Month: April 2025

Engineers advance toward a fault-tolerant quantum computer

In the future, quantum computers could rapidly simulate new materials or help scientists develop faster machine-learning models, opening the door to many new possibilities. ...

Benchmarking LLMs for global health

Large language models (LLMs) have shown potential for medical and health question-answering across various health-related tests and spanning different formats and sources. Indeed we ...

Unveiling the 3D crystal secrets of defective nanoparticles

Metal oxyhydroxides are nanoparticles with wide industrial applications, but determining their exact structure is often challenging. Recently, a research team from the Japan Advanced ...

Smart surfaces: A powerless solution to multipath signal interference

The evolution of wireless communications and the miniaturization of electrical circuits have fundamentally reshaped our lives and the digital landscape. However, as we push ...

Light-based data made clearer with new machine learning method

Researchers at Rice University have developed a new machine learning (ML) algorithm that excels at interpreting the “light signatures,” or optical spectra, of molecules, ...

Improving brain models with ZAPBench

Whole-brain activity in a small vertebrate Traditionally, neuroscientists study neural activity by breaking complex behaviors into smaller parts. To study hunting, for example, they ...

Music AI Sandbox, now with new features and broader access

Music AI Sandbox was developed by Adam Roberts, Amy Stuart, Ari Troper, Beat Gfeller, Chris Deaner, Chris Reardon, Colin McArdell, DY Kim, Ethan Manilow, ...

Scientists have found a way to ‘tattoo’ tardigrades

If you haven’t heard of a tardigrade before, prepare to be wowed. These clumsy, eight-legged creatures, nicknamed water bears, are about half a millimeter ...

New electronic ‘skin’ could enable lightweight night-vision glasses

MIT engineers have developed a technique to grow and peel ultrathin “skins” of electronic material. The method could pave the way for new classes ...

Introducing Mobility AI: Advancing urban transportation

1. Measurement: Understanding mobility patterns Accurately evaluating the current state of the transportation network and mobility patterns is the first step to improving mobility. ...