Why do glass and other amorphous materials deform more easily in some regions than in others? A research team from the University of Osaka, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and ...

Just as life pulsates in big vibrant cities, it also prospers in crowded environments inside cells. The interior of cells is ...

Artificial intelligence systems are thirsty, consuming as much as 500 milliliters of water – a single-serving water bottle – for each short conversation a user has with the GPT-3 version of OpenAI’s ...

Abstract: LiDAR has become a prevalent sensor for 3-D object detection in autonomous driving. However, the sparse and irregular nature of point cloud data obtained from LiDAR necessitates the adoption ...

Researchers discovered that heart failure patients with inconsistent sleep patterns were more than twice as likely to experience serious setbacks within six months. The risk remained high even when ...

The state board of education Thursday voted to change how students learn about climate change, jettisoning a couple of proposals that sharpened the connection between burning fossil fuels and rising ...

Abstract: To enhance the efficiency of cooperative transportation by multiple mobile robots, we propose a transportation strategy based on multi-objective optimization of robot configurations. The ...

The database helps companies calculate their greenhouse gas emissions. Its creator left the E.P.A. after being investigated for criticizing the Trump administration. By Harry Stevens The Environmental ...

The appearance of a mysterious interstellar object has reignited debate over whether extraterrestrial technology could be hiding in our solar system. NASA detected the object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, on July ...

Some research teams work on replicating prior studies to assess the value of a body of work. AzmanL/E+ via Getty Images Back in high school chemistry, I remember waiting with my bench partner for ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Amanda Kay Montoya, University of California, Los Angeles (THE CONVERSATION) Back in ...