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Tencent’s chief AI scientist has warned that AI models will soon be able to cause harm in biology, as they already can in cybersecurity. Yao Shunyu spoke at a science event in Hong Kong on Saturday, the South China Morning Post reported. “The cyber abilities of [AI] models and soon [the] bio ability of models […] This story continues at The Next Web

Ukraine is developing a new class of combat robots designed to operate inside underground gas pipelines.

Primordial black holes are hypothetical objects that could have formed directly from dense clumps of matter in the very early universe. If they exist, their dramatic origins would set them apart from the black holes we see today, which form when massive stars collapse. Some theories suggest that "stupendously large" primordial black holes could account for a significant share of the universe's elusive dark matter.

The offices for New Matrix and Maginfra, both approved to receive H200 chips, appear abandoned, and people in the buildings say they're unfamiliar with the companies or have never seen anyone working there.

Tuning in to electronic noise can tell us whether electrons have paired up or not.

Amazon has formed a new home robotics team and is hiring for a “new-to-world robot product,” according to CNBC’s analysis of job posts.

Amazon has formed a new home robotics team and is hiring for a “new-to-world robot product,” according to CNBC’s analysis of job posts.

A new AI model predicts individualized ten-year survival for children with medulloblastoma and ependymoma from routine DNA methylation profiling and identifies patients who can safely receive lower-dose radiotherapy.

Engineered exosome-liposome hybrid nanoparticles targeting CSF1R and PD-L1 stimulate macrophage phagocytosis across several brain cancer cell models in vitro, though cellular responses vary significantly by tumor microenvironment.

Researchers synthesized a multifunctional vanillin-reduced PVA/Ag nanocomposite film exhibiting antioxidant activity, limited antibacterial effects, and concentration-dependent electrochemical sensing of ciprofloxacin.

A parametric study reveals that surfactant-free colloidal gold nanoparticle synthesis requires high-resistivity water to achieve stable dispersions but successfully tolerates lower-grade ethanol down to 70 percent.

A possible Tesla–SpaceX merger could significantly increase Elon Musk's voting control, while a change-of-control clause may affect how his potential $1 trillion Tesla compensation is awarded.

Scientists have discovered that sleep disorders are associated with structural changes in brain regions that control attention, decision-making, and emotions, potentially explaining why disrupted sleep can affect everyday thinking and behavior. The findings, drawn from 57 brain imaging studies, reveal both shared and disorder-specific patterns that could lead to more targeted treatments.

In the final instalment of a four-part Health Matters wellness series on frontier medicine in Hong Kong, Elizabeth Cheung examines a dual-arm surgical robot that could remove gastrointestinal tumours in about half the usual time, and the hurdles between its first human trials and wider patient access. Ho Man-wai underwent a colonoscopy in late August, during which doctors identified three polyps that needed to be removed before they could develop into cancer. Two were removed during the initial...

NASA's Swift Observatory went out in a blaze of glory this week, but it left behind millions of images of the universe that could fuel discoveries for decades.

A team led by Marinka Zitnik, associate professor of biomedical informatics in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, has received a grant of nearly $7 million from Cancer Grand Challenges to create artificial intelligence (AI) "co-scientists" that help cancer researchers analyze data, generate hypotheses, and suggest new experiments, speeding new knowledge and therapies.

Artificial intelligence models will soon be powerful enough to master biology, presenting both benefits and serious risks, Tencent Holdings’ chief AI scientist and former OpenAI star researcher Vinces Yao Shunyu said during a rare public appearance on Saturday. The assessment comes as frontier AI systems are increasingly being applied to medicine and biology, which could accelerate discovery of new drugs and other treatments. However, experts also warn that malicious actors could use AI to...

Humanoid robots represent the next frontier for Pudu Robotics, according to founder and CEO Felix Zhang Tao, as the global commercial robotics leader takes on Elon Musk’s Tesla in the growing sector and explores manufacturing in Europe, its largest overseas market. “It’s definitely a competitor, but a long-term one,” Zhang told the South China Morning Post in a recent interview, adding that Tesla was a “very good” rival whose high profile had driven innovation and broadened market awareness in...

