Scientists have developed a network of mechanical motors that mimic the molecular machinery underpinning human muscle contraction. The University of Bristol-led findings, published in the Journal of ...

It's said that statistics don't lie, but they often don't tell the whole truth, either. A Cornell statistics expert has come up with a method he believes can boost statistical power and significantly ...

In a small classroom in Aligarh, waste materials are turning into machines. A government school teacher is guiding students ...

OpenAI and Anthropic have raised tens of billions of dollars on the promise of artificial intelligence that can make new discoveries in fields like medicine, biology and physics. And yet,we’re nowhere ...

Engineers have discovered an unexpected link between two very different realms of physics: the behavior of electrons in ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT show reasoning errors across many domains. Identifying vulnerabilities is good for public safety, industry, ...

Novel approaches to the all-day cafe are working for diners and creative chefs across the country. The Dutchess, in Ojai, Calif., begins the day as a French bakery and turns into a Burmese restaurant ...

Re “If Science Keeps Changing, Why Trust It?,” by Elay Shech (Opinion guest essay, Jan. 7): Professor Shech offers a thoughtful argument for what he calls “disciplined trust” in science, a position ...

An exclusive conversation with Kevin Weil, head of OpenAI for Science, a new in-house team that wants to make scientists more productive. In the three years since ChatGPT’s explosive debut, OpenAI’s ...

When you push or pull with a simple machine, you are applying a force and doing work. And, if you get more force out of a machine than you put into it, then that machine has a mechanical advantage.

You’ve probably seen an artificial intelligence system go off track. You ask for a video of a dog, and as the dog runs behind the love seat, its collar disappears. Then, as the camera pans back, the ...

The use of AI models in scientific laboratories risks enabling dangerous experiments that could cause fires or explosions, researchers have warned. Such models offer a convincing illusion of ...