3+ hour, 23+ min ago  (706+ words) From loading the dishwasher to packing the car: good spatial ability is always useful. How do children develop this skill in primary school? Researchers from Leiden University and TU Delft are investigating this. 'We want to create a meaningful toolbox…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (324+ words) Teaching robots to manipulate objects with humanlike dexterity has long been one of robotics' toughest challenges. Tasks such as rotating an object in-hand or coordinating two robot arms to maneuver a bulky item require constant changes in contact, grip and…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (193+ words) Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence-powered platform that could significantly speed up the discovery of catalysts for methane pyrolysis, a promising technology for producing hydrogen with lower carbon emissions. Hydrogen is widely regarded as an important component of future…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (157+ words) Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Harvard University's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) peered deeper into LMs to understand their main issues in high-stakes settings. Their test: "Battleship," a classic guessing game that's…...

5+ day, 33+ min ago  (431+ words) They fear that scientific research will become beholden to commercial tech giants, that trade journals will be flooded with unreliable results, and that scientists' autonomy will erode. They call on colleagues to take action and make recommendations in the Leiden…...

6+ day, 49+ min ago  (316+ words) Mirage News In an Editorial, Vaughan C. Turekian, Executive Director of the Office of International Networks, Cooperation, and Security at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine argues that science is entering a new phase. In an era of vast…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (765+ words) The rise of AI is forcing mathematics to rethink what makes their field reliable and valuable. In the new 'Leiden Declaration', an international group of researchers warns that AI is putting fundamental values of the discipline under threat. What happens…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (394+ words) EPFL researchers are developing AI models that could one day enable vision prosthetics able to restore meaningful, object-level sight for the blind. "The motivation for this project is that there are many people with visual deficits that are irreparable, in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (852+ words) Mirage News A research team led by Associate Professor Noriyuki Kurita from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology and by Associate Professor Pornpan Pungpo from Ubon Ratchathani University in Thailand has proposed a novel…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (313+ words) The MIT Corporation - the Institute's board of trustees - has elected 10 full-term members, who will serve five-year terms, and two life members. Corporation Chair Mark P. Gorenberg '76 announced the election results today. The full-term members are: Kate A. Bergeron, Elizabeth Choe, Kevin B. Churchwell,…...