DeepMind AI with built-in fact-checker makes mathematical discoveries
The AI company DeepMind claims it has developed a way to harness the creativity of chatbots to solve mathematical problems…
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Record-breaking number of qubits entangled in a quantum computer
A group of 51 superconducting qubits have been entangled inside a quantum computer, not just in pairs but in a…
AI could be about to completely change the way we do mathematics
Computers can help ensure that mathematical proofs are correct, but translating traditional maths into a machine-readable format is an arduous…
Billions of phones can detect and warn about nearby earthquakes
Google’s Android Earthquake Alerts program is a globe-spanning earthquake early-warning system that uses billions of phone sensors to detect seismic…
Attempt to reach expert consensus on teens and phones ends in argument
There are a range of competing views on whether smartphones and social media are harmful to adolescents, and an attempt…
New way to pull uranium from water can help China’s nuclear power push
Chinese researchers have a new method to extract uranium from seawater twice as cheaply as previous technologies. Their success comes…
Neanderthal child may have had Down’s syndrome
A fossil bone displaying features consistent with Down’s syndrome belonged to a Neanderthal child who survived beyond 6 years old,…
AI made from living human brain cells performs speech recognition
A biocomputing system consisting of living brain cells learned to recognise the voice of one individual from hundreds of sound…
Moderna’s improved mRNA covid-19 vaccine is effective at lower doses
A streamlined version of Moderna’s vaccine that targets only key parts of the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is…
Super-heavy oxygen hints at problem with the laws of physics
An unprecedentedly heavy version of oxygen is significantly less stable than expected, which suggests a problem our understanding of the…