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An AI model disproved the 87-year-old Jacobian conjecture, marking another breakthrough in AI-driven mathematics. Experts warn that while AI delivers answers, its inability to explain reasoning means humans must focus on asking the right questions.
MTP enables integration of advanced materials onto silicon chips by stamp-transferring devices from a source wafer, unlocking faster systems for communications, computing, and sensing — though industrial-scale production needs...
Sand and dust storms hit record levels in 2025, with China's worst storm in a decade and El Paso logging 50 dust days—double its average. On March 18, particle levels peaked at 8,142 μg/m³, the highest ever recorded.
New York City's streets hide a complex web of gravity-fed water mains, electrical networks, steam pipes, sewers, and subway tunnels—some reaching 650 feet deep. This aging, poorly mapped infrastructure creates major maintenance...
Inspired by puffins, MIT and EPFL engineers built a lightweight, waterproof flapping-wing robot that flies and swims, even relaunching from water to air—a first for robotics with promising ocean science applications.
Microglia, not amyloid plaques, drive sleep loss in Alzheimer's disease. Temporarily depleting these brain immune cells restored over two hours of nightly sleep in mice, suggesting neuroinflammation is a reversible, treatable...
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Fruit flies detect seasonal changes by switching to a cold-weather version of the "timeless" protein via alternative splicing, shifting their biological clock into a winter state that slows reproduction and activity until...
CardiOmicScore is an AI tool that analyzes blood proteins and metabolites to predict six major heart diseases up to 15 years early, capturing real-time biological changes for earlier prevention.
Frustrated by 1940s computing failures, Richard Hamming invented error-correcting codes in 1950 that use parity bits to mathematically pinpoint and fix flipped bits. Today, servers, SSDs, QR codes, and deep-space probes all rely...
Japanese researchers used infrared lasers aimed through the eardrum to stimulate gerbil cochleae, triggering real auditory responses without surgery. This non-invasive approach could pave the way for new hearing devices.
UCLA researchers integrated terahertz signal generation and detection onto a single semiconductor chip using standard manufacturing, potentially enabling faster wireless networks and portable imaging devices, though commercial...
German researchers developed two methods to destroy PFAS "forever chemicals": cavitation (collapsing bubbles) and cold plasma. Both break down the toxic, persistent compounds, and scientists plan to combine them for maximum...
China plans to launch a spacecraft to strike asteroid 2015 XF261 at Mach 26—faster than NASA's DART—to test planetary defense by altering its Earth-relative trajectory, with a second craft monitoring the 2029–2030 impact.
Advanced light-based imaging developed at Hiroshima University detects early molecular disorganization in skin collagen before structural damage becomes visible, enabling earlier assessment of wound healing and tissue health.
Fudan University researchers used a cheap cobalt-nickel catalyst to convert polyolefin plastics into aviation fuel with an 82% liquid yield and up to 80% fewer emissions, though industrial scaling remains challenging.
ZeroAvia and Safran are partnering to develop hydrogen-electric propulsion for large commercial aircraft, combining fuel cell and engineering expertise. Key challenges include airport hydrogen infrastructure and safety...
A Harvard mathematician used Claude Fable 5 AI to disprove the 87-year-old Jacobian conjecture by finding a counterexample, solving what experts consider the hardest mathematical problem AI has tackled to date.
Webb astronomers found that "little red dots"—ancient ultra-compact objects—may form when nearby "little blue companions" blast UV radiation into gas clouds, creating supermassive stars that collapse directly into black holes,...
Chinese scientists unveiled an AI roadmap for nuclear energy systems at WAIC Shanghai, using a five-layer architecture combining data, physics, and expert knowledge to boost safety and efficiency, backed by a new industry...
Kyushu University researchers developed thin-film electronics that self-connect, disconnect, and reorganize using heat-controlled bending plastic layers. Applications include adaptive medical sensors, flexible robots, and...
The Mimic Hand M1 is a tendon-driven robotic hand that lifts 55 lbs while handling fragile objects, using fingertip sensors to let AI learn directly from human movements for factory automation.
A Swedish study of ~10,000 EV battery tests found top models retain over 95% capacity at 62,000 miles, with the Kia e-Niro leading at 97.25% and even the lowest-ranked top-20 model, the VW ID.3, holding 91.79%.
Extremophiles thrive in Earth's most hostile environments — extreme heat, crushing pressure, and corrosive acid — demonstrating that life can survive almost anywhere, even in conditions once considered completely uninhabitable.
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers observed NGC 4696 and discovered cooling gas filaments feeding directly into a rotating disk around its supermassive black hole, revealing a self-regulating cycle that keeps black...