An AI agent reads its own source code, forms a hypothesis for improvement (such as changing a learning rate or an architecture depth), modifies the code, runs the experiment, and evaluates the results ...

The first step was to conduct a thorough review of historical newspaper accounts. Jarmund et al. identified 113 unique cases ...

The latest generation of football helmets does a better job of protecting players from impacts that can cause concussions, ...

Over the past century, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased dramatically. This rise has contributed to global warming and led to many harmful effects, including shifting ...

The unofficial soundtrack of every basketball, squash or hard-court tennis match is the constant high-pitched squeak or shriek of the players' shoes. But can this squeak be designed out of them while ...

Every time we feel a gentle tap on the skin, specialized nerve cells convert that physical force into an electrical signal ...

A recent study suggests that left-handed people have an advantage in competitive contexts, while righties tend to cooperate ...

A new type of robotic hand developed at The University of Texas at Austin demonstrates such sensitive touch that it can grasp objects as fragile as a potato chip or a raspberry without crushing them.

Thunderstorms belong to a non-exhaustive list of surprisingly mundane things that we know surprisingly little about. Last ...

Researchers characterized two moisture-swing polymers for direct air capture, finding that macropore structure governs CO2 sorption capacity and kinetics.

Over the past century, the amount of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere has increased dramatically, causing shifting weather patterns and more frequent droughts. A research team led by Arizona State ...

Scientists from Germany, Japan, and India have demonstrated that femtosecond laser pulses can force an entire layer of molecules to rotate in unison on a two-dimensional quantum material, a result ...