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December 24, 2024

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AI-Driven Approach Reveals Hidden Hazards of Chemical Mixtures in Rivers

Dec. 20, 2024 — Artificial intelligence can provide critical insights into how complex mixtures of chemicals in rivers affect aquatic life -- paving the way for better environmental ...

Machine Psychology: A Bridge to General AI?

Dec. 19, 2024 — Artificial intelligence that is as intelligent as humans may become possible thanks to psychological learning models, combined with certain types of ...

Laser-Based Artificial Neuron Mimics Nerve Cell Functions at Lightning Speed

Dec. 19, 2024 — Researchers developed a laser-based artificial neuron that fully emulates the functions, dynamics and information processing of a biological graded neuron, which could lead to new breakthroughs in ...

Swarms of 'Ant-Like' Robots Lift Heavy Objects and Hurl Themselves Over Obstacles

Dec. 18, 2024 — Scientists have developed swarms of tiny magnetic robots that work together like ants to achieve Herculean feats, including traversing and picking up objects many times their size. The findings ...

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Tiny Robots, Big Impact: Revolutionizing Infertility Treatment With Magnetic Microrobots

Dec. 17, 2024 — Infertility affects an estimated 186 million people worldwide, with fallopian tube obstruction contributing to 11%-67% of female infertility cases. ...

Diversity and Inclusion Accelerate the Pace of Innovation in Robotics

Dec. 12, 2024 — Diverse and inclusive teams are not merely a moral imperative but also a catalyst for scientific excellence in robotics, scientists point out in a study. The team has outlined how a scientific ...

Minuscule Robots for Targeted Drug Delivery

Dec. 11, 2024 — An interdisciplinary team has created tiny bubble-like microrobots that can deliver therapeutics right where they are needed and then be absorbed by the ...

10,000 Times Faster Than Traditional Methods: New Computational Framework Automatically Discovers Experimental Designs in Microscopy

Dec. 10, 2024 — For human researchers, it takes many years of work to discover new super-resolution microscopy techniques. The number of possible optical ...

Empowering Older Adults With Home-Care Robots

Dec. 10, 2024 — The rapidly increasing aging population will lead to a shortage of care providers in the future. While robotic technologies are a potential alternative, their widespread use is limited by poor ...

Readers Trust News Less When AI Is Involved, Even When They Don't Understand to What Extent

Dec. 9, 2024 — Researchers have published two studies in which they surveyed readers on their thoughts about AI in journalism. When provided a sample of bylines ...

New Shape-Changing Polymer Developed

Dec. 6, 2024 — A team of scientists has created a new shape-changing polymer that could transform how future soft materials are ...

Researchers Innovate Scalable Robotic Fibers With Light-Emitting, Self-Healing and Magnetic Properties

Dec. 6, 2024 — A team of interdisciplinary scientists has developed flexible fibers with self-healing, light-emitting and magnetic properties. The Scalable ...

Bird-Inspired Drone Can Jump for Take-Off

Dec. 6, 2024 — Researchers have built a drone that can walk, hop, and jump into flight with the aid of birdlike legs, greatly expanding the range of potential environments accessible to unmanned aerial ...

Helping Robots Make Good Decisions in Real Time

Dec. 4, 2024 — An innovative algorithm called Spectral Expansion Tree Search helps autonomous robotic systems make optimal choices on the ...

Manta Rays Inspire Fast Swimming Soft Robot Yet

Dec. 4, 2024 — A team of researchers has beaten its own record for the fastest swimming soft robot, drawing inspiration from manta rays to improve their ability to control the robot's movement in the ...

Smallest Walking Robot Makes Microscale Measurements

Dec. 2, 2024 — Researchers have created the smallest walking robot yet. Its mission: to be tiny enough to interact with waves of visible light and still move independently, so that it can maneuver to specific ...

