The statue of Alan Turing at Bletchley Park, UK.Credit: Steve Meddle/ShutterstockToday’s best artificial intelligence (AI) models sail through the Turing test, a famous thought experiment that asks whether a computer can pass as a human by interacting via text.Some see...
Success rates for Europe’s leading research grants are declining — some to single percentage points — as a surge in applications far outweighs the funds available. Data gathered by Nature show that researchers, especially those at the start of their...
Living materials Colomina compares modern architecture to antibiotics. Just as the widespread use of these drugs has driven antibiotic resistance, architecture has “created its own monsters”, she writes in The Architectural Review. There is evidence that autoimmune diseases, allergies and...
Global consumption of plastics is on the rise, but only a small percentage of plastic waste is recycled. Credit: Justin Sullivan/GettyCrucial negotiations on what would have been the first ever global agreement to limit plastic pollution collapsed last month amid...
Cell linesHEK293T, HeLa and U2OS cells were purchased from ATCC. All cell lines were authenticated by short tandem repeat analysis performed at Mayo Clinic. Cell lines were routinely tested for Mycoplasma contamination. HEK293T and HeLa cells were maintained in Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM)....
You have full access to this article via your institution. Head of the US Food and Drugs Administration Marty Makary at the White House on 22 September.Credit: Andrew Harnik/GettyOn 22 September, the United States’ top public-health officials stood alongside President...
Julie Gould 00:09Hello and welcome to Working Scientist, a Nature Careers podcast.I’m Julie Gould. This is the fourth episode of our 2025 Career Planning series supported by the International Science Council.Julie Gould 00:28One of my favourite career theories, because it...
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Autism research funded by a new US initiative includes study of environmental exposures during pregnancy. Credit: Diana Bagnoli/GettyScientists moved a step closer to understanding the complex causes of autism this week. Although all of the headlines went to US President...
As ever more technologies — including advanced batteries, computers and artificial-intelligence tools — enter our lives, increasing numbers of highly skilled workers are needed to build them. Universities can provide training. But they are struggling to keep up with surging...
