Deepfakes and AI in the Courtroom: Report Calls for Legal Reforms to Address a Troubling Trend

From cell phone footage to bodycam and surveillance clips, U.S. courtrooms are awash with video these days, with more than 80% of court cases hinging to some degree on video…

A new way to trigger responses in the body by simulating psychological pressure

(A) Experimental setup for the fingertip force task, where participants pressed on a force sensor to match a target force. (B) Example trial showing force output, where success required staying…

Europe tackles e-waste with eco-friendly innovation that helps reuse and repair

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers are developing reusable and environmentally friendly electronics for the health care, consumer and manufacturing sectors, replacing scarce materials with circular alternatives to build a sustainable…

Toward Understanding the Emergence of Hadron Mass

Newswise — NEWPORT NEWS, VA  — Deep in the heart of matter, some numbers don’t add up. For example, while protons and neutrons are made of quarks, nature’s fundamental building blocks bound…

Supercomputer simulates quantum chip in unprecedented detail

A coalition of researchers used almost all of the Perlmutter supercomputer’s 7,168 NVIDIA GPUs over a period of 24 hours to capture the structure and function of a multi-layered chip.…

Four ORNL Researchers Named 2025 American Physical Society Fellows

Newswise — Researchers Sang-Ho Kim, An-Ping Li, Bronson Messer and Zac Ward of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been named Fellows of the American Physical Society…

Quitting Impossible Goals May Actually Boost Wellbeing

Summary: A sweeping analysis of 235 studies shows that holding onto impossible goals harms mental and physical wellbeing, increasing stress and lowering life satisfaction. In contrast, releasing unachievable goals —…

Viking Age grave unearthed in Bjugn stuns archaeologists

A routine day of metal detecting led into one of Norway’s most captivating archaeological discoveries in years. It all began when hobby detectorist Roy Søreng uncovered a distinctive oval bowl…

Asteroid 2024 YR4 was Earth’s first real-life defense test

Artist’s depiction of an asteroid floating in space. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb), Martin Kornmesser (ESA), Serge Brunier (ESO), Nick Risinger (Photopic Sky Survey) At this point in…

The most effective online fact-checkers? Your peers

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) invited users to flag false or misleading posts, critics initially scoffed. How could the same public that spreads…