Lightning formation and the conditions triggering it have long been shrouded in a cloud of mystery, but new research led by Penn State scientists is lifting the fog. Using mathematical calculations, ...

Late in 2025, we covered the development of an AI system called Evo that was trained on massive numbers of bacterial genomes. So many that, when prompted with sequences from a cluster of related genes ...

The DNA foundation model Evo 2 has been published in the journal Nature. Trained on the DNA of over 100,000 species across ...

At its core, a rice cooker cooks rice by relying on a water-to-grain ratio and switching from cook to warm mode once the water has been fully absorbed. To that end, any grain that relies on this ...

Below is an in-depth look at the sectors where AI is showing concrete results and, above all, real operational usefulness.

Vembu sees this technology as a turning point that moves AI from massive cloud GPU clusters to compact, low-power “AI appliances” that can run locally in devices.

Remember those old BlackBerry phones? The ones with the physical keyboards that felt so good to type on? Well, it turns out a ...

I love creating things on my 3D printer, but I’ve always hit a wall because I’m not an engineer and traditional 3D design software can be really tricky. In ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT show reasoning errors across many domains. Identifying vulnerabilities is good for public safety, industry, ...

Much of the data we need to revolutionize drug discovery already exists. The problem is that, often, it isn’t usable. I spent years of my graduate research building algorithms that could sift through ...

Electric vehicle drivers who order a new Tesla Model 3 or Model Y will no longer get Basic Autopilot with their rides. "The move forces buyers to subscribe to the $99/month Full Self-Driving ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk used to refer to the company’s electric-vehicle lineup as a “S3XY” suite of cars. But he’ll need a new moniker as Tesla does away with its Model S and Model X vehicles, which have ...