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Tech Xplore / Worn traffic signs fool AI vision systems, exposing autonomous-driving risks

In computer vision and robotics, ensuring that AI systems remain reliable under real-world conditions is a growing challenge. Deep neural network (DNN)-based vision systems are increasingly used in safety-critical applications ...

Aug 31, 2026
Medical Xpress / Medical AI could move from treatment to prevention

Descriptive, Diagnostic, Predictive and Prescriptive—with two new domains: Critique and Creative. The result lays out where medical AI's greatest opportunities lie and how it could shift health care from treating disease ...

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / Going beyond simple models of neural networks: Extended mean-field theory offers a better approach

Physics is most readily applied to relatively simple systems: a pendulum, two electrons colliding or the structure of the solar system. But when systems become complicated—when many particles interact with one another, in ...

Aug 27, 2026
Tech Xplore / Cooling overheated summer railways with 'thermal-blocking textile' technology

As extreme heat waves intensify due to climate change, rail temperatures now exceed 60°C (140°F) during summer, increasing track-deformation risks. This has necessitated speed restrictions, causing delays and raising safety ...

Sep 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Migraine may leave bodywide clues, AI analysis of 43,000 people suggests

A new study from NTNU—the Norwegian University of Science and Technology—reveals that migraine may leave a biological pattern throughout the body, traces of which can be identified by artificial intelligence. Researchers ...

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / A never-before-seen picture of eagle migrations

In 1899, scientists began tracking avian migration by placing a small ring with an identifier around birds' ankles. Researchers then had to recapture the birds elsewhere, leaving the journey between those points a mystery. ...

Aug 29, 2026
Phys.org / Next-gen sensors: Catching water pollution in real time

Extreme weather events, such as floods, droughts and torrential rains, affect water quality in lakes, rivers and coastal areas. This creates significant challenges for ecosystems and water supplies because pesticides bound ...

Sep 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Type 1 diabetes cases forecast to surge 30% worldwide by 2049

The number of people living with type 1 diabetes worldwide is projected to jump nearly 30% over the next two decades, from 9.4 million today to 12.1 million by 2049.

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / AI streamlines search for new ceramics that generate electricity

A tedious process of trial and error is normally required to discover ceramic materials that generate electricity under mechanical stress. Known as piezoelectric ceramics, these valuable next-generation materials can replace ...

Aug 31, 2026
Phys.org / New AI approaches to help understand complex biological data

Researchers at Cardiff University have presented two studies at the 2026 International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2026) that address fundamental challenges in modern AI: understanding the complex geometry and relationships ...

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / NASA's newest space telescope launches on a quest to explore the hidden universe

NASA's newest crown jewel blasted off Sunday to hunt for planets around other stars, explore secret dark energy and survey the cosmos like never before.

Aug 30, 2026
Medical Xpress / Radiology pipeline expanding slower than medicine as a whole

Demand for medical imaging in the U.S. keeps rising, but the number of radiologists available to read those images has barely budged relative to the population, according to a study published in the Journal of the American ...

Sep 1, 2026