A petri dish full of dead bacteria isn’t usually cause for celebration. But for Stanford’s Brian Hie it was a game-changer in his efforts to create synthetic life. The perpetrator was a type of virus ...

Training AI models on your data can provide powerful new insights, but it can also potentially result in them leaking sensitive information. Now Google has released a new model designed from the ...

Remember the last time you visited the doctor? They likely asked you about your medical history. For many conditions, this information isn’t just relevant for diagnosis and treatment, it’s also ...

By tracking minute facial movements, down to the scale of pores, the algorithm picked up signs of consciousness days before ...

"The new Atlas work is a big sign that robots are starting to experience the kind of equivalent advances in robotics that eventually led to the general language models that gave us ChatGPT in the ...

Cancer puts up a formidable defense. As cancer cells grow, they pump out molecules that weaken and confuse attacking immune cells, lowering their ability to fight off tumors. A team from the ...

"Companies will spend $375 billion globally in 2025 on AI infrastructure, the investment bank UBS estimates. That is projected to rise to $500 billion next year. Investment in software and computer ...

The code of life is simple. Four genetic letters arranged in triplets—called codons—encode amino acids. These are the building blocks of proteins, the machinery that powers life. But the genetic code ...

Tech companies are throwing money at new sources of energy, from wind and solar to next-generation geothermal, nuclear, and even fusion power. But all that electricity isn’t good for much unless it ...

A new treatment for type 1 diabetes is moving closer to reality. In late 2024, a 46-year-old Swedish man received 17 injections of a unique pancreatic cell cocktail. The cells, donated from a healthy ...

Designing drugs is a bit like playing with Polly Pocket. The vintage toy is a plastic clam shell that contains a multi-bedroom house, a skating rink, a disco dance floor, and other fun scenarios. Kids ...

It’s easy to take safe drinking water for granted. In most developed countries, access to safe water takes a simple flip of a kitchen tap or a run to the grocery store. But over two billion people ...