Advancing on all fronts
Breakthroughs often come from emerging fields and at the intersection of existing fields. These emerging and cross-disciplinary fields constitute the actual frontier of scientific knowledge, and are scattered across the physical sciences, life sciences, social sciences, and in the study of science itself, also known as “metascience.”
Introspection
Identifying reliable reports about a person's mind makes it possible to model their beliefs and goals. Such models can then be used to predict action. With rapid feedback on many proposed interventions, a full-fledged exploration of the mind becomes possible. Learn about Leverage's foundational exploration of the human mind.
Nucleonics
In collaboration with the low energy nuclear reactions (LENR) team at MIT, Leverage is helping to advance nucleonics. The field of nucleonics studies atomic nuclei and how energy can be transferred between nuclei and extracted. Anomaly reports and better theory will drive progress in this rising field.
Quantum Biology
After decades in obscurity, quantum biology is now emerging as an important subfield at the intersection of biology and quantum physics. Quantum biologists have identified various potential quantum effects in biological systems; the next steps are to experimentally verify them while seeking out more pervasive effects.
History of Electricity
Throughout the history of successful science, from astronomy and optics to chemistry and geology, there are only a few hundred major discoveries. Leverage is conducting case studies on each of these, beginning with electricity. These case studies will furnish a data set that will make public and scientific discussion of science much easier.
Social Science
Physical Science
Life Science
Metascience
Recent Publications
Leverage publishes reports on many topics in science and technology, including case studies on major discoveries in the history of science, analyses of bottlenecks in existing fields, as well as research from our own foundational research programs.
A Brief Introduction to the Radical Pair Mechanism
The radical pair mechanism (RPM) is a quantum-chemical mechanism from the field of spin chemistry. This paper introduces the RPM and covers how open questions can be studied analytically, by calculation, and by experiment.
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Can AI Systems Evaluate Research Papers?
Part of Leverage's AI initiative, this is the first in a series of experiments to determine whether current AI systems can evaluate the quality of scientific research.
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Affiliated Organizations
Leverage incubates, partners with, and provides early support for organizations with revolutionary research teams who advance the cutting edge and educate the public through clear communication about the physical, natural, and social sciences, and the study of science itself.
Quantum Biology Institute
A multidisciplinary team of scientists are building a microscope to probe quantum states inside cells at room temperature
Bismarck Analysis
Case studies on industries, technologies, organizations, and individuals; towards an atlas of worldwide power players
Palladium Magazine
Magazine on society, history, politics, and civilization, constructing a philosophy called “governance futurism”
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