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AI breakthrough could dramatically lower the cost of drug development
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (763+ words) MIT engineers used a language model to pick yeast-friendly codons, boosting production of six proteins, including trastuzumab. (CREDIT: Adobe Stock) Three-letter DNA "words" can decide whether a yeast cell cranks out a medicine efficiently or sputters along. The words are…...
Researchers use music and empathetic speech in robots to combat loneliness
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (960+ words) Prof. Hoorn's study highlights music as a key enhancer of empathetic communication in human-robot interaction. (CREDIT: PolyU) When soft music is playing in the background, a brief exchange with a robot can evoke unexpected feelings of intimacy. Researchers were surprised…...
Prosthetic arm blurs the line between machine and human body
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (1129+ words) VR tests show autonomous prosthetic arms feel most "yours" when they move at human-like speed, about a 1-second reach. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) A virtual forearm can bend in a blink. It can also take its time, easing toward a target as…...
AI is changing how entrepreneurs think, not just how they work
1+ week, 1+ day ago (496+ words) New research shows AI changes how entrepreneurs think, helping them plan better, adapt faster, and make smarter decisions. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) The research was conducted by Dr. Jamiu Odugbesan from the University of East London, along with co-authors Dr. Andrew Tafameland…...
Brain MRIs and AI predict brain age, cancer survival, and other diseases
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1070+ words) BrainIAC, a new AI model, analyzes brain MRIs to predict dementia risk, tumor mutations, and brain cancer survival. (CREDIT: AI-generated image / CC BY-SA 4.0) Mass General Brigham researchers are betting that the next big leap in brain medicine will come from…...
Physicists measured time without a clock at the quantum scale
1+ week, 3+ day ago (640+ words) Time feels steady and familiar in daily life, but at the quantum level it becomes slippery. That puzzle now has a fresh twist thanks to new research led by physicists at "cole Polytechnique F'd'rale de Lausanne, or EPFL. The team,…...
Study finds microbes used oxygen far earlier than scientists thought
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1421+ words) MIT-led research suggests microbes used oxygen hundreds of millions of years before Earth's Great Oxidation Event. (CREDIT: AI-generated image / The Brighter Side of News) Oxygen fills the air today, but for most of Earth's early history it barely existed. Scientists…...
New study finds AI depictions of Neanderthals are outdated and wrong
1+ week, 5+ day ago (798+ words) The species, known scientifically as Homo neanderthalensis, has been debated for more than a century. (CREDIT: Advances in Archaeological Practice) Over the past 40 years, phones and computers have turned into the world's largest library. Answers now arrive in seconds. With…...
NYU physicists create visible time crystals levitated by sound
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1014+ words) NYU physicists discover a simple time crystal using levitated foam beads and sound waves, revealing motion that breaks classic physics rules. (CREDIT: NYU's Center for Soft Matter Research) A strange form of matter called a time crystal has fascinated physicists…...
Global first: Physicists use light to reveal quantum vibrations in a superconducting material
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (1331+ words) An artist's depiction of a superfluid plasmonic wave. With the terahertz scope, the team observed a frictionless "superfluid" of superconducting electrons that were collectively jiggling back and forth at terahertz frequencies. (CREDIT: Alexander von Hoegen) Light can tell you a…...