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20+ most popular ScienceDaily articles, as voted by our community.
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Brain inspired machines are better at math than expected
Neuromorphic computers modeled after the human brain can now solve the complex equations behind physics simulations — something once thought possible only with energy-hungry supercomputers. The…
Researchers tested AI against 100,000 humans on creativity
A massive new study comparing more than 100,000 people with today’s most advanced AI systems delivers a surprising result: generative AI can now beat the average human on certain creativity tests.…
Scientists say quantum tech has reached its transistor moment
Quantum technology has reached a turning point, echoing the early days of modern computing. Researchers say functional quantum systems now exist, but scaling them into truly powerful machines will…
NASA’s Perseverance rover completes the first AI-planned drive on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover has just made history by driving across Mars using routes planned by artificial intelligence instead of human operators. A vision-capable AI analyzed the same images and…
AI that talks to itself learns faster and smarter
AI may learn better when it’s allowed to talk to itself. Researchers showed that internal “mumbling,” combined with short-term memory, helps AI adapt to new tasks, switch goals, and handle complex…
ScienceDaily on Artificial Intelligence
AI meets the conditions for having free will
AI is advancing at such speed that speculative moral questions, once the province of science fiction, are suddenly real and pressing, says a philosopher and psychology researcher Frank Martela.…
Artificial intelligence grunt work can be outsourced using a new blockchain-based framework
Researchers have developed a new framework to make complex AI tasks more accessible and transparent to users. The framework specializes in providing solutions to deep reinforcement learning (DRL)…
ScienceDaily on Blockchain
This simple fix makes blockchain almost twice as fast
Blockchain could make smart devices far more secure, but sluggish data sharing has held it back. Researchers found that messy network connections cause massive slowdowns by flooding systems with…
ScienceDaily on Math
Eye-tracking study provides valuable insights into learning mathematics
Eye-tracking allows studying aspects that cannot be seen, for example, the thinking processes of a student solving a mathematical problem. Researchers have integrated eye-tracking into education and…
Student refines 100-year-old math problem, expanding wind energy possibilities
An engineering student refined a century-old math problem into a simpler, more elegant form, making it easier to use and explore. Divya Tyagi's work expands research in aerodynamics, unlocking new…
ScienceDaily on Nutrition
Vitamin D deficiency linked to premature death
New research gives strong evidence that vitamin D deficiency is associated with premature death, prompting calls for people to follow healthy vitamin D level guidelines.
ScienceDaily on Physics
Physics and emote design: Quantifying clarity in digital images
When analyzing artworks, understanding the visual clarity of compositions is crucial. Inspired by digital artists, researchers have created a metric to quantify clarity in digital images. As a result,…
Quantum computers just simulated physics too complex for supercomputers
Researchers created scalable quantum circuits capable of simulating fundamental nuclear physics on more than 100 qubits. These circuits efficiently prepare complex initial states that classical…
ScienceDaily on Quantum Computing
Quantum breakthrough: ‘Magic states’ now easier, faster, and way less noisy
Quantum computing just got a significant boost thanks to researchers at the University of Osaka, who developed a much more efficient way to create "magic states"—a key component for fault-tolerant…
ScienceDaily on Robotics
Diversity and inclusion accelerate the pace of innovation in robotics
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…
New breakthrough helps free up space for robots to 'think', say scientists
Engineers have worked out how to give robots complex instructions without electricity, which could free up more space in the robotic 'brain' for them to 'think'. Mimicking how some parts of the human…
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Words activate hidden brain processes shaping emotions, decisions, and behavior
In a study, scientists have shown neurotransmitters in the human brain are active during the processing of the emotional content of language, providing new understanding into how people interpret the…
«While previous studies focused on neurotransmission during decision-making, this research explores something uniquely human: the emotional content of written words,"»
Goodbye plastic? Scientists create new supermaterial that outperforms metals and glass
Scientists at Rice University and the University of Houston have created a powerful new material by guiding bacteria to grow cellulose in aligned patterns, resulting in sheets with the strength of…
Scientists suggest the brain may work best with 7 senses, not just 5
Scientists at Skoltech developed a new mathematical model of memory that explores how information is encoded and stored. Their analysis suggests that memory works best in a seven-dimensional…
Affordances in the brain: The human superpower AI hasn’t mastered
Scientists at the University of Amsterdam discovered that our brains automatically understand how we can move through different environments—whether it's swimming in a lake or walking a path—without…
Accelerating climate modeling with generative AI
The algorithms behind generative AI tools like DallE, when combined with physics-based data, can be used to develop better ways to model the Earth's climate. Computer scientists have now used this…
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