OpenAI has claimed to have solved one of the most celebrated problems in the history of mathematics: the “existence and smoothness” problem of the Navier–Stokes equations, one of seven Millennium Problems identified
Artificial intelligence tools increasingly used in healthcare could worsen outcomes for women and ethnic minorities, according to research highlighted by the Financial Times. Studies suggest that large language models (LLMs) employed to
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Neurons have long dominated the spotlight in neuroscience, celebrated as the drivers of thought, movement, and memory. Yet, behind the scenes, a quieter, star-shaped group of cells—astrocytes—has been orchestrating much of the
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Artificial intelligence is no longer just drawing cats or writing emails—it’s now writing genomes. A team of researchers from Stanford University and the Arc Institute in Palo Alto, California, say they have
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Deep in the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, researchers have discovered that bonobos (Pan paniscus) may have far more sophisticated communication abilities than previously believed. A study led by
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A peer-reviewed paper published in Nature has shed new light on how Chinese start-up DeepSeek built its headline-grabbing artificial intelligence model R1 for a fraction of the cost of its rivals. R1,
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A groundbreaking artificial intelligence model, Delphi-2M, can forecast a person’s risk of developing more than 1,000 diseases — in some cases providing predictions up to 20 years ahead. The study, published today
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Meta Platforms Inc. is stepping further into wearable technology, unveiling its first smart glasses with a built-in display on Wednesday. The $799 Meta Ray-Ban Display features a screen in the right lens
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China’s top internet regulator has instructed some of the country’s largest technology firms, including ByteDance and Alibaba, to stop purchasing artificial intelligence chips from U.S. semiconductor giant Nvidia, according to a report
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Brazil is taking an ambitious two-pronged approach to combat dengue, a mosquito-borne virus that kills thousands in South America each year and is spreading rapidly across the region. Health authorities are deploying
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This month marks the 200th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, widely recognized as the birth of the modern railway. Opened on 27 September 1825 in northeast England, the railway set
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