Self-taught AI detects disorders from head scans

This intuitive AI can sort through scans to diagnose stroke, brain haemorrhage, brain tumors and skull fractures.

How could solar and wind energy increase greenhouse gas emissions?

Modelling suggests that the growing use of fluctuating renewable energies may temporarily handicap nuclear power and increase fossil fuel use.

Soft robots take on hard work

A robotics expert is helping her inventions navigate through difficult, tight spaces using unique soft materials that contract and expand on demand.

Gene find bolsters claim that reproductive fitness in youth leads to faster aging later in life

The discovery of a key DNA sequence adds weight to a theory on the costs of reproduction.

Does social stress make us more forgetful?

Recent findings show that negative or positive social environments stimulate a protein that temporarily makes some memories harder or easier to access.