/ en-us Â鶹ÒùÔº internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Â鶹ÒùÔºics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Artificial intelligence (AI) agents and large-language models (LLMs), such as the model underpinning OpenAI's conversational platform ChatGPT, are now widely used by people worldwide, both in informal and professional settings. Over the past decade or so, some of these models have also been adapted to tackle complex research problems rooted in various fields, including biology, physics, medical sciences and chemistry. /news/2025-05-conversational-agent-quantum-chemistry-workflows.html Analytical Chemistry Wed, 21 May 2025 06:30:01 EDT news666954768 In his recent doctoral thesis from the University of Agder, Frans af Malmborg examined how politicians in the Nordic countries and the EU discuss and develop policies on artificial intelligence (AI). /news/2025-05-politicians-critical-artificial-intelligence.html Political science Tue, 20 May 2025 16:00:34 EDT news666975628 Global partnerships and artificial intelligence (AI) will be key to addressing the growing challenges posed by food contamination, a new study reveals. /news/2025-05-ai-global-partnerships-key-food.html Environment Tue, 20 May 2025 16:00:01 EDT news666975367 Diversity training is more effective when it's personalized, according to my new research in the peer-reviewed journal Applied Psychology. /news/2025-05-size-diversity-broken-alternative.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Tue, 20 May 2025 13:34:04 EDT news666966841 As concerns about waning antibiotic effectiveness grow, researchers are using unique tools to search for new ways to keep bacteria from causing infections in both humans and animals. /news/2025-05-infections-approach-blocks-bacteria-cells.html Cell & Microbiology Molecular & Computational biology Tue, 20 May 2025 12:50:07 EDT news666963877 Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are rapidly transforming the world of work—not least, the process of hiring, managing and promoting employees. /news/2025-05-ai-exposing-jobseekers-discrimination.html Economics & Business Tue, 20 May 2025 12:01:04 EDT news666961261 A Monash University researcher at the forefront of animal cognition and behavioral studies is shining a light on how the field plays a critical role in driving forward societal innovation. /news/2025-05-animal-cognition-reveals-treasure-trove.html Plants & Animals Biotechnology Tue, 20 May 2025 09:46:34 EDT news666953192 As the world's energy needs for computing and artificial intelligence continue to increase, developing alternative low-power solutions to traditional computing becomes crucial. Devices that reliably generate randomness, or stochasticity, are vital for many computing applications. /news/2025-05-randomness-visualize-decision-nanomagnetic.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Tue, 20 May 2025 09:35:04 EDT news666952502 What if ultrafast pulses of light could operate computers at speeds a million times faster than today's best processors? A team of scientists, including researchers from the University of Arizona, are working to make that possible. /news/2025-05-world-petahertz-phototransistor-ambient-conditions.html Optics & Photonics Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Mon, 19 May 2025 16:15:04 EDT news666890101 Using global land use and carbon storage data from the past 175 years, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and Cognizant AI Labs have trained an artificial intelligence system to develop optimal environmental policy solutions that can advance global sustainability initiatives of the United Nations. /news/2025-05-ai-optimizes-policy-hidden-keys.html Environment Mon, 19 May 2025 14:37:04 EDT news666884221 Generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) seems to offer endless possibilities for sales and marketing. It can help companies streamline processes, reach more customers, and expand their capabilities. But that wealth of possibilities can seem overwhelming to small and midsized companies, says Doug Chung, associate professor of marketing at Texas McCombs. /news/2025-05-qa-generative-ai-myths-sales.html Economics & Business Mon, 19 May 2025 13:28:04 EDT news666880081 Cornell researchers are demonstrating how artificial intelligence—particularly deep learning and generative modeling—can accelerate the design of new molecules and materials, and even function as an autonomous research assistant. /news/2025-05-smarter-faster-ai-explored-molecular.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Mon, 19 May 2025 13:14:03 EDT news666879241 Societies increasingly rely on scientists to guide decisions in times of uncertainty, from pandemic outbreaks to the rise of artificial intelligence. /news/2025-05-climate-scientists-globally.html Environment Mon, 19 May 2025 12:09:04 EDT news666875341 Bacteria can do it, amoebas can do it, even blood cells can do it: They all have the ability to move in a goal-oriented way in liquids. And they do so despite having extremely simple structures without a central control system (such as a brain). How can this be explained? /news/2025-05-microorganisms-complex-nervous-liquids.html Biotechnology Molecular & Computational biology Mon, 19 May 2025 11:14:03 EDT news666872041 Preparing students for a world driven by artificial intelligence starts long before college. The University of South Florida is collaborating with Pre-K-12 educators to integrate AI into classrooms in Tampa Bay and across the nation, ensuring that future generations develop essential skills early on. /news/2025-05-ai-pre-classrooms-emphasizes-ethical.html Education Mon, 19 May 2025 09:32:03 EDT news666865921 How can artificial intelligence (AI) be used to advance mapping and imaging methods on other planets? This is what a study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference