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Credit: Zhuling Guo et al. Researchers at Tohoku University used artificial intelligence (AI) to try and solve the deeply complex and multi-faceted environmental issues in today's society. The findings were published in Environment International. Their study highlights innovative approaches where AI can pinpoint viable action plans, representing the most promising solutions available to us. "Our study reveals the breakthrough value of technologies such as

Summary of AIPD red- teaming workflow. Credit: Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.adu8578 Artificial intelligence is transforming biology and medicine by accelerating the discovery of new drugs and proteins and making it easier to design and manipulate DNA, the building blocks of life. But as with most new technologies, there is a potential downside. The same AI tools could be used to develop dangerous new pathogens and toxins that bypass current securit

Nvidia is far in the lead when it comes to the semiconductors needed for AI technology. The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution has whetted the appetites of Nvidia's competitors, who are seeking to close the gap on the chip giant, which has so far been the central playmaker in the AI revolution. Virtually unknown to the general public just three years ago, Nvidia now boasts the world's highest revenues, driven by sales of its graphics cards—or GPUs (gr

Credit: Materials & Design (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2025.114598 Imagine a fleet of submarines sitting idle on a military base in the Pacific because they contain malfunctioning or aging parts. Each submarine needs a unique replacement, available only from a single machinist more than 5,000 miles away. After months of waiting, the parts finally arrive—only for mechanics to discover a defect, and the process has to start over. This has been the reality

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Artificial intelligence could be key to designing buildings which are resilient to both climate extremes and infectious disease threats, according to a study with Charles Darwin University (CDU). The study by the University of Tehran, CDU and Australian Catholic University conducted a review of how AI is being used in smart buildings, with a focus on energy efficiency and management. "Applications of Explainable Artificia

Credit: Pixabay, CC0 As industries, utilities and regulators consider the best ways to accommodate our increasing need for power generation, cost concerns weigh heavily on their decision-making. New research, however, shows that choosing the least expensive option isn't always the best solution, and even a little wiggle room on cost can provide a much more socially, environmentally and politically coherent outcome. A recently published paper in the journal

Credit: AI-generated image Tech investment giant SoftBank Group said Wednesday it will buy Swiss-Swedish firm ABB Robotics for nearly $5.4 billion as part of its plans to bring artificial intelligence into the physical realm. ABB Robotics specializes in industrial robots, such as large robotic arms that can make precise movements in factories. Japan's SoftBank—a major investor in ChatGPT creator OpenAI—said the acquisition was part of its AI-focused busine

Proposed FedLLMGuard Architecture. Credit: University of Portsmouth A framework for building tighter security into 5G wireless communications has been created by a Ph.D. student working with the University of Portsmouth's Artificial Intelligence and Data Center. With its greater network capacity and ability to rapidly transmit huge amounts of information from one device to another, 5G is a critical component of intelligent systems and services—including th

A crowd gathers outside the New York Stock Exchange following the 'Great Crash' of October 1929. Credit: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, US Library of Congress The electrification boom of the 1920s set the United States up for a century of industrial dominance and powered a global economic revolution. But before electricity faded from a red-hot tech sector into invisible infrastructure, the world went through profound s

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain SUTD researchers have developed a streamlined life cycle assessment method that makes environmental evaluation faster, cheaper, and more accessible to product designers without compromising reliability. Choices made in the earliest stages of product design can influence the environmental impact of a product for years to come. From the materials used to the manufacturing method, these decisions can lock in consequences that

Each reaction using DropSynth can happen in a tiny test tube, like this one pictured in Plesa's lab. This has accelerated the speed, and reduced the cost to create massive gene libraries. Credit: Heather Swift Artificial intelligence relies on machine learning algorithms trained on massive datasets to make predictions—think of how ChatGPT learned language by gorging on the internet. In biology, however, scientists face a frustrating challenge—the high-qual

Earthquakes that occurred in the Pozzuoli-Campi Flegrei region about 7 miles west of central Naples from 2022 to 2025 overlaid on Google Earth satellite imagery. Credit: Xing Tan Scientists are using artificial intelligence to understand escalating unrest in Italy's Campi Flegrei, a volcanic area that is home to hundreds of thousands of people. Like adjusting a camera lens so a blurry image becomes clear, the new approach makes it possible for researchers

Credit: Pavel Danilyuk from Pexels In the criminal justice system, decisions about when and how long to detain people have historically been made by other people, like judges and parole boards. But that process is changing: Decision-makers increasingly include artificial intelligence systems in a variety of tasks, from predicting crime to analyzing DNA to recommending prison sentences. The use of AI in these domains raises pressing questions about how thes

Datasets used to train AI algorithms may underrepresent older people. Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Artificial intelligence has become an integral part of many people's everyday lives. Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot write letters and term papers for them, give tips for excursions on holiday or answer questions on every conceivable topic. The use of artificial intelligence has also long been routine at universities in ma

Using data from known protein structures and sequences, scientists developed an artificial intelligence (AI) workflow to predict the structures and functions of unknown proteins, including how these proteins would interact with metals such as zinc. In this example, predicted to be a zinc-binding protein, the model of the protein shows that four cysteine residues are directly involved in the interaction with zinc. Credit: Qun Liu/Brookhaven National Laborat

Credit: Educational Psychology Review (2025). DOI: 10.1007/s10648-025-10039-x Artificial intelligence is here to stay. Most people probably recognize that by now. But there is still skepticism about the use of AI in many areas. One of them is education. This may bring to mind students using generative AI tools that can answer all kinds of questions and practically write finished assignments. This can lead to concerns about a lack of learning and challenges

Above, a tambaqui fish fresh out of a normal breeding tank. Below, the same animal, more stressed and darker after 10 days in a 2,000-liter confinement tank. Credit: Celma Lemos/CAUNESP In Brazil, a group led by researchers from São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Jaboticabal, in collaboration with the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to assess the stress levels of tambaqui (Colosso

Credit: American Journal of Ophthalmology (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2025.06.009 Since the dawn of human spaceflight, scientists have carefully studied the effects of space and microgravity on astronauts. After decades of observations and examinations, one truth is certain: space is brutal on the human body. Muscles atrophy, bones lose mass, limbs stretch and—more unknown—eyesight can degrade in ways not yet fully understood. To better understand the loss

Credit: Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2025.08.015 Artificial intelligence is now better than humans at identifying many patterns, but evolutionary relationships have always been difficult for the technology to decipher. A team from the Bioinformatics Department at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, working under Professor Axel Mosig has trained a neural network to tackle this issue. The AI can relate any data