/ en-us �鶹��Ժ internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: �鶹��Ժics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Imagine a computer that does not rely only on electronics but uses light to perform tasks faster and more efficiently. A collaboration between two research teams from Tampere University in Finland and Université Marie et Louis Pasteur in France have now demonstrated a novel way of processing information using light and optical fibers, opening up the possibility of building ultra-fast computers. The studies are published in Optics Letters and on the arXiv preprint server. /news/2025-06-based-optical-fibers-potential-ultra.html Optics & Photonics Wed, 18 Jun 2025 11:33:04 EDT news669465182 In the world of particle physics, where scientists unravel the mysteries of the universe, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are making waves with how they're increasing understanding of the most fundamental particles. Central to this exploration are parton distribution functions (PDFs). These complex mathematical models are crucial for predicting outcomes of high energy physics experiments that test the Standard Model of particle physics. /news/2025-06-decoding-high-energy-physics-ai.html General �鶹��Ժics Fri, 13 Jun 2025 13:50:03 EDT news669040613 A research team led by Prof. Xie Pinhua from the Hefei Institutes of �鶹��Ժical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a novel prediction model for surface ozone concentration in the North China Plain (NCP) and Yangtze River Delta (YRD) regions. The model leverages a sequential convolutional long short-term memory network framework (CNN-LSTM) to integrate spatiotemporal meteorological features, addressing key limitations in existing forecasting methods. /news/2025-06-ai-powered-ozone-pollution.html Environment Fri, 13 Jun 2025 03:44:36 EDT news669005063 Research at the Quantum Systems Accelerator has been steadily breaking new ground, quickening the pace toward flexible, stable quantum computers with capabilities well beyond those of today's classical machines. /news/2025-06-ion-advances-ground-quantum.html Quantum �鶹��Ժics Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:33:05 EDT news668961181 One of the current hot research topics is the combination of two of the most recent technological breakthroughs: machine learning and quantum computing. /news/2025-06-quantum-machine-small-scale-photonic.html Optics & Photonics Quantum �鶹��Ժics Mon, 09 Jun 2025 11:21:04 EDT news668686862 Researchers in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a machine learning framework that can predict with quantum-level accuracy how materials respond to electric fields, up to the scale of a million atoms—vastly accelerating simulations beyond quantum mechanical methods, which can model only a few hundred atoms at a time. /news/2025-06-electric-response-materials-million-atoms.html Condensed Matter Quantum �鶹��Ժics Mon, 09 Jun 2025 08:54:04 EDT news668678042 A research team from Skoltech, AIRI, Tomsk Polytechnic University, and Sber has proposed and tested an approach to predicting the modification of material properties. Artificial intelligence models that were pre-trained on a small amount of data enabled a significant increase in the calculation of the formation energies in possible configurations of higher tungsten boride doped with other metals. /news/2025-06-ai-metal-doped-compounds-mechanical.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Thu, 05 Jun 2025 10:05:04 EDT news668336701 In a landscape full of clear blue lakes and deep green forests, it is the old redbrick buildings that tell the story of Tampere's industrial heritage. Former factories, which once housed machine and linen production, still dominate the architecture of this Finnish region. /news/2025-05-circles-europe-cities-regions-green.html Environment Fri, 30 May 2025 14:03:05 EDT news667832581 When children are dropped off at a school or daycare for the first time, there can be a lot of feelings and sometimes meltdowns caused by being separated from parents, meeting new people, and hearing new noises. Could the architecture of the room help to soothe at least some of the children's concerns? /news/2025-05-insulation-tiles-school-calm-crying.html Education Fri, 23 May 2025 14:40:01 EDT news667204082 When two-dimensional electron systems are subjected to magnetic fields at low temperatures, they can exhibit interesting states of matter, such as fractional quantum Hall liquids. These are exotic states of matter characterized by fractionalized excitations and the emergence of interesting topological phenomena. /news/2025-05-fermionic-neural-network-ground-state.html Condensed Matter Quantum �鶹��Ժics Thu, 22 May 2025 09:50:25 EDT news667126215 A new study introduces choice engineering—a powerful new way to guide decisions using math instead of guesswork. By applying carefully designed mathematical models, researchers found they could influence people's choices more effectively than relying on gut instincts or even traditional psychology. This discovery could pave the way for smarter, more ethical tools to improve decision-making in areas like education, health, and everyday life. /news/2025-05-intuition-mathematical-behavior.html Mathematics Social Sciences Mon, 19 May 2025 10:58:03 EDT news666871081 In the natural world—where predators pounce, prey flee, and group members feed and sleep in solidarity—animal behavior is glorious in its variety. Now, new research suggests there may be an underlying architecture that orders the movements of animals as they go about their very different lives. And it's more widespread than previously imagined. /news/2025-05-mammals-behavior-hints-underlying-architecture.html Plants & Animals Ecology Fri, 16 May 2025 14:07:04 EDT news666623222 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 Ribonucleic acid, also called RNA, is a molecule present in all living cells. It plays a critical role in transmitting genetic instructions from DNA and creating proteins. With the power to execute a plethora of functions, the little RNA "messenger" has led to important innovations across therapeutics, diagnostics, and vaccines, and made us rethink our understanding of life itself. /news/2025-05-qa-generative-ai-technique-rna.html Biotechnology Molecular & Computational biology Wed, 14 May 2025 16:26:05 EDT news666458762 Every week quantum computing hits a new milestone: more qubits, fewer errors, better readout of results. But will these breakthroughs help solve the advanced computational problems facing energy, like how to model energy storage catalysts or ensure power grid reliability? That is what scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) want to know. /news/2025-05-quantum-energy-hardest-problems.html Quantum �鶹��Ժics Wed, 07 May 2025 12:01:05 EDT news665838062 How can nanosatellites help advance lunar exploration and settlement? