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AI learns better when it talks to itself

Talking to oneself is a trait which feels inherently human. Our inner monologues help us organize our thoughts, make decisions, and understand our emotions. But it’s not just humans who can reap the benefits of such self-talk. Published in Neural Computation, scientists from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) have demonstrated the potential of inner speech to improve AI learning, showing how AI models can generalize across different tasks more easily when supported by both inner speech and short-term ...

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AI sheds light on mysterious dinosaur footprints

PRESS RELEASE UNDER STRICT EMBARGO UNTIL - MONDAY 26 JANUARY - 3PM US EASTERN TIME AND 8PM UK TIME AI sheds light on mysterious dinosaur footprints A new app, powered by artificial intelligence (AI), could help scientists and the public identify dinosaur footprints made millions of years ago, a study reveals. For decades, paleontologists have pondered over a number of ancient dinosaur tracks and asked themselves if they were left by fierce carnivores, gentle plant-eaters or even early species of birds? Now, researchers and dinosaur enthusiasts alike can upload an image or sketch ...

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The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) receives €5 million donation for AI research

The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) has received a donation of 5 million euros from Canadian philanthropist and entrepreneur Garrett Camp to help advance AI as a trustworthy, human-centered technology that benefits society. ISTA’s commitment to responsible AI, coupled with its focus on frontier research and interdisciplinary culture, make it perfectly placed to pursue this goal. Camp – who is the creator of the not-for-profit Camp.org research organization and co-founder of the ride-hailing Uber app – visited the ISTA campus on January 13 to sign the donation agreement with President Martin Hetzer and Managing Director Georg Schneider. “With ...

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Call for papers: AI in biochar research for sustainable land ecosystems

Scientists are invited to submit their latest research to a new special issue focusing on the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and biochar for sustainable land management. The special issue, titled "Artificial Intelligence in Biochar Ecological Applications: Advances for Soil Carbon and Sustainability in Agricultural, Forest, and Grassland Ecosystems," will be published in the journal Biochar. Agricultural land, forests, and grasslands cover most of the Earth's terrestrial surface, playing a central ...

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Wood burning in homes drives dangerous air pollution in winter

Throwing another log into a crackling fireplace on a cold winter’s night might seem like a cozy, harmless tradition. But Northwestern University scientists have found residential wood burning is a major — yet often overlooked — contributor to winter air pollution across the United States. Although only 2% of U.S. homes rely on wood as their primary heating source, residential wood burning accounts for more than one-fifth of Americans’ wintertime exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the new study found. These tiny airborne particles can penetrate deep into the lungs ...

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PPPL launches STELLAR-AI platform to accelerate fusion energy research

A new computing platform that pairs artificial intelligence (AI) with high performance computing aims to end the bottleneck holding back fusion energy research by speeding the simulations needed to advance the field. The project — known as the Simulation, Technology, and Experiment Leveraging Learning-Accelerated Research enabled by AI (STELLAR-AI ) — will be led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). STELLAR-AI will expand far beyond the Lab’s walls, however, bringing together national laboratories, universities, technology companies and industry partners to build the computational foundation ...

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Stress-testing AI vision systems: Rethinking how adversarial images are generated

Deep neural networks (DNNs) have become a cornerstone of modern AI technology, driving a thriving field of research in image-related tasks. These systems have found applications in medical diagnosis, automated data processing, computer vision, and various forms of industrial automation, to name a few. As our reliance on AI models grows, so does our need to test them thoroughly using adversarial examples. Simply put, adversarial examples are images that have been strategically modified with noise to trick an AI into making a mistake. Understanding adversarial image generation techniques is essential for identifying vulnerabilities in DNNs and for developing more secure, reliable systems. Despite ...

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AI is already writing almost one-third of new software code

Generative AI is reshaping software development – and fast. A new study published in Science shows that AI-assisted coding is spreading rapidly, though unevenly: in the U.S., the share of new code relying on AI rose from 5% in 2022 to 29% in early 2025, compared with just 12% in China. AI usage is highest among less experienced programmers, but productivity gains go to seasoned developers. The software industry is enormous. In the U.S. economy alone, firms spend an estimated $600 billion a year in wages on coding-related work. Every day, billions of lines of code keep the global economy running. How is AI changing this backbone of modern ...

