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Tech Xplore / When AI art has no author: Study finds generated images often can't be traced to training data

When an artificial intelligence image generator produces a portrait, whose work went into it? The question sits at the center of lawsuits, licensing deals and proposed regulations worldwide. Artists want credit. Companies ...

Aug 18, 2026
Phys.org / Quantum light engine links atom-photon thermodynamics to classical physics

What is heat, and what is useful work if a machine consists only of an atom and light particles? In modern quantum technologies, this kind of question connects thermodynamics with quantum physics. Researchers at the University ...

Aug 17, 2026
Phys.org / How ancient trees are warning us about the next enormous solar storm

Our sun is capable of storms far bigger than we've ever recorded. Studying the world's oldest trees suggests we could soon be due one of these gargantuan events.

Aug 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Music evokes story-like brain activity beyond auditory processing, brain imaging shows

In a paper appearing in Nature Communications, Princeton University researchers show how music produces distinct patterns in the regions of the brain associated with imagination and meaning, similar to those prompted by spoken ...

Aug 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Artery damage in adults in their 20s highlights need for early cardiovascular risk assessment

A new study found that nearly 8 out of 10 young adult participants, with an average age of 23 years, had cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome (CKM syndrome), according to independent research published today in Circulation: ...

Aug 20, 2026
Phys.org / Who's watching who? Otters turn their attention to humans

For many people, a trip to the zoo is a chance to watch playful otters dart through the water and chatter with one another. But while we may worry that crowds could stress the otter community, a new Australian study shows ...

Aug 17, 2026
Phys.org / Lake Zurich sees water level hit record low amid drought

Lake Zurich's water level sank to its lowest level in 75 years on Wednesday, official measurements showed, as a drawn-out drought also took a toll on a range of other major Swiss lakes.

Aug 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / Scales and a measuring tape can predict future illness better than expensive biological age tests

Traditional disease risk factors that are inexpensive and easy to measure, such as body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, smoking and alcohol consumption, outperform biological age tests based on epigenetics as predictors of ...

Aug 18, 2026
Phys.org / Ancient Egyptian tomb shows how burial trends changed over hundreds of years

The Theban Necropolis, opposite Luxor, consists of more than 400 tombs. In a new Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology study, researchers in Spain examined part of one of these tombs—chamber three in tomb TT 209—to reconstruct ...

Aug 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Insurance barriers may limit access to virtual pulmonary rehabilitation for people with COPD

Insurance coverage is a significant barrier to accessing virtual pulmonary rehabilitation programs for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a new study in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: ...

Aug 20, 2026
Tech Xplore / AI agents struggle to perform original scientific research

Among the many predictions about the future of artificial intelligence is that models will one day be able to conduct scientific research on their own, leaving humans out of the equation. Already, they can write code, run ...

Aug 14, 2026
Phys.org / Labrador Sea a key player in providing oxygen for deep North Atlantic life

Researchers from Cornell University have pinpointed the source of oxygen that sustains deep-sea life in the North Atlantic Ocean: the churning waters in the Labrador Sea.

Aug 17, 2026