Debut of Manus AI digital assistant from China causes stir

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new Chinese artificial intelligence agent billed as able to work independently from humans has sent insiders buzzing—some with concern and others with disappointment. The Butterfly…

New test helps doctors predict a dangerous side effect of cancer treatment

Among the proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid, the researchers identified biomarkers that can accurately predict the development of ICANS. Specifically, two characteristic proteins, C1RL and FUCA2, were combined for highly…

Prenatal Stress Timing Shapes Infant Stress Response

Summary: New research reveals that the timing of stress during pregnancy has gender-specific effects on infants, altering how boys and girls respond to stress differently. Scientists found mid-pregnancy stress has…

Integration of two positioning systems delivers robust localization in dynamic environments

Illustration of the blockage for a sinusoidal-modulated wave and the influence on its DFT transformation. Credit: Satellite Navigation (2025). DOI: 10.1186/s43020-025-00158-9 Additionally, the system’s ability to estimate the locations of…

Quantum entanglement sensors could test quantum gravity

Artist’s concept of SUPREME-GQ. Credit: S. Shahriar / NASA Ask almost any physicist what the most frustrating problem is in modern-day physics, and they will likely say the discrepancy between…

How humans can reinvent themselves to live on other worlds

Robert Pattinson plays two “expendable” space travelers in “Mickey 17.” Credit: Warner Bros. Entertainment Let’s face it: Space is a hostile environment for humans. Even on Mars, settlers might have…

Some trees are coping with extreme heat surprisingly well

Ecologist Akhil Javad felt the thrill of fieldwork quickly fade when he was faced with the prospect of scaling trees over five times his height. But for some of the…

Whether we imagine navigation or navigate in real life, our brainwaves look the same

Experimental paradigm. Credit: Nature Human Behaviour (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41562-025-02119-3 Physical and imagined movement through real-world environments may use the same neural mechanism in the brain, suggests a Nature Human Behaviour…

Precision analysis method of tooth profile in gear skiving process

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new approach to gear skiving, a specialized machining technique for producing internal gears, could improve the speed and accuracy with which gear teeth are formed.…

Climate summits must move towards action

Global climate diplomacy must shift focus from highly “politicised” negotiations to advancing real collective action on the ground to remain credible, Brazil’s COP30 presidency has warned. In a long letter…