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Articles written by undergraduates through our Professor Partnership Program. Learn more at www.sciworthy.com/ppp/
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Teaching a computer to play the game Go is difficult

Posted on December 23, 2021June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

A mathematical strategy called Objective Monte-Carlo helped a team of researchers teach a computer how to play the ancient and complex game…

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    How old and young people react to the Prisoner’s Dilemma

    Posted on December 6, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

    This study was the first to report on different age groups’ interactions with different people when presented with a multi-round…

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      Hundred-year-old dirt may be able to help restore damaged desert

      Posted on December 2, 2021June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

      Scientists hope to restore biocrusts by transplanting healthy salvaged biocrusts to damaged areas. This method was found to successfully…

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        Scientists use bacteria to remove uranium from polluted water

        Posted on November 29, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

        Scientists discover a bacterial species that could potentially clean up uranium contamination in the environment following mining activity…

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          Artificial intelligence can learn to play a complex war game

          Posted on November 25, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

          A team of scientists recently learned that "reinforcement learning" can be used to play a very complex war game.

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            Can a computer learn to play Settlers of Catan?

            Posted on November 22, 2021December 28, 2023 by Sciworthy

            At a glance, board games may seem to have no connection to artificial intelligence (AI). However, board games are quite useful when studying…

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              Scientists analyze the domino effect of breast cancer escalation

              Posted on June 10, 2021June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

              Research conducted in China has made way for potential treatment options for treating breast cancer metastasis in lymph nodes.

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                Shrinking ovarian tumors with personalized medicine

                Posted on June 7, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                In a recent study, a group of scientists from the UK evaluated whether a combination of several proteins and a cancer drug that interferes…

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                  A personalized vaccine to treat ovarian cancer

                  Posted on June 3, 2021June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

                  An exciting recent clinical trial developed a personalized vaccination as a safe and effective approach in ovarian cancer treatment.

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                    Why do some breast cancer cells survive treatment?

                    Posted on May 31, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                    For tumor cells that survive treatment, one of their tricks is using microRNA molecules to communicate with one another and stay alive.

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