AI to spur more music creativity, not a threat: Spotify CEO

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Artificial intelligence will encourage more people to create music in the future and is not a threat to the industry, the founder and CEO of streaming…

New study finds rampant non-compliance and no enforcement

Credit: Artem Podrez from Pexels Loot boxes and gacha are gambling-like products inside video games that players buy to obtain random rewards. Concerns have been raised about consumers, particularly children,…

Ban fossil fuel heating systems? A way out of the war of beliefs

Prototype sodium-air fuel cell could power electric planes and trains

An H-cell modified with electrodes and an ion-conducting ceramic membrane to conduct sodium-air fuel cell experiments. Credit: Gretchen Ertl Batteries are nearing their limits in terms of how much power…

Novel elastic alloy achieves 20x temperature change and 90% Carnot efficiency in solid-state heat pumping

Key idea and candidate materials for large thermoelastic effect (TeE). Credit: HKUST Researchers at the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed…

Proposed wave energy park could generate power while shielding Portuguese coastline

It’s still easy to trick most AI chatbots into providing harmful information, study finds

Credit: AI-generated image A group of AI researchers at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, in Israel, has found that despite efforts by large language model (LLM) makers, most commonly…

Nitrous Oxide Unlocks Blood-Brain Barrier for Safer Gene Delivery

Summary: Researchers have discovered that nitrous oxide can safely enhance the delivery of gene therapy to the brain by making the blood-brain barrier (BBB) more permeable when paired with focused…

US solar manufacturers lag skyrocketing market demand

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain U.S. consumer demand for renewable energy continues to grow, with more solar panel capacity installed in 2024 than in 2023, which saw more than in 2022.…

Boredom Is Good for You: Why Embracing It Calms the Brain

Summary: Boredom, often seen as a negative state to avoid, may actually serve an important role in emotional regulation and brain health. When we’re bored, the brain shifts away from…