6+ hour, 8+ min ago  (168+ words) MRIs show different brain activity patterns for kids with math learning disabilities When kids with math learning disabilities solve a math problem with number symbols, they approach and process it differently than typical kids. But differences disappear when numbers are…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (157+ words) This handlike robot scuttles around on its fingertips and grasps objects in ways human hands can't manage. X. Gao et al/Nature Communications 2026 February 24, 2026 at 3:10 pm If you're creeped out by disembodied appendages, look away now. Everyone else, welcome to the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (257+ words) The AI framework predicts how proteins will function with several interacting mutations Making high-performance proteins for medicines or consumer products can take trial after trial of tweaks, experiments and fine-tuning. A new machine learning framework squeezes all that into a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1796+ words) Cutting through the hype reveals what's actually possible AI can sift data and design experiments " but can it truly create new ideas? It's abilities are still up for debate. A robot named Adam was the first of its kind to…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (468+ words) The researchers used virtual players to test possible combinations of pieces and moves A game "board" is inscribed on a flat piece of limestone found amid the ruins of Coriovallum, a Roman-era town in what's now the Netherlands. An old,…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (695+ words) The model can predict changes in 11 biological activities across 1 million DNA letters A new deep learning AI model called AlphaGenome is opening up the DNA instruction book and making it easier to read. By Tina Hesman Saey A new deep-learning…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (324+ words) The designs of flowers on Halafian pottery made almost 8,000 years ago (some shown) show geometric sequences in the number of petals. This is a human-written story voiced by AI. Got feedback? Take our survey . (See our AI policy here .) Plantlike…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1438+ words) Tensor networks grapple with the complexities of both quantum particles and machine learning Smaller models also boast the potential to be crammed onto personal devices like cell phones or household appliances. The ability to put AI on the devices themselves'rather…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (565+ words) Sound waves, magnets and electricity can all lift items off the ground In fiction, levitation requires magic. In the real world, all you need is physics. In fiction, magic makes levitation easy. With a simple swish-and-flick of his wand, Ron…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (417+ words) A new catalog shows how organisms use mosaics for protection, movement and more The compound eyes of the snipe fly and many other insects are tessellated with ommatidia, which individually capture images that are then compiled by the insect's brain…...