Tiny Fruit Fly Brain Inspires a Smarter, More Efficient AI Algorithm
A tiny fruit fly may seem like an unlikely teacher for artificial intelligence.
But scientists have borrowed ideas from its remarkably efficient brain to create...
Signal-Based System Could Bring End-to-End Encryption to Shared Online Documents
End-to-end encryption has become common in messaging apps, protecting conversations so that only the people involved can read them.
Now, researchers have developed a way...
OpenAI introduces ChatGPT for Teens. What do teachers think?
Since ChatGPT’s introduction in the fall of 2022, educators have been trying their best to navigate artificial intelligence’s explosion into the classroom.
On one hand,...
‘Rainbow on a Chip’ Could Help Power Future 6G Networks and Quantum Technologies
Scientists have developed a tiny “rainbow on a chip” that can produce multiple extremely precise high-frequency signals, a technology that could eventually support faster...
AI Finds Hidden Heart Problem in Simple Scans
A routine heart ultrasound may contain hidden clues about a serious blood-flow problem that doctors normally need a more specialized test to measure.
Researchers at...
Scientists Turn to Ant-Inspired AI to Track Suspicious Blockchain Cash Flows
Scientists are turning to an unusual source of inspiration in the fight against financial crime: swarms of ants, bees and birds.
Researchers led by Charles...
New 3D Printing Technology Creates Complex Objects in Just 7.5 Seconds
A new type of 3D printing could dramatically speed up the way tiny, complex objects are made.
Instead of slowly building an object one layer...
New AI Shows Brain Aging Is a Patchwork—and Alzheimer’s Makes the Pattern Clearer
Your birth certificate gives one age for your whole body, but your brain may tell a much more complicated story.
New research from the University...
Scientists Give Robot Swarms a Bee-Inspired Way to Make Decisions
Honeybees may hold a surprisingly useful lesson for the future of robotics: sometimes the best response to conflicting information is to wait before making...
There’s a better way to cool data centers that cuts their huge thirst for...
Water is an amazing substance.
The human body is made up of more than 50% water. Approximately 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by...