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A new review in Bioscience Nanotechnology outlines how smart nanocarriers can deliver biostimulants with sustained, stimulus-responsive release to support sustainable crop production.

A physics-aware, uncertainty-guided deep learning surrogate has been shown to replace expensive circuit simulations when optimizing ultra-low-power amplifiers for biosignal acquisition.

Carbon nanosphere-encapsulated iron–cobalt catalysts with a 1:2 iron-to-cobalt ratio showed improved CO2 conversion, C2–C4 olefin selectivity and 60-hour stability under atmospheric pressure.

A mini review used Swiss Target Prediction to map the probable protein targets of seven major classes of antidiabetic drugs used in type 2 diabetes.

Selenium nanoparticles made with Crataegus songarica extract averaged 83 nanometers and showed antifungal, anticancer, anti-inflammatory and antidiabetic activity in laboratory assays.

Gemini 4 Carbon is essentially a slightly better version of Argon.

Google parent company Alphabet says that its AI investments are leading to a big growth in searches year-over-year, as noted in its Q3 2026 earnings today. "Our AI investments are driving overall Search query growth, including commercial queries," CEO Sundar Pichai says in a statement. "In fact, our year-over-year query growth rate is the highest it's been in the last five years." Alphabet's consolidated revenues for the quarter were $127.6 billion, up 25 percent year-over-year, with its "Google Search & other" revenues up 12 percent year-over-year. Google Cloud revenue was also up 103 percent year-over-year to $30.7 billion. The earnings … Read the full story at The Verge.

A new AI system that NYU Fire Research Group describes as a digital twin of an active wildfire has, in early testing, shown the ability to forecast how a fire will spread in near real time.

A new review finds AI applications in CNS autoimmune diseases are expanding rapidly, yet no model has been prospectively validated for individual treatment selection.

Google has released its latest frontier model, Gemini 4 Carbon, offering "significant gains" in coding, agentic tasks, and cybersecurity. In an announcement on Wednesday, Google highlights Carbon's top spot on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (v5.0) benchmark, with Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra trailing behind. The new Gemini 4 Carbon model offers improvements over Argon, which Google released earlier this month. It's currently only available to a select group of cybersecurity defense companies, but it will eventually expand to other partners in its Fairwind Program. Carbon sits ahead of Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra. | Image: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index" data-portal-copyright="Image: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index"> The company says Carbon reflects the "pace at which we're pus … Read the full

Google's Gemini 4 Carbon targets complex coding and cybersecurity tasks, with the company touting stronger secure coding, fewer AI mistakes, and impressive benchmark results.

Researchers have built an explainable stacking machine learning framework that jointly forecasts electrical load and predicts transformer remaining lifespan in simulated 150 kV power systems.

An AI model trained on finite element simulations predicts the seismic health of shear wall buildings in under a minute using only ground motion records, achieving an overall regression accuracy of 97.528 percent.

A laboratory study reports that magnesium oxide nanoparticles synthesised with turnip leaf extract inhibited multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria and reduced established biofilms by up to 99 percent.

The Defense Intelligence Agency's latest "Challenges to Security in Space" report included a declassified satellite photo of China's Shenlong, or "divine dragon," space plane, which has released at least nine mysterious payloads into low Earth orbit since 2022.

A new graph-based framework groups similar learners and augments sparse data to improve cognitive diagnosis predictions across three public datasets.

A retrospective study of 20 pediatric CNS tumors found long-read nanopore sequencing matched methylation arrays for copy-number profiling and tumor classification while adding genomic layers in one assay.

"Deeply flawed" metrics such as AI token usage aren't always a good measure of success, Amazon tells engineers.

A numerical study of an MHD Eyring–Powell tri-hybrid nanofluid over a rotating disk finds that the two Eyring–Powell parameters have contrasting effects on entropy generation while surface transport rates vary far less.

