The secret sensory life of plants: Researchers are discovering how they see, hear, feel—and even remember

Plants are often seen as passive organisms, rooted in one place and largely unable to react to the world around them. But a ...

Machine learning tool pinpoints optimal locations for tree planting, offering a powerful tool for climate mitigation

Afforestation—establishing forests on previously non-forested land, or where forests have not existed for a long time—is one ...
Tech Xplore

This tough Australian seed could reshape helmets and protective gear

Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi have uncovered the secret behind the remarkable toughness of the marri nut, the hard seed of the ...
eLife

Gene specificity landscapes for comparative transcriptomic analysis across tissues, cell types, and species

This important study advances a new computational approach to measure and visualize gene expression specificity across different tissues and cell types. The framework is potentially helpful for ...
Opinion

How do different data preprocessing techniques affect performance of machine learning models on prediction tasks?

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) systems have become central to modern data-driven decision-making. They are now widely applied in fields as diverse as healthcare, finance, ...

From LLMs to hallucinations, here’s a simple guide to common AI terms

The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most ...

LOM: Unifying Ontology Construction and Semantic Alignment for Deterministic Enterprise Reasoning at Scale

As the way of managing enterprise data assets evolves from simple accumulation to value extraction, the role of AI has shifted accordingly: it is no longer limited to basic data processing and ...

‘The Quantum Kid’ Podcast Receives Nomination for the Webby Awards People’s Choice

Podcast and YouTube channel, The Quantum Kid, has been named as a 2026 nominee for Webby Awards People’s Choice award ...
Domus

Where have the farmers gone? A show of drones, algorithms, and automated fields at Fondazione Prada

Cao Fei’s exhibition Dash at Fondazione Prada explores the transformation of agriculture through drones, algorithms, and ...
TheHour

AI is reengineering drug discovery by speeding up testing and scanning petabytes of data for connections between diseases

In December, The Conversation hosted a webinar on AI’s revolutionary role in drug discovery and development. Skolnick has developed AI-based approaches to predict protein structure and function that ...