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Malicious AI swarms pose emergent threats to democracy

In a Policy Forum, Daniel Schroeder and colleagues discuss the risks of malicious “Artificial Intelligence (AI) swarms”, which enable a new class of large-scale, coordinated disinformation campaigns that pose significant risks to democracy. Manipulation of public opinion has long relied on rhetoric and propaganda. However, modern AI systems have created powerful new tools for shaping human beliefs and behavior on a societal scale. Large language models (LLMs) and autonomous agents can now generate vast amounts of persuasive, human-like content. When combined into collaborative AI Swarms – collections of AI-driven personas that retain memory and identity – ...

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Quantum measurements with entangled atomic clouds

Researchers at the University of Basel and the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel have demonstrated how quantum mechanical entanglement can be used to measure several physical parameters simultaneously with greater precision. Entanglement is probably the most puzzling phenomenon observed in quantum systems. It causes measurements on two quantum objects, even if they are at different locations, to exhibit statistical correlations that should not exist according to classical physics – it’s almost as if a measurement on one object influences the other one at a distance. The experimental demonstration of this effect, also known as the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen ...

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To explain or not? Need for AI transparency depends on user expectation

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Artificial intelligence (AI) is said to be a “black box,” with its logic obscured from human understanding — but how much does the average user actually care to know how AI works? It depends on the extent to which a system meets users’ expectations, according to a new study by a team that includes Penn State researchers. Using a fabricated algorithm-driven dating website, the team found that whether the system met, exceeded or fell short of user expectations directly corresponded to how ...

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Reimagining proprioception: when biology meets technology

Researchers from the Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Tongji University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Fudan University, and the University of Sydney synthesize years of proprioception research with frontier bionic evidence such as osseointegrated neural prosthetics, to propose a disruptive framework of the reconceptualization of proprioception. Their findings were made available online in the Journal of Sport and Health Science on January 01, 2026. Led by Professor Jia Han from the Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Tongji University, ...

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Making blockchain fast enough for IoT networks

The vision of a fully connected world is rapidly becoming a reality through the Internet of Things (IoT)—a growing network of physical devices that collect and share data over the Internet, including everything from small sensors to autonomous vehicles and industrial equipment. To ensure this data is secure and not tampered with, engineers are increasingly turning to blockchain as a promising solution. While often associated with cryptocurrencies, blockchain is essentially a decentralized digital ledger; instead of one company controlling the data, it is shared and maintained collectively across a network of computers. Unfortunately, ...

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New AI method revolutionizes the design of enzymes

Enzymes with specific functions are becoming increasingly important in industry, medicine and environmental protection. For example, they make it possible to synthesise chemicals in a more environmentally friendly way, produce active ingredients in a targeted manner or break down environmentally harmful substances. Researchers from Gustav Oberdorfer’s working group at the Institute of Biochemistry at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), together with colleagues from the University of Graz, ...

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Tuning color through molecular stacking: A new strategy for smarter pressure sensors

Piezofluorochromism, the phenomenon of materials reversibly changing their fluorescent color when pressure is applied, is used to create the pressure sensors used in automotive and medical industries. By monitoring color changes, researchers can visually recognize phenomena, such as chemical changes, that actually take place. However, as devices get increasingly complicated, there is an increasing demand for ways to produce more sensitive sensors. A research group led by Project Assistant Professor ...

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Breakthrough organic crystalline material repairs itself in extreme cold temperatures, unlocking new possibilities for space and deep-sea technologies

A research team, led by Professor of Chemistry at NYU Abu Dhabi Panče Naumov, in collaboration with a research team led by Professor Hongyu Zhang at Jilin University, China, has discovered a new type of organic crystal that can repair itself after being damaged at extremely low temperatures. This breakthrough could pave the way for the next generation of durable, lightweight materials designed to perform in some of the harshest environments on Earth and beyond. The material, which is one of the newly researched materials known as smart molecular crystals whose discovery was pioneered by Naumov’s group, can restore its structure even ...