Innovative Robot Navigation Inspired by Brain Function Boosts Efficiency and Accuracy

Dec. 2, 2024 — A research team has taken inspiration from the brains of insects and animals for more energy-efficient robotic ...

Researchers Highlight Nobel-Winning AI Breakthroughs and Call for Interdisciplinary Innovation

Nov. 26, 2024 — A new article examines the convergence of physics, chemistry, and AI, highlighted by recent Nobel Prizes. It traces the historical development of neural networks, emphasizing the role of ...

The Next Evolution of AI Begins With Ours

Nov. 25, 2024 — The genome has space for only a small fraction of the information needed to control complex behaviors. So then how, for example, does a newborn sea turtle instinctually know to follow the moonlight? ...

Synchronized Movement Between Robots and Humans Builds Trust, Study Finds

Nov. 20, 2024 — Trust between humans and robots is improved when the movement between both is harmonized, researchers have ...

Vultures and Artificial Intelligence(s) as Death Detectors: High-Tech Approach for Wildlife Research and Conservation

Nov. 19, 2024 — In order to use remote locations to record and assess the behavior of wildlife and environmental conditions, the GAIA Initiative developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that reliably and ...

AI Needs to Work on Its Conversation Game

Nov. 19, 2024 — Linguistics and computer science researchers have discovered some of the root causes of why AI large language models perform poorly in human-like ...

Effortless Robot Movements

Nov. 18, 2024 — Humans and animals move with remarkable economy without consciously thinking about it by utilizing the natural oscillation patterns of their bodies. A new tool can now utilize this knowledge for the ...

AI Headphones Create a 'Sound Bubble,' Quieting All Sounds More Than a Few Feet Away

Nov. 14, 2024 — Researchers have created a headphone prototype that allows listeners to hear people speaking within a bubble with a programmable radius of 3 to 6 feet. Voices and sounds outside the bubble are ...

Behavioral Analysis in Mice: More Precise Results Despite Fewer Animals

Nov. 14, 2024 — Researchers are utilizing artificial intelligence to analyze the behavior of laboratory mice more efficiently and reduce the number of animals in ...

Bluetooth Technology Unlocks Urban Animal Secrets

Nov. 13, 2024 — Mobile phones could be the key to a cheaper and more reliable way of tracking animals for ecology and conservation research, according to a new ...

Robot Identifies Plants by 'Touching' Their Leaves

Nov. 13, 2024 — Researchers have developed a robot that identifies different plant species at various stages of growth by 'touching' their leaves with an electrode. The robot can measure properties such as ...

Giving Robots Superhuman Vision Using Radio Signals

Nov. 12, 2024 — Researchers have developed PanoRadar, a new tool to give robots superhuman vision by transforming simple radio waves into detailed, 3D views of the ...

AI Can Detect Serious Neurologic Changes in Babies in the NICU Using Video Data Alone

Nov. 11, 2024 — Study findings could serve as a foundation for broader neuro-monitoring applications across intensive care units ...

A Milestone in the Study of Octopus Arms

Nov. 11, 2024 — Research describes a computational model that captures the intricate muscular architecture of an octopus ...

Robot That Watched Surgery Videos Performs With Skill of Human Doctor, Researchers Report

Nov. 11, 2024 — A robot, trained for the first time by watching videos of seasoned surgeons, executed the same surgical procedures as skillfully as the human doctors, say ...

Scientists Trained AI to Detect Faces in Pain, in Goats

Nov. 7, 2024 — An AI model could accurately identify goats in pain, opening up better treatment opportunities for animals and non-verbal ...

Robot Learns How to Clean a Washbasin

Nov. 7, 2024 — Scientists have created a robot that can learn tasks like cleaning a washbasin just by watching humans. A special sponge with sensors is used to show the robot how to clean. Using an advanced machine ...

Plastic Device Aids Robot-Assisted Heart Surgery

Nov. 7, 2024 — A team has developed a plastic surgical field expansion plate that can help surgeons during robot-assisted heart ...