A snail may hold the key to restoring vision for people with some eye diseases.
Golden apple snails (Pomacea canaliculata) are freshwater snails from South America. Alice Accorsi became familiar with the species as a graduate student…
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The U.S. government wants to go ‘all in’ on AI. There are big risks
Under a newly released action plan for artificial intelligence, the technology will be integrated into U.S. government functions. The plan, announced July 23, is another step in the Trump administration’s push for an “AI-first…
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MIT tool visualizes and edits “physically impossible” objects | MIT News
M.C. Escher’s artwork is a gateway into a world of depth-defying optical illusions, featuring “impossible objects” that break the laws of physics with convoluted geometries. What you perceive his illustrations to be…
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The mystery of melting sea stars may finally be solved
A mysterious disease has been turning sea stars into goo since 2013. Now, there’s a leading suspect behind the killings — a bacterium called Vibrio pectenicida, researchers report August 4 in Nature Ecology & Evolution. Knowing…
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Imagination Meets Automation With BrickGPT
07/24/2025 Marylee Williams
Fusing artificial intelligence and imagination, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science have developed a tool that uses text…
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AI cracks a meteorite’s secret: A material that defies heat
Crystals and glasses have opposite heat-conduction properties, which play a pivotal role in a variety of technologies. These range from the miniaturization and efficiency of electronic devices to waste-heat recovery systems, as well as the…
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Scientists unveil bioplastic that degrades at room temperature, and outperforms petroplastics
Society has long struggled with petroleum-derived plastic pollution, and awareness of microplastics’ detrimental effects on food and water supplies adds further pressure.
In response, researchers have been developing biodegradable versions of…
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AI just found 5 powerful materials that could replace lithium batteries
Researchers from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have used artificial intelligence to tackle a critical problem facing the future of energy storage: finding affordable, sustainable alternatives to lithium-ion batteries.
In research…
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Scientists finally solve the mystery of what triggers lightning
Though scientists have long understood how lightning strikes, the precise atmospheric events that trigger it within thunderclouds remained a perplexing mystery. The mystery may be solved, thanks to a team of researchers led by Victor Pasko,…
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After 50 years, scientists finally catch elusive neutrinos near a reactor
Neutrinos are extremely elusive elementary particles. Day and night, 60 billion of them stream from the Sun through every square centimeter of the Earth every second, which is transparent to them. After the first theoretical prediction of their…
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