9+ hour, 16+ min ago   (669+ words) Electron microscopes can reveal structures far smaller than anything visible with ordinary light. But researchers in Austria say conventional electron microscopes may be leaving valuable information on the table. In a standard system, electrons are mainly counted to build an…...

10+ hour, 34+ min ago   (920+ words) AI analysis of 400,000 Reddit posts found that users of drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound reported unexpected symptoms including menstrual changes, chills, hot flashes, and fatigue. Researchers cannot say the medications caused these problems, but the patterns may…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (568+ words) Cause and effect. We understand this concept from an early age. Tug on a pull toy's string, and the toy follows. Naturally, things get much more complicated as a system grows, as the number of variables increases, and as noise…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (569+ words) Researchers at Binghamton University have developed a mathematical strategy that can solve Wordle with a 99% success rate. Instead of simply guessing words packed with common letters or choosing the most likely answer, the method uses Shannon entropy, a measure from…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (979+ words) Could lasting love have a mathematical formula? Researchers who have studied romantic relationships for decades say that the way feelings change over time may follow patterns that can be modeled with surprising precision. Professor Laurent Pujo-Menjouet of the University of…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (483+ words) Artificial intelligence (AI) and other information and communication technologies (ICTs) are producing and processing data at a scale never seen before. Internet searches, AI-generated images, recommendation systems, scientific simulations, and large language models all depend on enormous amounts of information…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (758+ words) Princeton researchers have tested an AI system that can monitor and control fusion plasma in milliseconds, reacting far faster than a human operator. In one experiment, it predicted a damaging instability about 200 milliseconds before it appeared and adjusted the plasma…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (437+ words) Harvard researchers have transformed ordinary knitting into a platform for creating fabrics that can snap between different shapes and perform useful functions. Using elastic yarns and industrial knitting techniques, the team engineered thick textiles that naturally curve and lock into…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (516+ words) MIT researchers have created bacterial “transistors” that can be wired together into living circuits capable of performing calculations and directing chemical signals. One day, these biological computers could coat plant roots or leaves, detecting environmental threats and automatically triggering defenses....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (557+ words) UCLA researchers have discovered two powerful influences that help guide how the human brain forms before birth. Radial glia, stem cells responsible for producing much of the cerebral cortex, change their behavior depending on how they process glucose and on…...