Nuclear war and malicious AI could threaten humanity by 2100, Lancet warns
2 sourcesA Lancet commission lists 17 threats to global health, and two carry the potential to cause human extinction.
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A crystal uses sunlight to make hydrogen from water
3 sourcesThe BVR-19 material needs no costly metal catalyst and produces hydrogen from water quickly and efficiently.
A quantum computer corrects its own errors while it runs
4 sourcesA Rutgers and IBM team controlled 100 qubits in real time through repeated measurements and resets on a 156-qubit Heron processor.
Argonne lets researchers steer an X-ray microscope by chat
3 sourcesThe AI processes images as they arrive and can choose which parts of a sample to examine next.
Utah lets AI prescribe acne drugs, but oversight fades in stages
7 sourcesThe one-year pilot serves adults with mild or moderate acne and draws treatments from eight approved topical drugs.
A man with ALS uses his Neuralink implant to move a webcam
1 sourceBrad Smith uses a motorized Insta360 Link 2 to follow his family and take part in activities around the house.
Pompeii's ash makes rock dating more precise
5 sourcesEight sanidine samples refined argon-argon dating and helped recalibrate other clocks used to measure Earth's history.
An award-winning microscope video is under scrutiny over AI
4 sourcesThe clip shows moving airway cilia; AI processed the data, and researchers question whether its colored structures are real.
A voice can sound older than its owner, and AI can measure the gap
5 sourcesAmong 2,928 Spanish speakers, the model linked an older-sounding voice estimate with cognitive difficulties.
Why older planets may still be home only to microbes
2 sourcesA model puts just two of 29 nearby worlds possibly ahead of Earth, based on photosynthetic energy accumulated over time.
Two new Paulinella species discovered in an $80 motel room
6 sourcesDr. Julia Van Etten identified two rare photosynthetic microbes in a North Carolina motel room.
Anthropic AI discovers CRISPR-like enzyme system in viruses
10 sourcesAnthropic's new biolab identified DNA sequences in giant viruses that mimic bacterial CRISPR systems.
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