Computer Science

AI chatbots show promise in supporting cancer diagnosis

Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have conducted a study comparing a chatbot's probabilistic reasoning to that of human clinicians. The findings, published...

Scientists revolutionize robotics with plant-inspired liquid metals

In the ever-evolving world of robotics, a groundbreaking discovery has been made by a team of dedicated researchers. Professors Tian Xingyou and Zhang Xian from...

AI can boost cancer drug development, study finds

The editorial paper titled "Artificial intelligence for aging research in cancer drug development" published in the journal Aging highlights the critical role of artificial...

This snail-inspired robot could help fight against ocean microplastics

In a breakthrough that could help protect our oceans, a team of scientists at Cornell University, led by Professor Sunghwan "Sunny" Jung, has created...

AI could speed up heart attack diagnosis

New technology that uses computers to help doctors diagnose heart attacks faster has shown promising results. Doctors in Taiwan tested this technology and found that...

Artificial intelligence is already in our hospitals. 5 questions people want answered

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already being used in health care. AI can look for patterns in medical images to help diagnose disease. It can help...

A year of ChatGPT: 5 ways AI has changed the world

OpenAI's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT was unleashed onto an unsuspecting public exactly one year ago. It quickly became the fastest-growing app ever, in the...

Scientists teach autonomous vehicles tackle real-world moral decisions

In the world of self-driving cars, making ethical decisions is a complex challenge. Researchers are now moving beyond the classic 'trolley problem' to understand how...

Scientists find hidden structure in networks like Twitter

Researchers at the University of Sydney have discovered new structural relationships in complex networks, such as X (formerly Twitter) and political blogs, that could...

Why don’t we see robotic civilizations rapidly expanding across the universe

In 1950, while sitting down to lunch with colleagues at the Los Alamos Laboratory, famed physicist and nuclear scientist Enrico Fermi asked his famous...