hopes to address as a lone researcher investigated using machine learning models to enhance mapping and imaging capabilities from orbital images obtained from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Context Camera (CTX), which is currently orbiting Mars. /news/2025-05-advancing-martian-geology-machine-tools.html Planetary Sciences Fri, 16 May 2025 11:44:04 EDT news666614641 The vast majority of students now use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) programs on a regular basis. Can teachers get students past the principle of least effort and turn these programs into educational tools? /news/2025-05-ai-students-creatively.html Education Fri, 16 May 2025 10:58:04 EDT news666611881 A new study demonstrates how artificial intelligence (AI) can help consumers avoid overdraft fees—potentially saving households millions in avoidable charges. /news/2025-05-financial-uncertainty-ai-nudges-curb.html Economics & Business Thu, 15 May 2025 13:41:27 EDT news666535281 Scientists at the McGovern Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have reengineered a compact RNA-guided enzyme they found in bacteria into an efficient, programmable editor of human DNA. The engineered protein, called NovaIscB, can be adapted to make precise changes to the genetic code, modulate the activity of specific genes, or carry out other editing tasks. Because its small size simplifies delivery to cells, NovaIscB's developers say it is a promising candidate for developing gene therapies to treat or prevent disease. /news/2025-05-cas9-ancestor-compact-genome-tool.html Biotechnology Molecular & Computational biology Thu, 15 May 2025 13:30:01 EDT news666534359 A group of researchers, including scientists from the DTU National Food Institute, have developed a method that, with the help of artificial intelligence and DNA decoding, can predict how well disease-causing bacteria such as Listeria tolerate disinfectants. This research may become a valuable weapon in the fight against harmful bacteria in the food industry. /news/2025-05-ai-bacterial-resistance-agents.html Cell & Microbiology Molecular & Computational biology Thu, 15 May 2025 12:20:04 EDT news666530402 You scrambled up a Rubik's cube, and now you want to put it back in order. What sequence of moves should you make? /news/2025-05-algebra-alphabet-soup-language-algorithms.html Mathematics Thu, 15 May 2025 12:08:04 EDT news666529681 In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison introduced a deep learning method capable of automatically identifying transition states in protein conformational changes, a key process that underpins many biological functions. /news/2025-05-deep-method-transition-states-protein.html Biochemistry Analytical Chemistry Thu, 15 May 2025 12:01:03 EDT news666529261 Predictive artificial intelligence (AI) hiring systems (AHSs) are used by employers every day to screen and shortlist job candidates. /news/2025-05-discrimination-algorithms-real-problem.html Economics & Business Thu, 15 May 2025 11:20:05 EDT news666526385 A team of researchers led by Niccolò Maffezzoli, "Marie Curie" fellow at Ca' Foscari University of Venice and the University of California, Irvine, and an associate member of the Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council of Italy, has developed the first global model based on artificial intelligence to calculate the ice thickness distribution of all the glaciers on Earth. /news/2025-05-machine-volume-glaciers-earth.html Earth Sciences Environment Thu, 15 May 2025 08:03:04 EDT news666514982 New York University scientists are using artificial intelligence to determine which genes collectively govern nitrogen use efficiency in plants such as corn, with the goal of helping farmers improve their crop yields and minimize the cost of nitrogen fertilizers. /news/2025-05-artificial-intelligence-genetics-farmers-corn.html Molecular & Computational biology Agriculture Wed, 14 May 2025 15:44:05 EDT news666456242 One of the things that makes the main particle accelerator at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility unique is that it was the first linear accelerator to deliver a continuous stream of electrons. Today, the accelerator's efficiency and stability are critical to groundbreaking experiments by nuclear physicists from around the world for probing the tiniest building blocks of matter. /news/2025-05-scientists-machine-tools-particle.html General Â鶹ÒùÔºics Wed, 14 May 2025 15:13:31 EDT news666454400 The goal of transhumanists is to improve human beings so they will perform better. In doing so, they contribute above all else to creating people perfectly suited to capitalism. /news/2025-05-human-transhumanism.html Social Sciences Wed, 14 May 2025 13:50:01 EDT news666447423 People collect mussels from the shore, but do they also exist in freshwater ecosystems? Just how many of these inconspicuous mussels can be found beneath the surface of inland waters became apparent during the Oder River disaster in 2022, when tons of mussels perished. Empty mussel shells still line the banks of the Oder. /news/2025-05-qa-freshwater-mussels-invasive-quagga.html Ecology Wed, 14 May 2025 12:29:04 EDT news666444541 It started as a low, haunting roar building in the distance. It grew into a deafening thunder that drowned out all else. The sky turned an unnatural shade of green, then black. The wind lashed at trees and buildings with brutal force. Sirens wailed. Windows and buildings exploded. /news/2025-05-ai-tornado-recovery.html Environment Wed, 14 May 2025 11:21:06 EDT news666440462 Researchers at National Taiwan University have developed a new type of spintronic device that mimics how synapses work in the brain—offering a path to more energy-efficient and accurate artificial intelligence systems. /news/2025-05-based-memory-advance-brain-closer.html Condensed Matter Wed, 14 May 2025 10:20:33 EDT news666436826