Emerging Technologies

The ability to sequence and edit human DNA has revolutionized biomedicine. Now a new consortium wants to take the next...

Artificial IntelligenceLarge Language Models Are Improving ExponentiallyGlenn Zorpette | IEEE Spectrum"According to a metric devised, the capabilities of key LLMs...

A painless, non-invasive brain stimulation technique can significantly improve how young adults learn math, my colleagues and I found in...

Vast swathes of the human genome remain a mystery to science. A new AI from Google DeepMind is helping researchers...

It starts with flashes of light. Zig-zag lines float across your vision. You feel a slight tingling in your cheeks...

Stroll through ancient churchyards in England, and you’ll likely see yew trees with bright green leaves and stunning ruby red...

Imagine you’re a copper miner in southeastern Europe in the year 3900 BCE. Day after day, you haul copper ore...

Our brain is a fortress. Its delicate interior is completely surrounded by a protective wall called the blood-brain barrier.True to...

Modern artificial intelligence is a product of decades of painstaking scientific research. Now, it’s starting to pay that effort back...

CAR T therapy has been transformative in the battle against deadly cancers. Scientists extract a patient’s own immune cells, genetically...