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First new stroke and UTI drugs in 30 years get FDA approval

World's Smallest Flying Robot Uses Magnets | The prototype, with less than a centimeter wingspan, has no onboard power source

Apple Could Transform Health Industry as It Readies Its Biggest Push Yet With New AI Doctor

Nuclear-powered battery could eliminate need for recharging | Betavoltaic technology could power pacemakers, satellites, and more

No microplastic particle is safe from bounty-hunting "microcleaners" | Microcleaners use soft dendritic colloids to collect submerged microplastic particles, then bring them to the surface

Beyond RGB: A new image file format efficiently stores invisible light data | New Spectral JPEG XL compression reduces file sizes, making spectral imaging more practical.

Anthropic scientists expose how AI actually 'thinks' — and discover it secretly plans ahead and sometimes lies

Stopping hair loss may be as easy as boosting this "bodyguard" protein

Pluripotent stem cells aid partial motor recovery in spinal cord injury patients | Early clinical trial in Japan shows limited but encouraging results in four patients

New plastic dissolves in the ocean overnight, leaving no microplastics

Databricks Has a Trick That Lets AI Models Improve Themselves

Stinky frog leads to powerful antibiotic that's easy on the gut

Surgeons transplant genetically modified pig liver into Chinese patient | Organ appears to function for 10 days, raising prospect of short-term use for those on transplant list

“Israel built an ‘AI factory’ for war. It unleashed it in Gaza.”

“Israel built an ‘AI factory’ for war. It unleashed it in Gaza.”

"Self-densified" wood could give metal a run for its money

"Self-densified" wood could give metal a run for its money thanks to a new self-densifying technique for creating super-strong wood.

Nearly 100% of bacterial infections can now be identified in under 3 hours | A major breakthrough in the accuracy and speed at which often deadly pathogen infections can be identified and treated.

Angelina Jolie Was Right About Computers

Smarter drug delivery system stores doses under your skin as crystals

Smarter drug delivery system stores doses under your skin as crystals | Whether you have a deep-seated fear of needles (Trypanophobia) or simply aren't a fan of jabs, this drug delivery approach is good news

Scientists develop injection for long-lasting contraceptive implant | Approach could herald new way of delivering drugs, beyond birth control, over long periods of time

New LED displays packing 90nm 'virus-sized' pixels can deliver 127,000 PPI visuals | Use of perovskite facilitates new 'nano-PeLED' pixels.

Prostate cancer surgery breakthrough offers hope for erectile function | Neurosafe procedure allows doctors to remove prostate while preserving as much nerve tissue around it as possible

A new AI model can predict the likelihood of premature death from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with around 95% accuracy | Looking beyond the gut for early treatment of other chronic illnesses, the early mortality rate can be significantly reduced.

EV battery swaps: The world's largest swap network for quick recharge

Nvidia CEO Huang says he was wrong about timeline for quantum, surprised his comments hurt stocks

Samsung admits a bad software update has been bricking its soundbars

Crude oil residues may find new life in lower-cost carbon fiber

New brain scan method could help people with drug-resistant epilepsy | Researchers develop technique that can accurately pinpoint lesions, increasing chances of successful surgery

Circular cement makes for strong and green concrete

105 Days With an Electromagnetic Heart | Patient sets a record with an innovative artificial heart outside the hospital

Alzheimer’s prevention hope as drug cuts deadly disease onset in half | A long-term trial has found that a discontinued drug halved the onset of a genetic form Alzheimer's, from all but 100% to 50%.

Boston Dynamics shows off another major leap in humanoid mobility

Nearly 100% of cancer identified by new AI, easily outperforming doctors | In what's expected to soon be commonplace, AI is being harnessed to pick up signs of cancer more accurately than the trained human eye.

Breakthrough stroke drug heals the brain to restore movement | This drug discovery promises molecular rehabilitation for stroke patients

World's first long-life sodium-ion power bank launched

Wheel hub innovation saves 3-7% fuel consumption in truck test | Fersa's FE (fuel efficient) wheel hubs reduced real-world fuel consumption by at least 3% across a range of different truck designs and use cases

Private listening audio tech works like projectable virtual headphones | Doing so is now possible via so-called "audible enclaves," which already exist in functional prototype form.

"Microlightning" between water droplets could have sparked life on Earth

Ultrasonic Beams Craft Private Sound Zones | The technology could be used to create personalized and secure "audible enclave"

Researchers engineer bacteria to produce plastics | A bacterial energy storage system is modified to make polymers.

Fuel breakthrough paves way for cutting-edge nuclear reactor | Using a new process, a team has developed a new way of processing fuel efficiently for cutting-edge molten salt reactors.

Post-polio immune therapy aces human trials

Abandoned mines could find new use as gravity batteries | The scientists behind a new study estimate that, worldwide, there are likely millions of disused mines suitable for energy storage

New battery-free electricity source: Tiny plastic beads | Harnessing a principle known as triboelectrification, researchers have worked out the optimal way to generate an electrical charge in a relatively simple way.

Green steel plant glugs out first ton of molten metal

A “biohybrid” robotic hand built using real human muscle cells | A real bit of cyborg hardware highlights the technology's current limitations.

Microsoft unveils Copilot for Gaming, an AI-powered assistant and coach

Dual-wheel balance bot flaunts supreme agility, easily clears hurdles