Peter Melchior

for Advanced Studies DiscoverPhysics Leaderboard, Princeton University, Boston University, New York University, New York University Carolina Cuesta-Lázaro Flatiron Institute Institute

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Eval Frameworks & Benchmarks (1)Reasoning & Chain-of-Thought (1)Scientific Discovery & Drug Design (1)

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May 25, 2026

for Advanced Studies DiscoverPhysicsMay 25, 2026·also BU, NYU, Princeton

DiscoverPhysics: Benchmarking LLMs for Out-of-the-Box Scientific Thinking

LLMs can ace physics exams, but put them in a universe with slightly different laws and their scientific reasoning skills fall apart.

Matt L. Wiemann, Lindsay M. Smith, Peter Melchior +3

Eval Frameworks & Benchmarks Reasoning & Chain-of-Thought Scientific Discovery & Drug Design

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Peter Melchior

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