In a small lab at the University of California, Santa Cruz, clusters of mouse brain cells have taken on a task normally reserved for computer algorithms: ...

A century after Erwin Schrödinger sketched out a bold vision for how we perceive color, scientists have finally filled in the missing pieces. A Los Alamos team used advanced geometry to show that hue, ...

No body, no dopamine, no problem. Scientists have successfully coached lab-grown brain tissue to solve a classic robotics challenge, proving that the will to learn is hardwired into our neurons.

Advances in ultrasound—the same imaging technology that uses sound waves to allow doctors to monitor babies in utero—are being applied by engineers at the University of California San Diego to make ...

As major powers accelerate the military use of artificial intelligence, the consequences for countries that fail to adapt are ...

McDermott’s pledge is worth watching because it represents the exact tension Amodei’s essay describes: A leader who sees what ...

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have won the Gordon Bell Prize, the highest honor in high-performance computing, for quantum chemistry calculations on the Frontier supercomputer that ...

Isomorphic Lab’s proprietary drug-discovery model is a major advance, but scientists developing open-source tools are left ...

The longevity industry has reached an inflection point. With companies like Function Health raising hundreds of millions in ...

Imagine balancing a ruler vertically in the palm of your hand: you have to constantly pay attention to the angle of the ruler and make many small adjustments to make sure it doesn't fall over. It ...

Some say we’ve entered a new age of AI-enabled scientific discovery. But human insight and creativity still can’t be ...

Have you ever seen a hibiscus flower? Although its petals have a range of colors, what makes the trumpet-shaped flower more ...