Encapsulating oleanolic acid and asiatic acid in solid lipid nanoparticles preserved enzyme inhibition, lowered glucose in liver cell culture medium and showed low cytotoxicity in preliminary in vitro tests.

But the AI responses get more forthright when asked outside the US.

Disorders of the small intestine are often difficult to diagnose and treat. More than 20 feet (6.1 meters) long, an inch (2.5 centimeters) in diameter and located deep within the body, this organ is harder to access than other parts of the digestive tract, such as the colon or stomach.

Following the launch of Argon two weeks ago, Google today announced Gemini 4 Carbon as its next frontier model. more…

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems suggest medical tests and treatment plans that are more than three times as expensive as those recommended by doctors, a study has found.1A small head-to-head evaluation by Israeli and US researchers analysed how 24 AI systems responded to 200 real outpatient and emergency department clinical notes.These notes were sourced from MTSamples, a public collection of deidentified US format clinical notes contributed by practising clinicians.Each AI system received the notes as they were recorded by the treating physician. The AI then produced its own assessment and plan, which was compared with the physician’s plan documented in the original notes.Orders from both plans were priced at 2026 Medicare rates. New medicines were counted rather than priced.Publishing their findings in the New England Journal of Medicine,1 the researchers found that the primary reason AI treatment plans were more expensive was because the algorithms suggested more diagnostic

Koray Kavukcuoglu / Google: Google unveils Gemini 4 Carbon, its “strongest model with state-of-the-art cybersecurity” capabilities, ranked #1 on Artificial Analysis' new Intelligence Index  —  Gemini 4 Carbon is our strongest model with state-of-the-art cybersecurity and long horizon capabilities.

Google is expanding Connected Apps across Gemini and Search, with more than 50 integrations and a new developer platform that could make juggling multiple apps a thing of the past.

Google today announced the Connected Apps Platform as a “unified way for more app developers to bring their capabilities directly into Gemini and Search.” more…

As previewed in May, Google Chrome can now use Gemini and Personal Intelligence to autofill much more information. more…

RAM crisis will last the rest of this decade according to SK Hynix, and then 'physical AI' will come into play.

Oracle will rent out Google’s tensor processing units (TPUs) in its cloud from 2027. That makes it the first hyperscale cloud outside Google to offer the chips. It is also putting OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Codex inside its business software. Oracle announced both deals on Tuesday, 27 October, at Oracle AI World in Las Vegas. New […] This story continues at The Next Web

Google DeepMind has released Genie 4, a world model that builds photorealistic worlds in real time. They come with sound, and with characters that speak. It opened to trusted testers as a research preview on 27 October, the lab said in a blog post. Users steer a simulation with text prompts as it runs, changing […] This story continues at The Next Web

It’s unclear when or how the Echo Studio with Home Camera starts analyzing your room – or whether you’ll need to opt in first.

Apple Creator Studio will add AI assistants to Pages, Numbers, and Keynote in November. Check pricing, device requirements, and business account limits. The post Apple Creator Studio to Add AI Assistants to Pages, Numbers, and Keynote appeared first on TechRepublic.

Using a new slow-motion electron camera, physicists from Regensburg, Marburg and Jülich revealed how intense electric fields drive electrons in graphene, causing them to jump across energy gaps in a seemingly paradoxical manner. This was made possible by a novel combination of laser technology and electron microscopy.

The parents of a woman who died after a seizure-related medical emergency allege that ChatGPT encouraged her to reduce epilepsy medication and dismissed warning signs. OpenAI disputes the claims.

The rare earth elements that help power electric vehicles, wind turbines, medical imaging machines and other advanced technologies

Google DeepMind’s Genie 4 In Google DeepMind’s newest world model, a Gemini model watches the action frame by

Introduction: A New Era of AI-Generated Worlds Google DeepMind has announced Genie 4, a revolutionary world model that represents a significant leap forward in AI-generated interactive simulations. Released as a research preview on October 27, 2026, Genie 4 combines photorealistic rendering, native audio generation, advanced physics simulation, and real-time interactivity powered by Gemini models. This breakthrough technology opens new possibilities for creative industries, robotics training, an...

