OpenAI says its AI solved three open problems and asks outside experts to check
OpenAI says its internal AI models solved three major open questions in mathematics, computer science and physics. Outside experts, including a Nobel laureate, are …
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A blog author argues AI must drive significantly higher productivity in coming years
A blog author argues that artificial intelligence must become the central lever for higher productivity at both macroeconomic and microeconomic levels, since productivity growth …
Northwestern Physicists Trap Single Antimatter Particle for Months
A research team at Northwestern University has stored a single antimatter particle for months without the laboratory blowing up.
Cambridge Science Park plans a flexible design for discoveries not yet made
Cambridge Science Park, now 55 years old, is being refreshed on the principle that its designers cannot know which future discoveries will be made …
Anthropic's Jack Clark Now Sees Self-Improving AI Arriving By 2027
A new benchmark from P-Zero Research measures how well AI models design and evaluate experiments themselves. The rapid progress prompts Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark …
Space Architecture Faces Questions of Daily Life Beyond Earth
As commercial space stations and a lunar base move from fantasy to planning, architects are confronting the mundane but decisive questions of who gets …
OpenAI Agents Analyze Mouse Brain Data in 32 Minutes, a Task That Would Take Humans Months
OpenAI, PerturbAI and Scripps Research deployed thousands of AI agents to analyze biological data from millions of mouse cells, completing in 32 minutes a …
AI System Designs Protein Binders Against Deadly Scorpion Toxin
Anthropic's Claude independently generated over 318,000 protein binder designs targeting scorpion neurotoxins; 211 were tested in the lab, 17 met the criteria, and the …
Swedish Researchers Create New 3D Carbon Allotrope in the Lab
A team at the University of Gothenburg has synthesized diamondiyne, a porous carbon allotrope whose atoms are covalently bonded in all three dimensions, a …
Heavy Metals Found in Longyearbyen Tap Water as Permafrost Thaws
Residents of Longyearbyen in the Svalbard archipelago have been told not to use tap water after heavy metals were detected, with thawing permafrost blamed …
European Vaccine Initiative Backs First Human Trial of Nipah Virus Vaccine as India Confirms Cases
The European Vaccine Initiative is supporting a first-in-human clinical trial of a novel Nipah virus vaccine, a development that comes as health authorities in …
Study Links Corby Metal Pollution to Health Risks as Agency Disputes Evidence
A new study suggests metal pollution in Corby may be harming residents, but the Environment Agency says it has found no evidence of significant …
Romanian Researcher Develops AI Algorithms for NASA Space Robots
Sorina Lupu, a Romanian researcher working at the intersection of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech and the Openmind Research Institute, is developing artificial intelligence …
Mathematicians Challenge OpenAI's Claimed Navier-Stokes Proof
OpenAI's 166-page solution to the Navier-Stokes problem is being disputed by mathematicians, who say the company's description of its own methodology does not match …
DeepMind's AlphaProof Nexus Solves Dozens of Open Math Problems, Passes Peer Review
Google DeepMind's AlphaProof Nexus has solved dozens of open mathematical problems, including nine Erdős problems, two of which had remained unsolved for 56 years. …
Danube Hits Historic Low, Romania Acts to Protect Cernavodă Nuclear Cooling
Romania's national water authority has ordered emergency measures to maintain the Danube's flow at Cernavodă after water levels dropped to within three centimetres of …
Sophie Adenot Returns to Earth After Eight Months in Space
French astronaut Sophie Adenot has landed in Cologne after an eight-month mission, saying she has « traversed the entire spectrum of human emotions » …
Ancient DNA Challenges Collapse Narrative on Easter Island
New genetic research contradicts the long-held belief that the Rapa Nui people destroyed their own society through ecological overexploitation. Ancient DNA shows no demographic …
Johns Hopkins Astrophysicist Maps Entire Sky in Ultraviolet Using AI
Astrophysicist Brice Ménard of Johns Hopkins University has, with the help of Anthropic's Claude Science, mapped the entire sky in ultraviolet light for the …
Francis Halzen Wins Physics Nobel for Neutrino Astronomy Research
Belgian astrophysicist Francis Halzen is being honored with the Physics Nobel Prize for his work on neutrino astronomy. The announcement in Stockholm falls on …