A scientific review published in BMC Artificial Intelligence evaluates how artificial intelligence, robotics, and natural language processing advance telemedicine and remote patient monitoring while highlighting persistent technical, regulatory, and ethical barriers.

A cross-sectional survey of 310 health science students found frequent AI use linked to higher self-reported GPA, while 82.6% received no formal AI instruction and 61% voiced ethical concerns.

A parallel hybrid algorithm combining sine cosine and tabu search improves mobile robot path planning performance by up to 265% while cutting execution times.

TechNode: Beijing-based GenRobot AI, which develops equipment and software for collecting human demonstrations that can be used to train robots, raised a $100M Series A+  —  GenRobot AI, a Beijing-based company providing data infrastructure for robot development, has completed a $100 million Series A+ funding round.

A pilot randomized controlled trial found that stroke patients receiving gait training with a wearable hip exoskeleton achieved significantly greater improvements in walking distance and speed than those undergoing conventional physiotherapy alone.

A Kookmin University research team has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that predicts the properties of mixtures based on the proportions of their chemical components. The university said Thursday that the team was led by Joung Joon-young, a professor in the Department of Chemistry at the university’s Graduate School. The team included Kim Ji-hwan, a student in the university’s integrated master’s and doctoral program, and Kim Chan-joong, an undergraduate student. The findings were published in the Chemical Engineering Journal under the title “Encoding composition-dependent intermolecular interactions into learned molecular representations.” Most chemical products we encounter in everyday life are mixtures of multiple substances rather than single compounds. Common examples include industrial solvents, electrolytes in batteries, automotive fuels, and cosmetic and pharmaceutical formulations. The properties of a mixture depend not only on which substances it contains but

Researchers published a systematic evaluation in Green Technology, Resilience, and Sustainability demonstrating that the ICP-MultiQuad-MS/MS instrument offers superior capabilities for analyzing single nanoparticles compared to standard single quadrupole systems.

A new graph machine learning framework integrates LLMs and human oversight to predict urban walkability and simulate design interventions in Mexico City.

A comprehensive review analyzes how distinct fluorination pathways regulate carbon nanotube bonding chemistry to enhance cathode capacities, interphase stability, and catalytic performance across next-generation batteries.

A study of 163 FDA-cleared AI medical devices found that one-third received algorithm updates, while 85.7% of updated devices reported no clinical or organizational benefit data.

Switch Games on Apple TV 4K Super Mario Odyssey now runs at 60 frames per second on an

Some quantum systems are so complex that even the most powerful supercomputers struggle to simulate their behavior. One

A multimodal machine learning model integrating clinical data, tumor radiomics, and body composition from CT scans predicted neoadjuvant chemotherapy response in locally advanced gastric cancer with AUCs of 0.84 to 0.89 across validation cohorts.

In addition to the new app icon, Google Messages for Android is testing a big homepage redesign that has three core components. more…

The research, conducted at the Laboratory of Fish Ecophysiology at Bangladesh Agricultural University, investigated how these antioxidants protect against mercuric chloride-induced impairments in growth performance, blood parameters, and tissue integrity.

Weill Cornell says clinical information from some radiology patients was entered into AI tools without authorization during a June research study; the number affected and tools used remain unknown.

An experimental study led by researchers from Utrecht, Leiden, and Munich demonstrates that electron pairs can form at room temperature, identifying phase coherence as the central bottleneck for practical superconductivity.

Researchers found that artificial intelligence algorithms predicting deep vein thrombosis produced widely conflicting probability estimates for individual patients despite showing nearly identical overall discriminative performance.

Researchers 3D printed HEMA-PEGDA contact lenses embedded with iron oxide nanozymes that showed catalytic activity against hydrogen peroxide and significant cytokine suppression in cell assays.

