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Tech Xplore / ChatGPT's taste for literary nonsense sparks alarm
OpenAI's GPT models can often be fooled into declaring that "pseudo-literary" nonsense is great, a German researcher has found.
Phys.org / AI learns to read ancient Japanese pottery with 93% accuracy
Classifying ancient pottery has always depended on the trained judgment of an archaeologist. Identifying the subtle differences between piece types takes years of experience, and two experts will not always agree. Now, a ...
Medical Xpress / Implantable islet cells could control diabetes without insulin injections
Most diabetes patients must carefully monitor their blood sugar levels and inject insulin multiple times per day, to help keep their blood sugar from getting too high. As a possible alternative to those injections, MIT researchers ...
Phys.org / The northern lights' dark twin is a wild card for the power grid
Scientists are working to understand how magnetic currents from the sun spread beneath Earth's crust when the northern lights dance across the sky. Their goal is to tame its "dark twin" and prevent damage to our power grid.
Phys.org / Altered colony chemistry reveals a process that destroys termite societies
Several insect species, including ants, honeybees and termites, live in highly organized societies, also known as social insect colonies. Insects living in these colonies can take on different roles, such as reproducing, ...
Phys.org / Hubble image: IC 486—where spiral arms and star formation meet
A luminous swirl set against the deep black of space, the barred spiral galaxy IC 486 glows with a soft, ethereal light in this new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Month image. IC 486 lies right on the edge ...
Medical Xpress / BMI classification system wrongly identifies some people as having overweight or obesity, says study
Research from Italy to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026, Istanbul, Türkiye, 12–15 May) and published in the journal Nutrients shows that when the gold standard technique of dual-energy X-ray ...
Medical Xpress / Can a new heart health metric identify fracture risk in postmenopausal women? Study finds link
Postmenopausal women face a high risk of bone fractures. Due to declines in estrogen levels, which can lead to an increased risk of osteoporosis, even a low-impact fall can result in a serious hip, back, or wrist injury. ...
Phys.org / Study finds 40% of European gas stoves leak cancer-causing benzene while turned off
Benzene, a compound linked with leukemia and other blood cancers, is leaking from gas stoves in Europe, a new study finds. According to the World Health Organization, there is no safe level of exposure to benzene, a compound ...
Medical Xpress / Teens who sleep past 8 a.m. eat more and move less, study suggests
When people think about ways to improve cardiovascular health, diet and exercise are often at the top of the list. But long-term health, especially in adolescents, might start with something more fundamental: sleep. A new ...
Medical Xpress / Are heart failure and atrial fibrillation the same disease? Study reveals shared genetic and molecular mechanics
New research from a multi-institutional team, published in Nature Cardiovascular Research, reveals that heart failure and atrial fibrillation share underlying genetic and molecular mechanisms, suggesting that the two cardiovascular ...
Phys.org / One-of-a-kind experiment tracks plant evolution in response to climate change at 30 sites worldwide
For decades, ever since biologists recognized the potential environmental harms from climate change, they have worried that plants will not be able to evolve fast enough to adapt to a rapidly warming planet. But the pace ...
