How do you make a robot smarter? Program it to know what it doesn’t know
Engineers have come up with a new way to teach robots to know when they…
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How to stay on task
Our ability to pay attention to tasks—a key component of our everyday lives—is heavily influenced…
What if Alexa or Siri sounded more like you? Study says you’ll like it better
One voice does not fit all when it comes to virtual assistants like Siri and…
A gamma-ray pulsar milestone inspires innovative astrophysics and applications
Scientists have announced the discovery of nearly 300 gamma ray pulsars. Read Original Article: A…
Solar activity likely to peak next year
Researchers have discovered a new relationship between the Sun’s magnetic field and its sunspot cycle,…
Macaque trials offer hope in pneumonia vaccine development
A research team has successfully developed a novel pneumococcal vaccine by combining the team’s proprietary…
Kids who feel their parents are less reliable take fewer risks vital to learning and growth
The researchers studied decisions that more than 150 children ages 10 to 13 made while…
Discrimination during pregnancy can affect infant’s brain circuitry
Experiences of discrimination and acculturation are known to have a detrimental effect on a person’s…
Stronger thigh muscles may prevent knee replacement surgery
Stronger quadriceps muscles, relative to the hamstrings, may lower the risk of total knee replacement,…
Defending your voice against deepfakes
Computer scientists have developed AntiFake, a tool to protect voice recordings from unauthorized speech synthesis….
New framework for using AI in health care considers medical knowledge, practices, procedures, values
Health care organizations are looking to artificial intelligence (AI) tools to improve patient care,…
Spike in premature births caused by COVID, halted by vaccines, study finds
COVID-19 caused an alarming surge in premature births, but vaccines were key to returning the…
Child care centers aren’t a likely source of COVID-19 spread, study says
Parents who send their children to child care can breathe a little easier. New research…
Mixing heat with hair styling products may be bad for your health
Hair products often contain ingredients that easily evaporate, so users may inhale some of these…
Extra practice blending letter sounds helps struggling readers
New research has shown that extra practice in blending printed letter sounds can help struggling…
How heat can be used in computing
Physicists have demonstrated that, combining specific materials, heat in technical devices can be used in…
New way of searching for dark matter
Wondering whether whether Dark Matter particles actually are produced inside a jet of standard model…
Scientists devise new technique that can pinpoint the causes and treatments of autoimmune diseases
An international team of researchers has developed a method that combines advanced high-throughput microfluidics and…
Alien haze, cooked in a lab, clears view to distant water worlds
Scientists have simulated conditions that allow hazy skies to form in water-rich exoplanets, a crucial…
Fish IgM structure sheds light on antibody evolution
Researchers have analyzed the antibody Immunoglobulin M in rainbow trout to shed some light on…
Vampire bats make northward flight seeking stable climates
A new article predicts that vampire bats — currently only found in Mexico and Central…
New method uses crowdsourced feedback to help train robots
A new technique enables an AI agent to be guided by data crowdsourced asynchronously from…
New platform solves key problems in targeted drug delivery
Cell and gene therapies hold promise for treating various diseases, but technology to deliver targeted…
Stem cell-based treatment controls blood sugar in people with Type 1 diabetes
An innovative stem cell-based treatment for Type 1 diabetes can meaningfully regulate blood glucose levels…
The Fens of eastern England once held vast woodlands
The Fens of eastern England, a low-lying, extremely flat landscape dominated by agricultural fields, was…
Decoding cell fate: Key mechanism in stem cell switch identified
Stem cells can differentiate to replace dead and damaged cells. But how do stem cells…
Separating out signals recorded at the seafloor
Research shows that variations in pyrite sulfur isotopes may not represent the global processes that…
‘Dolomite Problem’: 200-year-old geology mystery resolved
For 200 years, scientists have failed to grow a common mineral in the laboratory under…
How shipwrecks are providing a refuge for marine life
New research has highlighted how the estimated 50,000 wrecks around the UK coastline are protecting the…
A fifth higher: Tropical cyclones substantially raise the Social Cost of Carbon
Extreme events like tropical cyclones have immediate impacts, but also long-term implications for societies. A…
AI recognizes the tempo and stages of embryonic development
How can we reliably and objectively characterize the speed and various stages of embryonic development?…
Study provides fresh insights into antibiotic resistance, fitness landscapes
A new study suggests that E. coli bacteria may have a higher capability to evolve antibiotic resistance…
‘Strange metal’ is strangely quiet in noise experiment
Experiments have provided the first direct evidence that electricity seems to flow through ‘strange metals’…
Telescope Array detects second highest-energy cosmic ray ever
In 1991, an experiment detected the highest-energy cosmic ray ever observed. Later dubbed the Oh-My-God…
New clues into the head-scratching mystery of itch
Scientists show for the first time that bacteria can cause itch by activating nerve cells…
Revolutionary breakthrough in the manufacture of photovoltaic cells
Engineers have achieved a world first by manufacturing the first back-contact micrometric photovoltaic cells. Read…
Chemists use oxygen, copper ‘scissors’ to make cheaper drug treatments possible
Researchers have devised a way to produce chemicals used in medicine and agriculture for a…
From the first bite, our sense of taste helps pace our eating
When you eagerly dig into a long-awaited dinner, signals from your stomach to your brain…
Neanderthals were the world’s first artists, research reveals
Recent research has shown that engravings in a cave in La Roche-Cotard (France), which has…
NASA’s Webb reveals new features in heart of Milky Way
The latest image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows a portion of the dense…
‘Triple star’ discovery could revolutionize understanding of stellar evolution
A ground-breaking new discovery could transform the way astronomers understand some of the biggest and…
Babies as young as four months show signs of self-awareness
Babies as young as four months old can make sense of how their bodies interact…
AI finds formula on how to predict monster waves
Using 700 years’ worth of wave data from more than a billion waves, scientists have…
Researchers develop comprehensive genetic map for bison, discover gene responsible for albinism
Researchers have determined the gene mutation responsible for an observable trait in bison — albinism….
Suboptimal follow-up, prevention in geriatric fall-related head trauma
Out of 1,527 emergency department patients ages 65 and older who suffered a head trauma…
In many major crop regions, workers plant and harvest in spiraling heat and humidity
A global study of major crops has found that farmworkers are being increasingly exposed to…
Half of tested caviar products from Europe are illegal, and some aren’t even caviar
Wild caviar, a pricey delicacy made from sturgeon eggs, has been illegal for decades since…
Potential glaucoma treatment strategy to guide stem cells to the retina
Scientists have developed a novel approach that allows stem cells to be turned into retinal…
Nanoplastics promote conditions for Parkinson’s across various lab models
Nanoplastics interact with a particular protein that is naturally found in the brain, creating changes…
New research suggests plants might be able to absorb more CO2 from human activities than previously expected
New research paints an uncharacteristically upbeat picture for the planet. This is because more realistic…