New MRI technique identifies heart disease risk from fat composition

(A) Undersampled multi-echo gradient echo images with patches drawn over regions of varying water and fat content. (B) The singular values and cutoff thresholds calculated for each patch. (C) GRE…

Computer models are vital for studying everything. Here’s how AI could make them even better

Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels Here’s one definition of science: it’s essentially an iterative process of building models with ever-greater explanatory power. A model is just an approximation or simplification…

The internet is rife with fake reviews. Will AI make it worse?

Online customer reviews for a product are displayed on a computer on April 17, 2019 in New York.Credit: AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File The emergence of generative artificial intelligence tools that…

Wildfire smoke’s health risks can linger in homes that escape burning − as Colorado’s Marshall Fire survivors discovered

On Dec. 30, 2021, a wind-driven wildfire raced through two communities just outside Boulder, Colorado. In the span of about eight hours, more than 1,000 homes and businesses burned. The…

Wildfire smoke’s health risks can linger long-term in homes that escape burning

Three years ago, on Dec. 30, 2021, a wind-driven wildfire raced through two communities just outside Boulder, Colorado. In the span of about eight hours, more than 1,000 homes and…

Ordinary fruit enhances performance of quantum sensors

Experimental setup to couple MWs to N- 𝑉⁢s using grape dimers. A stripped optical fiber with N- 𝑉 spins, cantilevered from a rod, lies between two grapes. The grapes were…

Excavations in Visegrád uncover a treasure trove of weaponry

Archaeologists excavating at Visegrád Citadel have discovered a treasure trove of weaponry that dates from the mid-16th to early 17th centuries. Visegrád Citadel is a 13th century castle, situated near…

Dogs team up with AI to sniff out cancer

Meghan Rosen is a staff writer who reports on the life sciences for Science News. She earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology with an emphasis in biotechnology from…

Quantum research sheds new light on how cells communicate

by Nathan S. Babcock Credit: Image created using Gamma AI Have you ever thought that light might hold a key to life’s mysteries? One hundred years ago, Alexander Gurwitsch dared…

Can entangled particles communicate faster than light?

Illustration depicting quantum entanglement between particles. Credit: ATLAS Experiment Entanglement is perhaps one of the most confusing aspects of quantum mechanics. On its surface, entanglement allows particles to communicate over…