Science & Technology

An artificial skin that delivers a waterproof sense of touch could speed up underwater robotic exploration and ocean clean-up operations while reducing harm to marine lifeRead More

An artificial intelligence model has unpicked some of the linguistic influences behind England’s place names, which could help us to understand their meaningRead More

In the largest survey yet of AI researchers, a majority say there is a non-trivial risk of human extinction due to the possible development of superhuman AIRead More

A large language model can translate written instructions into code for a robot’s movement, enabling it to perform a wide range of human-like actionsRead More

Self-driving labs can perform experiments thousands of times faster than a human and they don’t need to sleep. That means more science in less time, but many questions remain, says …

An AI analysis of satellite images reveals fishing, shipping and offshore development activities worldwide by monitoring boats that don’t publicly broadcast their locationRead More

A new study sheds light on the potential of green bioplastics in achieving Japan’s carbon-neutral goals. Read More

Shortly after hatching, chicks quickly learn to recognise moving objects with only a few examples – now AIs can do the sameRead More

We probably don’t need to worry about quantum computers being able to break encryption in 2024, but cryptographers are planning a security upgrade just in caseRead More