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How the 'creeping normality' of large language models is quietly reshaping the life sciences
Large language models (LLMs) are gradually transforming research in the life sciences in ways that extend far beyond improving productivity, and they are becomi...
Research reveals how grassroots football could help tackle climate change
With international football facing increasing criticism over its carbon footprint, University of Bath students are working with Bath City FC to show how communi...
Scientists strike invisible gold in the deep sea—locked inside fool's gold
Pyrite, an iron sulfide ore, is often known as fool's gold because its shiny metallic luster and pale brass-yellow color can easily fool the untrained eye into...
New 200Gbps photodetector doubles optical reception capacity for data centers
Korean researchers have developed, for the first time in Korea, a 200Gbps-class photodetector device for use in hyperscale AI data centers and 5G/6G mobile comm...
Computer-guided electricity rapidly transforms flat nanofilms into 3D shapes on demand
Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have developed a method to form dome-shaped bumps on nanofilms in water using a computer-guided electron beam. The bum...
Study suggests increased biotoxicity due to anaerobic decolorization of diazo dye by wetland-derived Clostridium
Untreated synthetic dye effluents severely threaten aquatic ecosystems by blocking sunlight, depleting dissolved oxygen and releasing compounds with potential e...
Banned chemicals continue to endanger environmental health in the Middle East and North Africa
In a study recently published in the journal Environmental Research, scientists from the University of Sharjah have drawn renewed attention to contamination by...
Only 13% of biodiversity promises from 180 influential companies pass accountability test
New research by the University of Oxford and the Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University has revealed that most biodiversity commitments made by lar...
RNA-only repair enzyme reveals how primordial life could have protected genomes
In most modern cells, DNA stores the genetic blueprint, and proteins replicate, repair and build from those blueprints. At the same time, proteins require instr...
World's first superconducting quantum heat engine offers path to larger quantum computers
Recent improvements in our understanding of how the principles of thermodynamics apply in the quantum realm could give a boost to quantum technology, and a clea...
China's 'Green Great Wall' tames desert growth, but scientists warn the fight is not over
For half a century, millions of workers have repeated a task across the deserts in northern China: inserting forearm-length sticks into shifting sand, first in...
Jellyfish videos reveal why science content sparks curiosity for some viewers
It can be easy to get sucked into social media for hours on end. Funny, cartoony science videos may be especially interesting, but not to everyone, according to...