A review in Materials Today Bio details how precision nanoparticle systems can overcome the blood-brain barrier to target specific Alzheimer's disease pathologies.

Computer simulations of nineteen triazole-thiopyrimidine hybrids identified two compounds that docked more strongly to the fungal enzyme CYP51 than a reference inhibitor.

Ann Davis Vaughan / The Information: Public records appear to show SpaceX building a “Starbase supercomputer” in TX, but Gina Hinojosa's election as governor may delay some of the data center plans  —  Elon Musk moved early to build AI data centers in Tennessee and Mississippi and reaped the rewards.

A dual artificial intelligence framework combines temporal transformers with dynamic spatial graphs to forecast cascading disaster risks and optimize emergency resource dispatch.

Volume 43 of SLAS Discovery presents AI-guided screening, automated platforms and new cell-based assays that accelerate drug discovery across infectious disease, oncology and rare genetic disorders.

Dave Wehner, Meta’s chief strategy officer, is leaving the company to become CFO of Fireworks, the AI infrastructure startup valued at $17.5 billion in July.

Dave Wehner, Meta’s chief strategy officer, is leaving the company to become CFO of Fireworks, the AI infrastructure startup valued at $17.5 billion in July.

A scientometric analysis of 21,733 documents from Scopus and Web of Science finds that global robotics and Internet of Things research accelerated sharply after 2016, with India, China and the United States leading output and an 11-topic model revealing the field's thematic structure.

A single-arm pediatric quality-improvement initiative found that a custom virtual reality intervention was accompanied by significant within-subject reductions in preoperative distress, fear, and physiological arousal.

On Episode 235 of This Week In Space, Tariq Malik and Rod Pyle are joined by Dr. Jim Green to talk about the past, present, and future of planetary exploration.

Published in the journal Discover Catalysis, the study details the preparation of these nanoparticles and evaluates their structural, optical, and functional properties.

Ultrasound-guided nanobubbles co-delivering siFGFR1 and enzalutamide inhibited drug-resistant prostate cancer cells and reduced tumor growth in preclinical models without observed adverse effects.

A comprehensive review analyzes how programmable DNA nanostructures and scaffolded DNA origami advance quantitative fluorescence biosensing from molecular design to clinical diagnostic applications.

A small clinical analysis of eight pediatric patients found that da Vinci robot-assisted pull-through surgery for secondary megarectum following anorectoplasty was feasible and improved constipation in most cases.

Researchers have demonstrated that electroconductive films derived from agave bagasse, a lignocellulosic agroindustrial residue, can achieve high electrical conductivity when functionalized with reduced graphene oxide and titanium dioxide.

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An alternative model in which the universe is 26.7 billion years old and needs neither dark matter nor dark energy has held up against several major cosmology tests, according to a new University of Ottawa study. The research, titled "A Big Bang Nucleosynthesis Consistency Test of the CCC+TL Cosmology," is published in the journal Universe.

A compact energy-based neural network called LEEN predicts protein stability changes from single amino acid substitutions using roughly 2 to 3 million trainable parameters while achieving competitive benchmark performance.

Researchers have demonstrated high-efficiency mid-infrared grating waveguide structures fabricated via nanoimprint lithography on thick fused silica substrates for chirped pulse amplification systems.

JR East's towering ZIZAI ZX-3 chainsaw robot tackles dangerous branch-cutting along Japan's Koumi Line while a trained operator controls it remotely.

A multi-cohort study in Brain Informatics finds that a simple convolutional network outperforms complex transformers in predicting age and sex from brain MRI, highlighting the importance of generalizability and explainability in medical AI.

A bibliometric analysis of more than 27,000 publications tracks the growth of cancer siRNA therapies, shifting delivery technologies, and persistent translational challenges.

A novel iron-coordinated poly(amino acid) nanoprobe demonstrates superior relaxivity, multi-hour vascular retention, and favorable biocompatibility in preclinical cardiovascular magnetic resonance angiography.