Machenta, a London robotics startup spun out of Imperial College London, has raised a $40M seed round. It is building an AI model that teaches robots a new task from a single demonstration. Creandum and Union Square Ventures co-led the round, Imperial said on 27 October. The university calls it the largest seed round ever […] This story continues at The Next Web

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One in three individuals with major depressive disorder does not get relief from standard daily antidepressant medications. The up-and-coming psychedelic therapeutics like psilocybin or LSD do show promise of quick relief, even for difficult-to-treat depression. The psychedelic effects, however, are often strong and linger for a long time, requiring patients to remain under medical supervision in a clinic for four to 12 hours.

Elon Musk’s AI Odyssey has arrived as a seven-minute first episode, not the full-length film he promised. Grok Imagine, the video tool behind it, posted the episode on X on 23 October. Wonder Studios, a London-based startup, made it with the US director Dev Walker. Watch Episode 1 of our Odyssey series made with Grok […] This story continues at The Next Web

Meta's Waddle World is a Tamagotchi-inspired AI pet journal app that turns your daily updates into illustrated diary entries.

Rocket Drew / The Information: Foundry, a manufacturing-as-a-service startup that builds factories with robots powered by physical AI models, raised a $100M Series A led by Marlinspike  —  Large companies have learned over the past couple years that they can get more mileage out of AI agents by rethinking their processes from scratch …

Siri AI and Google Gemini both offer conversational AI, personal context, and app automation, but they work differently across devices. Compare their features, privacy controls, and everyday usefulness to decide which assistant suits you best. The post Siri AI vs Google Gemini: Which AI Assistant Is Better in 2026? appeared first on TechRepublic.

Apple launched Creator Studio back in January as a subscription bundle of its apps intended for creative professionals. Today the company announced a big round of updates for it, which it calls the most exciting since its launch. Final Cut Pro for Mac now has MotionVFX integrated, which gives editors thousands of templates, graphics, titles, and transitions, plus tools for rotoscoping, tracking, and color grading. The Content Hub is now in Final Cut Pro too, with Apple-curated stock videos, photos, and backgrounds. You can also open any image from your timeline in Pixelmator Pro and have...

Google Multi-Party Compute is in private preview, with several major financial institutions testing the technology and parent company Alphabet using it to secure its own digital assets on Ethereum and Solana.

A JAMA study found epidural steroid injections fell 15% among Original Medicare patients in six states after an AI-assisted prior authorization pilot began, but patient benefits and harms remain unclear.

Artificial intelligence can be helpful in analyzing medical images and support radiotherapy planning workflows. However, huge amounts of sensitive patient data are needed to train robust AI models. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have investigated how hospitals can jointly develop AI models for radiation therapy applications without exchanging such data. In their project, they use federated learning, a process in which a single model is trained at a decentralized location while the data remains in place. Their results demonstrate not only the technical feasibility of the approach but also its safe, more sustainable, and accessible use.

Amazon's Tracy warehouse uses hundreds of robots to handle repetitive tasks, while workers move into technical roles. A senior manager says automation's long-term effect on jobs remains uncertain.

As investor anxiety over an artificial intelligence bubble mounts, SpaceX’s Elon Musk and Nvidia chief Jensen Huang have offered starkly divergent outlooks on whether the specialist cloud providers powering the boom can survive their mounting debts. While Musk has warned of impending collapses and consolidation among the more than 200 dedicated graphics processing unit (GPU) rental ventures known as “neoclouds”, Huang remains bullish, insisting that robust market demand will unlock the capital...

Xero links live accounting data to Google's Gemini so users can query their books by chat, but the AI integration is not yet available in the UK, EU, Nigeria or Switzerland

A qualitative study of 45 stakeholders in Shenzhen finds concerns about safety, regulatory clarity, responsibility allocation and cross-sector cooperation in medical AI governance.

