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Tech Xplore / Unpredictable AGI may resist full control, making diverse AI safer

Public concern about AI safety has grown significantly in recent years. As AI systems become more powerful, a key question is how we make sure they do what we actually want. Now, researchers suggest that rather than trying ...

11 hours ago
Phys.org / Saturday Citations: Neuroinflammaging treatment stuns; a hidden magma lake; decoding little red dots

This week in science news: Researchers are calling to exploit sewage waste and manure to break U.S. synthetic fertilizer dependence. Wasps have begun disrupting the 10-million-year mutualism of ants and plants. And scientists ...

15 hours ago
Phys.org / Bright quantum light emission achieved at room temperature in 2D semiconductors

A joint research team led by Professor Park Kyoung-Duck and Associate Director Suh Yung Doug of the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) has succeeded in realizing a high-efficiency ...

15 hours ago
Phys.org / Flat optics move toward market with 300-per-second metalens production

A collaborative research group has developed a fully automated roll-to-roll manufacturing platform capable of producing large-area visible metalenses at a rate of 300 units per second, marking a major breakthrough in translating ...

16 hours ago
Phys.org / Earth's tectonic elevator hauls ancient buried microbes back to the seafloor to revive and spread

In subduction zones, the sites of the world's largest earthquakes, tectonic activity may generate a "pump" that transports long-buried subseafloor microbes back toward the seafloor, according to research presented at the ...

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Osteopenia: Loss of bone mineral density affects millions of people. Here's what you need to know

Around 40% of adults worldwide are affected by osteopenia: a loss of bone mineral density. This condition is extremely common, particularly in postmenopausal women and elderly adults. It's estimated that more than 500,000 ...

8 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Brain-on-a-chip reveals how Parkinson's proteins weaken the brain's vascular barrier

Scientists looking for the causes of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's generally focus on the buildup of aberrant proteins in the brain that impede normal neural connections. But new research from ...

16 hours ago
Phys.org / PFAS detected in dolphin milk may pass from mothers to calves

Researchers have found that a group of chemicals known as PFAS can be transferred from mother dolphins to their nursing calves, adding to the evidence that these persistent contaminants can be transferred from mothers to ...

17 hours ago
Phys.org / Prenatal opioid exposure in babies doesn't predict future classroom performance, study finds

Every 25 minutes in the United States, a baby is diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), a condition that occurs in newborns who have been exposed to opioids in the womb and develop withdrawal after birth, according ...

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Phys.org / Taiwan landslide's hidden motion comes into focus as fiber optics track deep slip

Placed within a borehole drilled deep through the layers of a landslide, a fiber optic cable captured tiny, periodic stick-slip events that offer a unique glimpse at the complex movements within the landslide's shear zone.

18 hours ago
Phys.org / Wildfires used to 'go to sleep' at night. Climate change is turning them into prime burning hours

Burning time for North American wildfires is going into overtime. Flames are lasting later into the night and starting earlier in the morning because human-caused climate change is extending the hotter and drier conditions ...

18 hours ago
Phys.org / Physics-based AI model opens new frontiers in dielectric materials exploration

Predicting material properties remains a major challenge in materials science, as it often requires complex and computationally intensive calculations. In particular, understanding how materials respond to electric fields ...

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