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference hopes to address as a team of researchers from Grahaa Space in India investigated the pros, cons, and applications for using nanosatellites on the moon. This study has the potential to help scientists, engineers, mission planners, and future lunar astronauts develop and test new technologies for advancing lunar exploration, and possibly beyond the moon. /news/2025-05-harnessing-nanosatellite-technology-lunar-infrastructure.html Space Exploration Thu, 01 May 2025 09:38:04 EDT news665311082 Getting missions to land successfully on the moon has been difficult. Recent missions, such as IM-1 and IM-2, which the private company Intuitive Machines completed, have been qualified successes at best, with both landers settling at unintended angles and breaking parts of them off along the way. Such experiences offer excellent learning opportunities, though, and NASA is confident that a third time might be a charm for a flawless mission. /news/2025-04-cadre-autonomy.html Space Exploration Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:33:04 EDT news665238782 In the future, quantum computers could rapidly simulate new materials or help scientists develop faster machine‐learning models, opening the door to many new possibilities. /news/2025-04-advance-fault-tolerant-quantum.html Optics & Photonics Quantum �鶹��Ժics Wed, 30 Apr 2025 05:00:01 EDT news665134397 Artificial intelligence is driving a seismic shift in how we approach weather forecasting, with a flurry of new AI weather prediction models debuting in recent years that have a number of potential advantages over traditional models. These include faster speeds, reduced demand for computing resources, and improved forecast performance for some weather phenomena, especially over longer time periods. /news/2025-04-platform-barriers-artificial-intelligence-weather.html Environment Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:09:05 EDT news665143741 The human genome is like a big ball of yarn, made up of 3 billion molecular units arranged in sequence and then wrapped up around itself. Within this ball of yarn are your genes, which are regions of DNA that get copied and then turned into miniature molecular machines called proteins. The three-dimensional structure of the yarn dictates which of your genes get turned into proteins, and when this system fails, disease develops. But until now, it has not been possible to visualize how different regions of DNA talk to each other across space and time. /news/2025-04-imaging-tool-scientists-genome-dynamics.html Biotechnology Molecular & Computational biology Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:10:04 EDT news665053764 In the sweltering summer of AD18, a desperate chant echoed across China's sun-scorched plains: "Heaven has gone blind!" Thousands of starving farmers, their faces smeared with ox blood, marched toward the opulent vaults held by the Han dynasty's elite rulers. /news/2025-04-years-chinese-history-reveals-today.html Economics & Business Thu, 24 Apr 2025 13:40:03 EDT news664719972 In a leap forward for materials science, a multi-institutional team of researchers has developed a pioneering method of 3D printing cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers (CLCEs), enabling complex, color-changing responsive materials and paving the way for novel applications like smart textiles and advanced robotics. /news/2025-03-3d-method-materials-smart-textiles.html Materials Science Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:53:04 EDT news662651581 Researchers from São Paulo State University (UNESP), at its Tupã campus in Brazil, have developed and tested a new geospatial intelligence methodology that can contribute more quickly and accurately to land use management and territorial planning projects. /news/2025-03-geospatial-intelligence-methodology-accurate-faster.html Biotechnology Agriculture Thu, 27 Mar 2025 14:48:04 EDT news662305681 Researchers at the Arc Institute, Stanford University, and NVIDIA have developed Evo 2, an advanced AI model capable of predicting genetic variations and generating genomic sequences across all domains of life. /news/2025-03-evo-generative-genomic-ai-domains.html Evolution Molecular & Computational biology Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:30:04 EST news660219864 A research team led by Rumi Chunara—an NYU associate professor with appointments in both the Tandon School of Engineering and the School of Global Public Health—has unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) system that uses satellite imagery to track urban green spaces more accurately than prior methods, critical to ensuring healthy cities. /news/2025-02-ai-accurately-urban-green-spaces.html Environment Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:32:05 EST news659277122 In a study published late last year, three architects explored the history of Trondhjems Kooperative Boligselskap (TKB) in light of social and political trends in today's Norway. TKB was and is a groundbreaking project from both a social and architectural perspective. /news/2025-02-year-housing.html Economics & Business Political science Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:39:05 EST news659111941 We are in the early days of a seismic shift in the global AI industry. DeepSeek, a previously little-known Chinese artificial intelligence company, has produced a "game changing"" large language model that promises to reshape the AI landscape almost overnight. /news/2025-02-deepseek-china-embrace-source-ai.html Political science Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:00:02 EST news658594357 It's called "woody breast" and for consumers it can mean a chewier chicken sandwich, but for the industry it can mean up to $200 million annual yield loss. /news/2025-02-chicken-woody-breast-advanced-machine.html Veterinary medicine Tue, 11 Feb 2025 12:54:29 EST news658500864 Researchers at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering have used machine learning to design nano-architected materials that have the strength of carbon steel but the lightness of Styrofoam. /news/2025-01-machine-3d-yield-steel-strong.html Nanomaterials Fri, 24 Jan 2025 15:57:11 EST news656956625 As the capabilities of generative AI models have grown, you've probably seen how they can transform simple text prompts into hyperrealistic images and even extended video clips. /news/2025-01-video-generative-molecular-world.html Molecular & Computational biology Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:41:05 EST news656865662