cores
For nearly three decades, Everest's ice-core record stopped at 6,500 meters on the East Rongbuk Glacier. A joint China-Nepal team has now pulled a full-depth core from the 8,848.86-meter summit.
Updated May 25
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