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Tech Xplore / From music to mind reading: AI startups bet on earbuds

AI companies are on the hunt to design the ideal device to deliver AI's superpowers, and some new enterprises are convinced that headphones or earbuds are the way.

1 hour ago in Consumer & Gadgets
Tech Xplore / At CES, auto and tech companies transform cars into proactive companions

In a vision of the near future shared at CES, a girl slides into the back seat of her parents' car and the cabin instantly comes alive. The vehicle recognizes her, knows it's her birthday and cues up her favorite song without ...

1 hour ago in Automotive
Phys.org / Rare 'firework morphology' of supernova remnant Pa 30 may be due to white dwarf wind

In 1181 AD, a bright "guest star" was observed to linger in the sky for around six months. Nearly 850 years later, the likely remnants of this event were rediscovered and tentatively linked to the 1181 supernova and dubbed ...

19 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Jupiter's moon Europa lacks the undersea activity needed to support life, study suggests

The giant planet Jupiter has nearly 100 known moons, yet none have captured the interest and imagination of astronomers and space scientists quite like Europa, an ice-shrouded world that is thought to possess a vast ocean ...

19 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Ancient clay cylinders provide first foundation text documenting Nebuchadnezzar II's restoration of the ziggurat of Kish

In 2013, two local Iraqis handed over two inscribed clay cylinders to the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage. Subsequent analysis and translation of the inscriptions published in Iraq revealed them to belong to King ...

18 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Advanced quantum detectors are reinventing the search for dark matter

When it comes to understanding the universe, what we know is only a sliver of the whole picture.

15 hours ago in Physics
Phys.org / Solving quantum computing's longstanding 'no cloning' problem with an encryption workaround

A team of researchers at the University of Waterloo have made a breakthrough in quantum computing that elegantly bypasses the fundamental "no cloning" problem. The research, "Encrypted Qubits can be Cloned," appears in Physical ...

20 hours ago in Physics
Phys.org / Why we trust romantic partners rather than AI when making big financial decisions

Artificial intelligence programs are not only helping us tackle complex challenges like diagnosing diseases and predicting weather patterns, but also assisting with more mundane matters such as correcting grammar and planning ...

18 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / How a biological version of rock-paper-scissors determines if lizard colors are maintained or lost

Two new studies into lizard colors reveal how one species maintains its colorful diversity while others are losing their ancient colors. And the changes are being driven by the biological equivalent of rock-paper-scissors.

21 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Astronomers build molecular cloud atlas for nearby Andromeda galaxy

Astronomers from Cardiff University, UK, have employed the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) to explore the nearby Andromeda galaxy. Results of the observational campaign, published December ...

21 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Webb reveals a sample of galaxies with unusual features, nicknamed 'Platypus'

After combing through NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's archive of sweeping extragalactic cosmic fields, a small team of astronomers at the University of Missouri says they have identified a sample of galaxies that have ...

16 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / A dead whale found on the bow of a ship in New Jersey sparks an investigation

After a dead whale was found on the bow of a container ship docked in New Jersey, authorities were working Tuesday to remove the carcass and determine the endangered animal's cause of death.

1 hour ago in Biology