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Tech Xplore / After OpenAI's new 'buy it in ChatGPT' trial, how soon will AI be online shopping for us?
Buying and selling online with e-commerce is old news. We're entering the age of A-commerce, where artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly able to shop for us.
Tech Xplore / Amazon's big outage reminds us that we trust big tech companies far too much
On Monday, October 20, millions of internet users got a painful answer to a question few even knew existed. The question was: What do Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, Signal, United and Delta airlines and countless other web-based ...
Phys.org / 1 in 3 US nonprofits that serve communities lost government funding in early 2025
About one-third of U.S. nonprofit service providers experienced a disruption in their government funding in the first half of 2025.
Phys.org / The pollution court case that could reach far beyond the banks of the River Wye
The River Wye used to be full of wild salmon. Today it is full of algae.
Phys.org / First high-resolution structure of key herpes virus protein opens path to new antivirals
An international research team has determined the first high-resolution structures of the herpes simplex virus origin-binding protein (OBP), a critical component of viral DNA replication that has eluded structural characterization ...
Phys.org / Catastrophic loss of Florida's staghorn and elkhorn corals highlights accelerating climate pressures for reefs worldwide
New research reports the functional extinction of Acropora corals from Florida's Coral Reef. Scientists have documented catastrophic mortality of these critically endangered corals following a record-setting marine heat wave ...
Phys.org / Astronomers expose CO-dark molecular gas, previously invisible to telescopes
An international team of astronomers has created the first-ever large-scale maps of a mysterious form of matter, known as CO-dark molecular gas, in one of our Milky Way's most active star-forming neighborhoods, Cygnus X. ...
Phys.org / Perception of fraud as a victimless offense can weaken police investigations, study shows
The perception among some police officers that fraud is a victimless offense can weaken investigations and the support given to those affected, a new study shows.
Phys.org / Astronomers share largest molecular survey to date: GOTHAM legacy data goes public
A new dataset from the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) is now publicly available, opening the door for scientists worldwide to make discoveries in one of the richest molecular clouds in our galaxy, TMC-1.
Medical Xpress / Scanning the tongue to detect and track motor neuron disease
Standard MRI scans of a person's tongue could assist in the early detection and ongoing monitoring of motor neuron disease.
Phys.org / Satellites and space trash threaten ozone layer and space safety
Every year, we shoot several thousand satellites and other objects out into space. When satellites die, they become space trash that threatens aerospace safety.
Tech Xplore / Engineers harness tunnel winds to transform railways into renewable power sources
Researchers at the University of Manchester are developing pioneering technology to harness powerful wind in railway tunnels, turning them into renewable energy power stations.
