Pulsars could help map the black hole at the center of the Milky Way

These annotated images, obtained with the GRAVITY instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) between March and July 2021, show stars orbiting very close to Sgr A*. Credit: ESO…

Team finds ways to harness quantum power of atomic flaws

How generative AI is a minefield for copyright law

Still from ‘All watched over by machines of loving grace’ by Memo Akten, 2021. Created using custom AI software. Credit: Memo Akten, CC BY-SA In 2022, an AI-generated work of…

Researchers manufacture first-ever droplet-etched quantum dots that glow in C-band optical light

Exploring gravity’s effect on quantum spins

Understanding the effects of temperature and light in ecological experiments—the delicate balance between complexity and inference – Functional Ecologists

Dr. Dan Buonaiuto—currently a postdoc in the Department of Environmental Conservation at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, USA—discusses his recently published Commentary “Experimental designs for testing the interactive effects of temperature…

Both humans and AI hallucinate—but not in the same way

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The launch of ever-capable large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-3.5 has sparked much interest over the past six months. However, trust in these models has…

The lesser-known risk factors for heart disease

Most people know that the risk factors for heart disease are high blood pressure, smoking, raised cholesterol and being overweight. However, many people who have a heart attack do not…

New cooling technology developed for quantum computing circuits

Scrooges block progress in Bonn

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