A year ago, Endpoints Signal surveyed almost 1,500 biopharma insiders about the very near-term prospects of AI accelerating drug discovery. Scientists, interestingly, were the most skeptical. Now, as we revisit the question in our

An investigational psychedelic nasal spray rapidly reduces depressive symptoms after a single dose, with benefits lasting up to 8 weeks.

Oracle is adding Google's TPU 8t and 8i to its cloud offerings in 2027 just months after launch.

A new review maps how natural active compounds can self-assemble into carrier-free nanostructures for cancer therapy, while flagging major translational barriers.

Amazon says token usage, AI tool adoption and counts of code changes are “deeply flawed” ways to measure its engineers’ work with AI. The company published the warning on Tuesday in a memo against tokenmaxxing. It came with an updated role guideline for its software development engineers. Terk Terkowitz, vice president and distinguished engineer for […] This story continues at The Next Web

A new Perspective article proposes a clinician-governed framework limiting generative AI to organizing and reviewing pain-assessment information for older adults with cognitive impairment, with adoption contingent on prospective studies.

A new numerical study maps how a thixotropic MXene nanofluid flowing past an inclined stretching cylinder generates entropy, with magnetic and structural viscosity parameters dominating surface drag and radiation dominating heat transfer.

Researchers have released HILIPS, an open-source three-stage pipeline that combines a multimodal language model, human review and a lightweight detector to label industrial images where visually identical objects serve different functions.

Mariella Moon / Engadget: Meta quietly launched Waddle World, a Tamagotchi-like, AI pet-rearing game, in the Philippines in September, calling it a “daily journal disguised as a pet”  —  But it's only available in the Philippines for now.  —  Looks like a big part of Meta's AI strategy is to rely on …

A bio-dissociable platinum quantum dot cluster nanozyme reduced endometriotic lesions and remodeled the inflammatory microenvironment in a mouse model, offering a preclinical, nonhormonal therapeutic strategy.

A chitosan–PLA nanoformulation released plumbagin in a temperature-dependent manner and triggered apoptosis, autophagy and G2/M arrest in LPS-induced SiHa cervical cancer cells in vitro.

Meta has launched a "tamagotchi-style" pet game called Waddle World, with virtual creatures that chat with users and create doodles to illustrate conversations. According to its Apple and Play Store listings, the "16-bit pet care game" is not really a game, but "a daily journal disguised as a pet." Users should talk, not type, with their pets, the description says, as well as play "cozy games" like stacking groceries or word games. The Play store description says: A little friend that listens. A cozy world that's yours. Waddle World is a cozy 16-bit world where your pixel pet lives. Hatch a virtual pet, visit whenever you like, and let it … Read the full story at The Verge.

With its innovative Nvidia SoC, the Asus ProArt P16 RTX Spark is perfect for vibecoding, Photoshopping or gaming on the go — but that price might give you pause.

Researchers developed NMm@MINO, a minocycline-loaded gelatin nanoparticle coated with hybrid neutrophil–macrophage membranes to tackle bacterial infection, inflammation, and periodontal tissue damage. In laboratory and rat experiments, the platform killed bacteria, altered inflammatory responses, promoted osteogenesis-associated processes, suppressed osteoclast activity, and reduced alveolar bone loss.

Google is opening its TPU business beyond its own cloud as custom chips become a bigger engine for growth.

Google is opening its TPU business beyond its own cloud as custom chips become a bigger engine for growth.

How can you tell if a nearby vehicle is driverless? Discover NHTSA's new plan to add distinct running lights to autonomous cars for safer roads.

A Nature Reviews Physics review co-authored by UCLA researchers describes computing platforms in which self-organizing nanowire and nanoparticle networks physically adapt and learn, embedding computation directly in hardware.

A meta-analysis of 13 randomized controlled trials suggests virtual reality may reduce short-term cancer-related pain and anxiety, though the evidence remains low certainty.

