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Tech Xplore / Get AI models 'under control,' EU tells tech firms after hacks

Top tech firms need to get their powerful artificial intelligence models "under control," the European Union warned Friday after a series of hacks by AI agents.

Sep 11, 2026
Phys.org / Superfluid qubit could help scale up quantum computers

Superfluid helium could offer a new way to tackle one of the biggest challenges in scaling up quantum computers, say researchers from the University of Surrey. The research team has introduced a conceptual design for a new ...

Sep 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / Gene editing advance shows promise as long-lasting treatment for rare liver disease

Researchers have taken an important step toward solving one of the biggest challenges in gene therapy for children with metabolic liver disorders: growth itself. As a child's liver grows, some gene therapies that once worked ...

Sep 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / Cognitive decline in HIV associated with mitochondrial inefficiency, study finds

Hannah Stadtler knew whom she wanted to work with before even arriving at VCU.

Sep 11, 2026
Phys.org / AI D-Day weather forecast falters under pressure

Today's best weather computers would still have struggled to accurately predict the weather for the D-Day landings, University of Reading research shows. The new research, published in the journal Weather ahead of the release ...

Sep 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Targeted antibody treatment reverses diabetic nerve damage in mouse models

A team of UTHealth Houston researchers slowed and even reversed diabetic nerve damage in mice, bringing researchers one step closer to developing a treatment for humans. The research is published in Science Translational ...

Sep 9, 2026
Phys.org / Physics-aware benchmark reveals why similar materials AI models can predict thermal conductivity differently

Material properties such as sound insulation, resistance to extreme heat and thermal expansion originate from how the zillions of microscopic building blocks (nuclei and electrons) interact at equilibrium and respond to perturbations. ...

Sep 9, 2026
Phys.org / More than kinship, social isolation has a greater effect on toad tadpole behavior

Amphibian larvae—often known as tadpoles—exhibit a behavior known as "social aggregation," in which they gather together to avoid predators. These interactions are evidence of their "association preferences," or their tendency ...

Sep 11, 2026
Phys.org / A 'wholistic' view of cellular communication across an entire animal

It can't be heard, but different parts of the human body are in constant conversation, communicating to keep the entire system running efficiently. For biologists, being able to listen in on this discussion is a long-sought-after ...

Sep 9, 2026
Phys.org / Estuary water quality trends have $100M implications, researchers find

Estuaries across the United States are facing the same trends of warming waters, algal growth and declining oxygen concentrations that threaten water quality and fish populations, regardless of geographic location, according ...

Sep 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Antiviral defense gained at the cost of autoimmunity risk, study shows

Why do genetic variants that increase the risk of autoimmune disease remain so common in the population?

Sep 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / Cancer is now the leading health threat for 9/11 survivors 25 years on

Twenty-five years after the World Trade Center attacks, cancer has become the defining health problem among survivors who breathed the toxic dust.

Sep 11, 2026