Scientists use ‘negative light’ to send secret messages hidden inside heat
**Invisible Data Stream: Scientists Achieve Undetectable Information Transfer Using 'Negative Light'** In a groundbreaking development, researchers have successfully engineered a novel technology capable of transmitting digital information completely invisibly. The...
Plans for large AI data centre approved
Plans for one of the UK's largest data centres to be built in North Lincolnshire have been approved. The artificial intelligence (AI) data centre campus, called Elsham Tech Park, will be developed next to Elsham Wolds Industrial Estate. North Lincolnshire Council said...
Big Tech backs Anthropic in fight against Trump administration
A slew of America's biggest tech companies have swung behind Anthropic in its lawsuit against leaders in the Trump Administration. Since Monday, Google, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft have publicly supported Anthropic's legal action to overturn Defense Secretary Pete...
Grammarly pulls AI author-impersonation tool after backlash
Writing tool Grammarly has disabled an AI feature which mimicked personas of prominent writers, including Stephen King and scientist Carl Sagan, following a backlash from people impersonated. The Expert Review function, which offered writing feedback "inspired by" the...
AI toys for young children need tighter rules, researchers warn
3 Questions: On the future of AI and the mathematical and physical sciences
Curiosity-driven research has long sparked technological transformations. A century ago, curiosity about atoms led to quantum mechanics, and eventually the transistor at the heart of modern computing. Conversely, the steam engine was a practical breakthrough, but it...
Can AI help predict which heart-failure patients will worsen within a year?
Characterized by weakened or damaged heart musculature, heart failure results in the gradual buildup of fluid in a patient’s lungs, legs, feet, and other parts of the body. The condition is chronic and incurable, often leading to arrhythmias or sudden cardiac arrest....
Astronomers witness colossal supernova explosion create one of the most magnetic stars in the universe for the first time
Astronomers have witnessed the birth of a rapidly spinning, highly magnetized neutron star or "magnetar" for the first time. The observation of this event, triggered by the death of a massive star, confirms the link between the creation of magnetars and super-bright...
Why Holly Hunter’s Nahla Ake already deserves a place at Star Trek’s ultimate top table
When Jean-Luc Picard was appointed captain of the USS Enterprise-D in 1987, there was a lot of head-scratching among followers of Starfleet. Who was this bald French guy with a distractingly English accent? Why did he talk like a Shakespearean actor, leave most of the...
NASA project leader blames next-generation X-ray telescope cancellation on agency mismanagement
One of NASA's biggest upcoming astrophysics missions has been stopped in its tracks, and the project's leader is blaming mismanagement at the space agency caused by last year's budget confusion. AXIS, the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite, was one of two concepts...