Machine learning model predicts heat-resistant steel durability while preserving data confidentiality

Distributed learning conducted by each organization enabled the integration of model parameters without compromising data confidentiality, leading to improved accuracy in the lifetime prediction of heat-resistant materials. Credit: Masahiko Demura,…

Scientists demonstrate unconditional exponential quantum scaling advantage using two 127-qubit computers

Interior shot of a quantum computer with an IBM Eagle processor. Credit: IBM Quantum computers have the potential to speed up computation, help design new medicines, break codes, and discover…

Macron says Europe must become ‘space power’ again

The European space industry is struggling to remain competitive in the face of Elon Musk’s SpaceX. President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that Europe must again become a global space power,…

Risk prediction model offers personalized outlook for early-stage Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute, New Jersey’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, as well as Tufts Medical Center and The University…

Unlocking faster multiplexing for 6G low-earth orbit satellites

These images depict the receiver developed in the study, which was implemented in a small integrated circuit and mounted on a printed circuit board for testing purposes. Credit: The 2025…

Wellbeing May Help Protect Memory in Middle Age

Summary: A new 16-year study of over 10,000 adults finds that higher wellbeing is linked to better memory performance in middle age. Researchers tracked participants’ psychological wellbeing and memory recall,…

Tabletop exercises can help us understand and avoid potential conflicts over the moon

Humans from different nations can struggle to get along. Will we take our Earthly geopolitical struggles to the moon as nations generate a sustained presence there? Credit: RegoLight, visualization: Liquifer…

How does ‘sophisticated’ climate misinformation work?

Climate misinformation campaigns run by fossil fuel firms and right-wing populist groups have become more sophisticated and capable of influencing policy-making through “backdoor channels”, according to the authors of a…

50 years after ‘Jaws,’ sharks face their own terror

One June 20, 1975, a fictional great white shark stalked beachgoers on Amity Island — and struck terror into moviegoers around the world. Jaws, based on Peter Benchley’s best-selling novel,…

Space law doesn’t protect historical sites, mining operations and bases on the Moon – a space lawyer describes a framework that could

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. April 2025 was a busy month for space. Pop icon…