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Tech Xplore / Oversight Board blasts 'inadequate' Meta safeguards for AI deepfakes

Meta on Thursday moved to remove AI-generated videos targeting two women, including a British politician, after the tech giant's Oversight Board blasted its "fundamentally inadequate" safeguards against proliferating deepfakes.

Sep 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / AI estimates retinal age, revealing sex-specific aging patterns and links to disease risk

A team from the Department of Computational Biology at the University of Lausanne has developed an artificial intelligence model capable of estimating a person's retinal age from a simple photograph of the back of the eye. ...

Sep 16, 2026
Phys.org / Predominantly online friendships linked to greater support for white nationalism

From social media to the streets of Washington, D.C., the organized white nationalist movement has become more visible in the United States over the past few decades. But the extent of this extremist movement's appeal to ...

Sep 16, 2026
Phys.org / From war to weather, Australian farmers are planting spring crops in an uncertain world

Australian farmers are heading into spring with an unusual mix of optimism and uncertainty.

Sep 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Early changes in the tumor environment may explain why immunotherapy works for some patients but not others

Two patients receive the same immunotherapy for the same cancer. In one, the tumor retreats and stays gone for years. In the other, the treatment does nothing. Oncologists still have no reliable way to tell these patients ...

Sep 16, 2026
Tech Xplore / Record 32% of new vehicle sales to be EVs in 2030, study finds

A new analysis of U.S. electric vehicle sales projects that a record share of new vehicles sold in 2030 will be electric, despite recent steps by the federal government to remove incentives for their growth.

Sep 18, 2026
Phys.org / Conserving just 35% of the nation's waterways could sustain freshwater biodiversity

By evaluating the health of waterways across the U.S., researchers have identified a network encompassing about one-third of rivers and streams that, if conserved and restored, could sustain the nation's freshwater biodiversity ...

Sep 16, 2026
Phys.org / Report on global water resources: Worldwide continents are drying up

The global water cycle is becoming increasingly unbalanced. Extreme droughts and floods are the result. This is shown in this year's report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on the state of global water resources, ...

Sep 17, 2026
Phys.org / When disaster crosses borders, Indonesia's credibility is tested twice

On Sept. 15, the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau sent volcanic ash up to 15,000 meters (50,000 feet) and produced rumbling heard 700 kilometers (435 miles) away. Eight airports suspended operations, thousands of flights were ...

Sep 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Accelerated research, increased investment signal landmark year for food is medicine

The emerging public health field of food is medicine (FIM) experienced a rapid increase in published research studies and substantial progress in advancing public policy. These trends demonstrate the growing potential for ...

Sep 18, 2026
Phys.org / How a pathogen turns flowers into leaves

Scientists have found how a protein produced by bacteria disrupts the mechanism that controls flower development in plants, turning reproductive organs into leaf-like structures. These findings shed light on a plant disease ...

Sep 15, 2026
Phys.org / Plans to artificially dim the sun have divided scientists—here's what they're actually arguing about

No, President Joe Biden did not engineer Hurricane Milton. No, the ice crystal contrails left behind by high-altitude aircraft are not "chemtrails" sprayed by governments to control the weather or manipulate populations. ...

Sep 15, 2026