AI-designed protein can treat inflammation with 50% greater effect
Scientists in South Korea have used artificial intelligence (AI) and supercomputers to design a powerful new anti-inflammatory protein.
This breakthrough could lead to better treatments...
When humans disappeared, these birds evolved different beaks
When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the UCLA campus, students weren’t the only ones affected.
A small brown bird called the dark-eyed junco also felt...
Your phone battery is aging every time it charges—and scientists now know why
Batteries power modern life, from smartphones and wireless earbuds to electric vehicles, but anyone who has owned a phone for a few years knows...
How a jeweler’s trick may unlock next-generation nuclear clocks
Scientists have found an unexpectedly simple way to advance one of the most precise technologies ever imagined: the nuclear clock.
Using a technique inspired by...
Did black holes change over time? Astronomers question a 50-year-old rule about quasars
Astronomers have uncovered surprising evidence that challenges a long-standing rule about quasars, some of the brightest objects in the universe.
The discovery suggests that the...
Scientists use magnetism to create a safer, high-energy ‘dream battery’
One of the biggest obstacles to better electric vehicles and large-scale energy storage is the battery.
Drivers want longer range, faster charging, and lower costs,...
Why using less memory can help AI solve harder problems
Big artificial intelligence models are known for using enormous amounts of memory and energy.
But a new study suggests that shrinking part of an AI...
AI boosts heart attack detection and cuts down on false alarms
A new study has shown that artificial intelligence (AI) can help doctors better detect serious heart attacks by analyzing ECGs, or electrocardiograms.
The AI system...
Scientists unlock long-wavelength sunlight for more efficient hydrogen fuel
Turning sunlight into clean hydrogen fuel is one of the most promising ways to produce energy without carbon emissions.
Hydrogen can be used to power...
When disasters strike, home batteries could be a lifeline
Extreme weather is placing greater strain on Australia's power grids.
In 2022, the record-breaking Northern Rivers floods blacked out almost 70,000 households.
A powerful storm in...
AI could spot hidden heart disease in seconds from simple EKG
Doctors may soon be able to diagnose a tricky heart condition within seconds using artificial intelligence and a standard heart test, according to new...
AI may help doctors predict spread of throat cancer
Doctors and scientists from Mass General Brigham and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have created a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that may help predict how...
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What 500 petabytes of the night sky can teach us about the universe
When we gaze up at a star-filled night sky, we often feel a sense of awe and wonder.
But for scientists, those thousands of points...
New graphene discovery could help develop superconductors
When two mesh screens are overlaid, beautiful patterns appear when one screen is offset.
These "moiré patterns" have long intrigued artists, scientists and mathematicians and...
Cracking the mystery of high-temperature superconductors
Superconductors are special materials that can conduct electricity without any resistance, meaning no energy is lost as heat.
This incredible property was first discovered in...
Physicists uncover secrets of exotic particles key to magnetism
MIT physicists and their colleagues have discovered new insights into special particles that play a crucial role in a unique type of magnetism found...
Chloride paves the way to the future of green batteries
As the world searches for alternatives to lithium in rechargeable batteries, sodium, potassium, and zinc have come up as leading alternatives.
However, researchers at Worcester...