11+ mon, 2+ day ago   (763+ words) Three students have achieved what seemed impossible for centuries. Using artificial intelligence, they successfully deciphered ancient Roman scrolls that were carbonized by Mount Vesuvius’ devastating eruption in 79 A.D. When the volcano erupted nearly two millennia ago, it didn’t just preserve…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (766+ words) Even when asked to rely on expert knowledge, popular AI programs still create images and stories of Neanderthals, an extinct human relative who lived in Europe and parts of Asia tens of thousands of years ago, that look like outdated…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (690+ words) In 1959, engineers at a U.S. Army laboratory built a device that amplified and routed signals using nothing but jets of air. More than six decades later, that half-forgotten technology is driving a quiet revolution in robotics. A team at King’s College…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (779+ words) Artificial intelligence tools are now appearing inside top-tier research papers – and in some cases, they are introducing references to studies that do not exist. The problem has surfaced in accepted conference papers, raising concerns about how easily reference errors can…...

11+ mon, 4+ week ago   (791+ words) In a lab in Genoa, Italy, volunteers teamed up with iCub, a child-sized humanoid robot, to slice a bar of soap using a steel wire. The task itself was simple. What surprised researchers was what happened afterward: the participants’ brains…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (809+ words) Instead of waiting years for lucky breaks, researchers are turning to machines to sketch out entirely new potential chemical molecules on demand. That change matters now because faster, more directed discovery can cut waste, lower costs, and move useful medicines…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (876+ words) Preclinical drug studies often force researchers into a difficult balancing act. Scientists want to use as few animals as possible for ethical reasons. But when mouse studies get too small, the statistics can start to fall apart. Real treatment effects…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1026+ words) Machine culture just got its first controlled test, and only one of 600 people playing on their own ever found what the AI did. Offered a sure gain now or a bigger one that costs something first, most of us take the…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (945+ words) Living cells can already sense their surroundings, but turning that information into complex decisions has remained a major challenge. Researchers can program human cells to perform the same binary calculations as a simple digital circuit. By building compact genetic logic…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (758+ words) Researchers have tracked a looping fractional charge in ultrathin carbon and seen it return with a consistent interference rhythm. The result strengthens the case for quantum particles whose collective state can retain a record of earlier exchanges. That rhythmic signal…...