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Illustrative scene of a team reviewing an AI system beside server infrastructure. The proposed Four As framework addresses human control, access, decision-making authority and the distribution of AI’s benefits and burdens.
Anglia Ruskin researchers argue the AI governance debate collapses four separate problems into one, and propose sorting them by who can enforce a fix.
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A study of 367 bird species found vocal patterns shared with human speech and song, regardless of whether birds learn their songs.
DiscoveriesBirds and humans share recurring speech and music patterns across 52 languagesHannah Shavit-Weiner
Blocking ANO6 reduced pancreatic tumor growth in mice and disrupted lipid transfer linked to cancer nutrition and T-cell dysfunction.
HealthBlocking ANO6 protein slows pancreatic tumor growth and reduces immune suppressionJoshua Shavit
Artist’s illustration of antigen-coated M13 particles interacting with an immune cell. MIT researchers found that denser antigen displays strengthened targeted immune responses and improved tumor protection in mice vaccinated before exposure to cancer cells.
HealthMIT scientists create nanoparticles to deliver cancer vaccines tailored to each patientJoseph Shavit
Artist’s illustration of a crystal-compression experiment. Researchers used neutron scattering to reveal how small mechanical strains alter magnetic domains and electrical responses in materials being explored for future spintronics.
DiscoveriesSqueezing magnetic crystals offers new insight into electron behaviorShy Cohen
Samples of Teghaza 001, an ancient Martian meteorite dating back 4.1 billion years.
Space4.1-billion-year-old meteorite offers a rare look into Mars’ wetter pastJoseph Shavit
University of Birmingham physicist Giovanni Barontini operates equipment designed to trap and cool rubidium atoms.
InnovationsScientists created a ‘mini universe’ that measures time without a clockJoseph Shavit
Adult astrocytes stretched, divided, and moved new nuclei into damaged brain regions during a temporary repair state.
HealthAdult brain cells reveal a surprising ability to repair damaged tissueJoshua Shavit
Baja California and the Gulf of California in an AI-edited illustration using NASA satellite imagery as a reference. Distant tectonic forces near Japan may have helped accelerate the peninsula’s separation from mainland Mexico.
DiscoveriesTectonic forces near Japan may have helped pull Baja California from MexicoRebecca Shavit
A. stephencolberti adult female in sand habitat, body length ~ 1.4 cm.
DiscoveriesStephen Colbert’s trapdoor spider connects comedy, chromosomes and conservationHannah Shavit-Weiner
This artist's illustration shows a white dwarf star surrounded by a debris disk with three asteroids orbiting in the disk.
DiscoveriesWhite dwarf’s intense gravity rips asteroids apart without grinding them into fine dustJoshua Shavit
Earth’s tidal pull could have concentrated heat near the Moon’s core-mantle boundary, as illustrated by the glowing regions in this cutaway. The heating pattern is a model prediction; sizes and distances are not to scale.
SpaceEarth’s gravitational pull could explain the Moon’s long volcanic historyJoseph Shavit
An illustration of a light-controlled molecular motor and neighboring rotor. Changing the motor’s configuration creates an obstruction that sharply slows the rotor’s random, thermally driven motion.
DiscoveriesScientists use light to control random motion inside moleculesJoshua Shavit
Laboratory scene illustrates research using ultracold helium droplets and gold nanoparticles to study how repelling charges arrange themselves on a sphere. The monitor shows a conceptual visualization of the charge pattern.
DiscoveriesTiny gold particles in a helium droplet help solve the century-old Thomson problemShy Cohen
Microscopic pigment structures in fish eyes, also preserved in ancient fossils, offer clues to the evolution of vision.
DiscoveriesScientists discover eye color played a significant role in vertebrate evolutionHannah Shavit-Weiner
New modeling suggests atmospheric breakup, impact heating and dilution made comets unreliable suppliers of concentrated ingredients for life.
SpaceNew discovery challenges the long-held theory that comets seeded life on EarthJoseph Shavit
Illustration depicts two approaching black holes, with blue curves representing mathematical gravitational field sheets. A new theoretical study explores how these structures could reconnect and alter energy exchange between gravity and matter.
DiscoveriesEinstein’s equations offer new clues to extreme gravity and space-time behaviorJoseph Shavit