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Metal clumps in quantum state: Vienna research team breaks records

Can a small lump of metal be in a quantum state that extends over distant locations? A research team at the University of Vienna answers this question with a resounding yes. In the journal Nature, physicists from the University of Vienna and the University of Duisburg-Essen show that even massive nanoparticles consisting of thousands of sodium atoms follow the rules of quantum mechanics. The experiment is currently one of the best tests of quantum mechanics on a macroscopic scale. Matter as a wave In quantum mechanics, not only light but also matter can behave both as a particle and as a wave. This has been proven many ...

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PolyU develops new human-safe magnetorheological fibres, leading innovations in smart wearable textiles

A research team of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has achieved a revolutionary breakthrough in smart materials, successfully developing soft magnetorheological textiles that can flexibly deform and modulate their mechanical properties under a human-safe magnetic field. Driven by electricity and programmable control, these new materials combine lightweight, flexible and breathable textile characteristics, making them widely applicable in smart wearables, soft robotics, virtual reality and metaverse ...

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Quantum error correction with logical qubits

Quantum computers have immense potential because they could perform highly complex calculations much faster than current supercomputers. However, the hurdle to the practical application of quantum computers is just as immense today: the error-prone nature of their hardware. Researchers around the world are therefore working on quantum error correction methods to make the calculations of quantum computers more reliable. Against this backdrop, neQxt GmbH, the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State ...

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Light switches made of ultra-thin semiconductor layers

A nanostructure made of silver and an atomically thin semiconductor layer can be turned into an ultrafast switching mirror device that may function as an optical transistor – with a switching speed around 10,000 times faster than an electronic transistor. An international team of researchers led by University of Oldenburg physicist Professor Dr. Christoph Lienau describes this effect in a paper published in the current issue of Nature Nanotechnology. Ultrafast light switches offer interesting prospects for optical data processing, the researchers explain. The team’s goal was to find a material ...

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Creative talent: has AI knocked humans out?

Are generative artificial intelligence systems such as ChatGPT truly creative? A research team led by Professor Karim Jerbi from the Department of Psychology at the Université de Montréal, and including AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio, also a professor at Université de Montréal, has just published the largest comparative study ever conducted on the creativity of large language models versus humans. Published in Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio), the findings reveal that generative AI has reached a major milestone: it can ...

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LeapSpace goes live: the Research-Grade AI-Assisted Workspace built on trusted science

January 21, 2026 – LeapSpace™, Elsevier’s research-grade, AI-assisted workspace, is now live and available to customers. Built on the world’s most comprehensive collection of scientific content, LeapSpace helps academic and corporate researchers uncover deeper insights, accelerate innovation, and collaborate seamlessly in one secure environment. It combines multi-model responsible AI with transparency and clear trust markers, industrial-grade data privacy and security, so that every insight is explainable, traceable, and ...

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Advancing energy development with MBene: Chemical mechanism, AI, and applications in energy storage and harvesting

As global energy demands surge and fossil-fuel reserves shrink, next-generation 2D materials are racing to deliver ultrahigh capacity, ultrafast kinetics and rock-solid stability. Now, researchers from Henan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences—led by Dr Jai Kumar, Dr Zhuanpei Wang and Prof Xiaowei Yang—have published a panoramic review on MBene, the boron-based sibling of MXene, that charts a direct route from wet-lab synthesis to AI-guided device deployment. The work offers a one-stop roadmap ...

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New AI tool removes bottleneck in animal movement analysis

Researchers from the University of St Andrews have developed an AI tool that reads animal movement from video and turns it into clear, human-readable descriptions, making behavioural analysis faster, cheaper, and scalable across species. Published on Wednesday 21 January by The Royal Society, the PoseR plug has been developed to remove a major bottleneck in neuroscience, psychology and biology to enable larger faster, and more reproducible studies. Animal behaviour ...

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AI tool helps you learn how autistic communication works

People with autism have brains that are wired differently. This can make them especially strong in some areas—such as noticing patterns, remembering details, or thinking logically—while making other things like social cues or changes in routine more challenging. There can also be stark differences in the way autistic and neurotypical people communicate, to the point where it may seem like each is using a different language, creating complications from social situations to the workplace. For example, while non-autistic ...

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