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Environment Jul 24, 2026

New methods for removing harmful nitrates from drinking water identified

Nitrate contamination of drinking water poses a major health concern, particularly in agricultural communities where fertilizers, livestock manure and septic systems can leach nitrates into groundwater. Many rural households ...

Earth Sciences Jul 24, 2026

Researchers develop AI-driven method to improve forecasts weeks in advance

Haonan Chen, a CSU associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, and his team have published research that could improve the accuracy of precipitation forecasts up to two weeks in advance.

Plants & Animals Jul 24, 2026

Plumage reflectance framework offers new insight into how birds evolved heat-controlling feathers

Birds can inhabit various environments with different climates and temperatures, ranging from cold polar regions to scorching hot deserts. To survive and thrive in these very different environments, they need to effectively ...

Education Jul 23, 2026

Researchers explore classroom applications of AI new learning platforms

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly embedded in classroom practice in Hong Kong, following the Education Bureau's release of the Blueprint for Digital Education Development in Primary and Secondary Schools and its ...

Biotechnology Jul 23, 2026

How researchers are using AI to speed up drug discovery and development: Q&A

Drug development is among the slowest, most failure-prone processes in modern science, with about 90% of drug candidates never reaching the market. Today, artificial intelligence methods have accelerated the first step—plucking ...

Earth Sciences Jul 23, 2026

AI unlocks Atlantic circulation insights from 20 years of ocean float data

For more than 20 years, about 4,000 autonomous profiling floats have been drifting through the ocean. They form part of the international Argo program (Argo—global array of profiling floats). At regular intervals, they descend ...

Mathematics Jul 23, 2026

A new 'golden age' of mathematics may be dawning, thanks to AI and human ingenuity

In May 2026, OpenAI released a new math result that sent shock waves throughout the world of mathematical research. A major unsolved problem called the "unit distance conjecture" had just been resolved by generative AI.

Social Sciences Jul 23, 2026

Alan Turing's gay short story reveals 'fun, cheeky' man who loved sex and literature

A startling new study of a little-known, unpublished short story by Alan Turing challenges our understanding of the man who played a key role in cracking the Nazis' Enigma code, developed the theoretical underpinnings of ...

Bio & Medicine Jul 23, 2026

First 3D nanoscale maps of human airway epithelium reveal hidden architecture of lung defense cells

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University of Cambridge in collaboration with colleagues at HHMI Janelia and NIH, have created some of the most detailed three-dimensional maps ever generated of human airway ...

Mathematics Jul 23, 2026

Fields medal awarded to four young mathematicians

The world of mathematics handed out its most prestigious awards Thursday at a unique moment for the field, as it faces pressure from AI's potential to outpace human calculation.

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