Synthesizing scientific literature with retrieval-augmented language models
OpenScholar OpenScholar (detailed in Extended Data Fig. 1) is a new retrieval-augmented LM designed to ensure reliable, high-quality responses…
Open-source AI tool beats giant LLMs in literature reviews — and gets citations right
OpenScholar is an LLM that performs scientific literature reviews using a database of 45 million open-access articles.Credit: dpa…
How DeepMind’s genome AI could help solve rare disease mysteries
Researchers at a Hackathon used AlphaGenome to search for the genetic causes of 29 undiagnosed diseases.Credit: Peter Kováč/Alamy…
Sensing technologies for silent speech interfaces
Denby, B. et al. Silent speech interfaces. Speech Commun. 52, 270–287 (2010). This comprehensive review formalizes SSIs as…
AI scientist Ling Haibin, father of world’s first plant ID app, leaves US for China
AI scientist Ling Haibin, the acclaimed computer scientist behind the world’s first mobile plant identification app, has left…
![FIG. 1. (a) Cut-away rendering of the 229ThO2 target mount. Arrows denote front aperture, window, target, and pyroelectric detector. (b) Rendering of the spectroscopy chamber. (Magenta arrow) Direction of VUV laser propagation. (Yellow arrows) IC electron trajectories from target to detection MCP. (Blue arrows) Background photoelectrons generated from VUV scatter diverted to secondary electrode. (Green arrow) Direction of static B-field used to guide IC electrons. (c) α-spectrum of the 229ThO2 target. (Inset) Photograph of 229ThO2 target used in this study. The peak labeled to 4845 keV corresponds to the dominant α-decay mode of 229Th. The other large peaks correspond to the α-decays of daughter nuclei. The 229Th peak had a FWHM of ∼22 keV, consistent with energy loss through a ∼10 nm sample, as estimated with SRIM [38].](https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/1920_nuclearclockgraphic-380x220.png)
The world’s most precise nuclear clock ticks closer to reality
Crucially, it shows that thorium-229 can be studied inside far more common materials than previously thought, removing one…
Teens Seek Mental-Health Help From Chatbots. That’s Dangerous, Says New Study.
Teens regularly turn to generative-AI chatbots in search of mental-health support. A report on a study said this…
A Young VC Is Deploying a Bold Strategy for Investing in AI Startups.
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If the AI bubble bursts, what will it mean for research?
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‘Godfather of AI’ becomes first person to hit one million citations
Yoshua Bengio won the 2018 Turing Award for work on neural networks. Credit: The Canadian Press/Alamy Computer scientist…
The computers that run on human brain cells
In a town on the shores of Lake Geneva sit clumps of living human brain cells for hire.…
Effective descriptions of bosonic systems can be considered complete
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