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A narrative review argues that combining exosomes, hydrogel scaffolds and silver nanoparticles could address chronic wounds, but the evidence remains almost entirely preclinical.

A platinum(IV) prodrug covalently attached to mesoporous silica nanoparticles showed significantly greater cytotoxicity than cisplatin in patient-derived oral squamous cell carcinoma 2D and 3D models, including cisplatin-tolerant ones.

Someone listed a massive 300-rack AI supercomputer on eBay for $59.7M. Packed with 9,600 A100 GPUs and 4,200 EPYC CPUs, it even ships for free.

Former Google engineer Nate Soares puts the risk of AI-driven human extinction above 50% within a decade and urges a halt to general-purpose AI development.

Plus, robot-dog walkers wanted: $20 an hour.

A scary-looking humanoid robot with a chainsaw arm was shown in action on Japanese TV news trimming tree branches that had begun encroaching on railway lines.

An experimental system combines Meta Ray-Ban glasses with AI and Stockfish to suggest chess moves, highlighting both potential training uses and concerns about undetectable cheating.

A two-stage AI framework uses a large language model and evolutionary feature selection to halve the symptom set for Traditional Chinese Medicine respiratory syndrome differentiation without a statistically detectable performance cost.

A two-site field trial in Iran found zinc oxide nanoparticle treatments raised shallot bulb yields by 57 to 61 percent over untreated controls and outperformed zinc sulfate fertilizer.

A systematic review of 110 peer-reviewed studies maps how human–robot collaboration in architectural fabrication has evolved from manually controlled tools toward autonomous and collective systems, while finding that most advanced systems remain confined to laboratories.

Researchers in Korea trained a physics-informed neural network through federated learning to predict indoor temperatures across multiple building zones without sharing raw data, achieving better generalization to an unseen building than a purely data-driven model.

A new review proposes that engineered nanocarrier surfaces and release kinetics could reprogram root exudation to recruit beneficial rhizosphere microbes.

A cross-sectional study found ChatGPT-5.5 responses scored higher for reviewer-rated accuracy and educational quality than Google search output, but were longer and harder to read.

Researchers report a lightweight, imbalance-aware intrusion detection system achieving up to 0.9998 accuracy on IoT and medical IoT benchmark datasets.

Researchers combined sugarcane bagasse ash, lime sludge ash and polypropylene fibres to make stronger, less permeable concrete, and trained a neural network to predict its mechanical properties.

A simulation-only proof of concept shows a compact residual-based neural system can distinguish severe faults across a nanosatellite electrical power system, though noise sharply degrades accuracy and hardware validation remains untested.

Eight machine learning models trained on published experimental data predict the tensile and flexural strength of nanoparticle-modified basalt fiber reinforced epoxy composites, with SHAP analysis identifying fiber orientation, curing temperature, and test standard as key influences.

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A new review finds that silver nanoparticles combined with natural antifungal peptides can inhibit major fruit spoilage fungi, but toxicity and regulatory questions remain unresolved.

A physics-informed generative adversarial network produced 944 physically consistent synthetic rock-strength records from 944 laboratory measurements, preserving key UCS–porosity–density relationships.

You see a striking AI-generated image online: a moody product shot, a watercolor portrait, a cinematic landscape. You

AI and Early Pancreatic Cancer Every scan in the study had already been read and cleared as normal.

A scoping review charted 84 studies of mirror therapy, soft robotic gloves, and their combined use in upper-limb rehabilitation after stroke, finding most evidence covers the two approaches separately.

An iron-engineered mesoporous organosilica nanoplatform improved delivery of the natural compound DMDD and inhibited breast tumor growth in preclinical models by activating autophagy and suppressing PD-L1/PD-1 signaling.

A narrative review finds AI and digital pathology show potential to improve adult CNS tumor diagnostics, while generalizability, transparency, and regulation remain barriers.