Incumbents are racing to add AI to their organizations. The bigger challenge is competing with businesses designed around AI from day one. For many established companies, the AI conversation starts with tools: Where can we deploy AI pilots? What processes…
A wearable device has revealed nighttime hormone surges that may expose a frequently missed cause of high blood pressure. The discovery could help explain why primary aldosteronism often escapes standard blood tests and point toward a more accurate way to…
Captive-raised saltwater crocodiles released into Bangladesh’s Sundarbans surprised scientists by settling into the wild rather than trying to return to their breeding facility. The result suggests that releasing larger, mature captive crocodiles could help restore depleted populations more successfully than…
A World War I submarine wreck off Denmark is leaking TNT into the surrounding water, seabed, and marine life more than a century after it sank. Scientists warn that thousands of similar wrecks could pose growing environmental risks as they…
Low vitamin D levels may make recovery from breast cancer surgery more painful, according to a study of 184 women undergoing mastectomy. Patients with vitamin D deficiency were three times more likely to experience moderate to severe pain during the…
Sam Altman and Elon Musk this weekend backed a call for restraint, after Dario Amodei called on Washington to slow AI development. Donald Trump, meanwhile, wants the US to maintain its lead over China.
An analysis of 160 deepfake websites reveals politicians in 22 countries appear on them. Nearly all of them are women.
Researchers here run a much larger than usual mouse study to show a ~10% slowing of aging, depending on how one slices the data, in mice genetically engineered to exhibit a growth hormone mutation that changes the interaction of circulating…
Researchers have been working towards practical approaches to inhibiting RUNX2 activity as a way to slow age-related loss of bone mineral density. Bone extracellular matrix is constantly remodeled throughout life, created by osteoblast cells and destroyed by osteoclast cells. In…
Credit: Baumis Robots (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology). By Emmet Cole In our new monthly series, we showcase a selection of robotics stories from society, business, research, and culture, as we track the field’s ongoing journey from specialized industrial machines to…