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Community Apr 6, 2026

The Hidden Shapes Inside Every Network

Scientists just cracked a decades-old problem: SPMiner uses Graph Neural Networks to discover hidden recurring shapes inside massive networks faster and at unprecedented scale.

Ruth Tamiru 5 min read

Mindbytes Sep 23, 2026

New Algorithm Turns Black Hole Snapshots into Video

The kine algorithm uses neural fields to reconstruct a continuous video from 116 VLBI observations spanning 27 years, achieving four times the resolution of any single image.

Linsey Smith 2 min read