Originally released in 2024, the OnePlus 12 remains a formidable Android phone with many features and a few limitations. A new promotion has lowered its price by $150. [...]

The Roborock Flexi Lite is one of the most used devices in my home; it handles every mess my kids throw at it, and it's only $199 ahead of Memorial Day. [...]

The Kospet Tank Ultra series consists of affordable smartwatches with features usually reserved for premium models. It's on sale ahead of Memorial Day. [...]

Battery electrodes thicken as a result of the accelerated transport of lithium ions via metal fleeces, making them particularly efficient and cost-effective. [...]

Researchers have developed a revolutionary new tool for precision measurement at the nanometer scale in scenarios where background noise and optical loss from the sample are present. [...]

The InfiRay P2 Pro has earned a permanent place in my toolbox thanks to its versatility, and its deep customization options are easy to appreciate. [...]

Researchers have discovered a new 2D material, confirming decade-old prediction. [...]

In biology, enzymes have evolved over millions of years to drive chemical reactions. Scientists have now derived universal rules to enable the de novo design of optimal enzymes. As an example, they considered the enzymatic reaction of breaking a dimer into two monomer molecules. Considering the geometry of such an [...]

This study introduces a dual-particle emulsion design that separates sensing and stabilization roles, enabling robust SERS detection in complex biological and environmental samples. [...]

Astronomers have conducted a comprehensive analysis of dense star-forming clumps across the Milky Way. [...]

Self-driving cars which eliminate traffic jams, getting a healthcare diagnosis instantly without leaving your home, or feeling the touch of loved ones based across the continent may sound like the stuff of science fiction. But new research could make all this and more a step closer to reality thanks to [...]

A new study tested whether artificial intelligence can demonstrate emotional intelligence by evaluating six generative AIs, including ChatGPT, on standard emotional intelligence (EI) assessments. The AIs achieved an average score of 82%, significantly higher than the 56% scored by human participants. [...]

Engineers developed a membrane that filters the components of crude oil by their molecular size, an advance that could dramatically reduce the amount of energy needed for crude oil fractionation. [...]

Anthropic has announced two new AI models that it claims represent a major step toward making AI agents truly useful. AI agents trained on Claude Opus 4, the company’s most powerful model to date, raise the bar for what such systems are capable of by tackling difficult tasks over extended periods [...]

Is artificial intelligence (AI) capable of suggesting appropriate behavior in emotionally charged situations? A team put six generative AIs -- including ChatGPT -- to the test using emotional intelligence (EI) assessments typically designed for humans. The outcome: these AIs outperformed average human performance and were even able to generate new [...]

Humans naturally learn by making connections between sight and sound. For instance, we can watch someone playing the cello and recognize that the cellist’s movements are generating the music we hear.A new approach developed by researchers from MIT and elsewhere improves an AI model’s ability to learn in this same [...]

Scientists have engineered dozens of adeno-associated virus (AAV) systems that ferry genes to specific neuron and glial subtypes in the brain and spinal cord with unprecedented accuracy. Powered by AI-selected DNA “light switches,” the vectors can switch on therapeutic or research genes only in targeted cells—eliminating the need for transgenic [...]

On Dec. 21, 2022, just as peak holiday season travel was getting underway, Southwest Airlines went through a cascading series of failures in their scheduling, initially triggered by severe winter weather in the Denver area. But the problems spread through their network, and over the course of the next 10 [...]

If you want to know where AI is headed, this year’s Google I/O has you covered. The company’s annual showcase of next-gen products, which kicked off yesterday, has all of the pomp and pizzazz, the sizzle reels and celebrity walk-ons, that you’d expect from a multimillion-dollar marketing event. But it also [...]

Summary: AI systems, like humans and animals, learn better when they first master simple tasks. Researchers showed that recurrent neural networks (RNNs) trained with a “kindergarten curriculum” approach, starting with easy tasks, perform more efficiently on complex ones. Inspired by experiments with rats, who learned to combine basic sensory cues [...]

A new study shows that mathematical models can shape human decisions more effectively than traditional psychological strategies. Researchers introduced “choice engineering,” a data-driven alternative to “choice architecture,” which relies on heuristics and intuition. In a global academic challenge, models like CATIE—designed to reflect real behavioral trends—outperformed both intuitive strategies and [...]

With seemingly no limit to the demand for artificial intelligence, everyone in the energy, AI, and climate fields is justifiably worried. Will there be enough clean electricity to power AI and enough water to cool the data centers that support this technology? These are important questions with serious implications for [...]

It’s been quite a couple weeks for stories about AI in the courtroom. You might have heard about the deceased victim of a road rage incident whose family created an AI avatar of him to show as an impact statement (possibly the first time this has been done in the [...]

Behavioral economist Sendhil Mullainathan has never forgotten the pleasure he felt the first time he tasted a delicious crisp, yet gooey Levain cookie. He compares the experience to when he encounters new ideas.“That hedonic pleasure is pretty much the same pleasure I get hearing a new idea, discovering a new [...]

Humans no longer have exclusive control over training social robots to interact effectively, thanks to a new study. The study introduces a new simulation method that lets researchers test their social robots without needing human participants, making research faster and scalable. [...]

Researchers have developed a novel framework named WildFusion that fuses vision, vibration and touch to enable robots to 'sense' and navigate complex outdoor environments much like humans do. [...]

A research team has developed a novel haptic device designed to enhance both safety and efficiency for workers in industrial settings. [...]

A protein located in the wrong part of a cell can contribute to several diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, cystic fibrosis, and cancer. But there are about 70,000 different proteins and protein variants in a single human cell, and since scientists can typically only test for a handful in one experiment, [...]