1+ day, 4+ min ago   (55+ words) A conversational agent that listens not only to what users say but to how they say it has shown in a controlled experiment that it can make guided work in mixed reality feel noticeably more usable and supportive, even though…...

1+ day, 31+ min ago   (536+ words) Scientists at Shanghai Jiao Tong University have unveiled a quantum neural operator that promises to squeeze genuine machine-learning power out of today’s noisy, error-prone quantum processors....

1+ day, 49+ min ago   (781+ words) Generative artificial intelligence has become so convincing that the line between what people create and what machines produce is increasingly difficult to see. A new study published in AI & Society by researchers at Temple University, led by Tanaka Manhede and…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (632+ words) Fuel cells promise a clean energy future, but a tiny molecule has long stood in their way....

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (72+ words) Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha, or HIF1α, has long been celebrated as the master switch that allows cells to sense and survive low-oxygen conditions, a discovery that earned the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. In the intestine, this transcription factor is far…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (704+ words) Software has an odor problem, at least metaphorically. So-called code smells—structural weaknesses such as oversized classes, duplicated logic, and tangled methods—are early warning signs that a codebase is rotting from within, and they cost the software industry billions…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (783+ words) Fluorinated waste streams have long been among the most stubborn environmental problems of the industrial age, and few sources illustrate the challenge better than aqueous film-forming foam, the firefighting agent that has contaminated soil and groundwater around airports, military bases…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (687+ words) A persistent, itchy lump that appears after a trip to the countryside is usually blamed on an insect bite, a boil, or a small abscess that will resolve on its own....

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (91+ words) Digital images have become the default currency of communication, evidence, commerce, and journalism, yet every photograph that travels across an open network is exposed to silent modification. A cropped receipt, a spliced face, a doctored medical scan, or an altered…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (623+ words) Every year, millions of tonnes of mango seeds are discarded as waste after the fruit is processed for juice, pulp, and dried products. In Nigeria alone, one of the world’s largest mango producers, the kernels inside those seeds pile up…...