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A strict patient-disjoint evaluation found that a stain-aware image enhancement pipeline did not consistently outperform raw scans for breast histopathology classification, with benefits depending heavily on classifier architecture and dataset domain.

A clinical case study demonstrates the feasibility and preliminary utility of integrating virtual reality and positive psychology strategies into university counseling for generalized anxiety disorder.

A deep-learning model infers the ICR immune signature from routine H&E breast tumor slides and independently predicts survival and pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and chemoimmunotherapy.

A structured review of clinical evidence from 2024 through 2026 evaluates the oncological outcomes, functional preservation, and implementation requirements of robotic platforms, perfusion imaging, and advanced reconstruction in colorectal cancer surgery.

A surprising discovery reveals how psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, rapidly reshapes the brain by creating new neural connections and strengthening them. Researchers found that the drug behaves differently in healthy and chronically stressed mice, potentially helping repair brain circuits damaged by prolonged stress. Most intriguingly, they identified a way to trigger this brain rewiring without the behavioral response associated with psychedelic effects.

Researchers modeled a silicon microring resonator trimmed via proximal phase-change disks to achieve non-volatile, zero-hold-power spectral shifts without direct waveguide cladding.

A multicentre derivation and validation study paired with a prospective randomised trial shows an explainable artificial intelligence ensemble predicts multiple diabetic foot ulcer outcomes and enhances outpatient recommendation quality.

A review in Discover Materials explores how machine learning accelerates the design of biodegradable materials for soft robotics by bridging polymer chemistry and application requirements.

AI video generators can turn written descriptions into short video clips. Here's how to write effective prompts, choose the right settings, and refine your results.

Encapsulating the citrus flavonoid naringin in chitosan nanoparticles significantly alleviated fungicide-induced testicular injury, endocrine disruption, and sperm degradation in adult male rats.

In an exploratory series of six patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, researchers demonstrated that robot-assisted stereotactic radiofrequency thermocoagulation using independent therapeutic trajectories achieved three-dimensional ablation unconstrained by diagnostic electrodes, though one major visual complication occurred.

Distributed micro-inertial sensors and parabolic modeling enable wire-driven soft snake robots to estimate their three-dimensional shape in real time without external cameras.

Eudora Wang / DealStreetAsia: Beijing-based Sand.ai, an AI startup specializing in video generation, raised a $200M Series A+, bringing its total funding over the past 10 months to $300M  —  Sand.ai, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup specialising in video generation, announced on Thursday the completion …

Author(s): Dong Hui Han, Suk Bum Chung, and Se Kwon KimThe authors propose here a route to the superconducting diode effect through nonreciprocal magnetic domain-wall dynamics in ferromagnetic superconductors. Applied magnetic fields break time-reversal and inversion symmetries, producing direction-dependent critical currents for Walker breakdown—the onset of sustained domain-wall precession. Owing to the order parameter redundancy, the precession generates nonsingular phase slips. By connecting magnetic dynamics with superconducting transport, the authors identify a mechanism for realizing the superconducting diode effect without the need for complex heterostructures. [Phys. Rev. B 114, 264410] Published Fri Nov 06, 2026

Author(s): Siddhartha Sarkar, Yitong Zhang, and Kai SunThe excitation spectrum of fractional Chern insulators is identical to their fractional quantum Hall counterparts except for an enhancement factor, making it possible to predict their excitation spectrum from the Landau-level problem. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 196505] Published Fri Nov 06, 2026

The incident is among several reported cases of scammers exploiting pet owners searching for missing animals. The post Somerville woman warns pet owners after suspected scammer uses AI image of missing cat appeared first on Boston.com.

Frederic Lardinois / The New Stack: Meta introduces specialized versions of its existing models, trained using Muse Wonder, bringing Active Memory and Active Focus to all Muse and Meta AI users  —  Meta trained new models using its frontier Muse Wonder model and is shipping them to all Muse and Meta AI users today, while keeping Wonder itself for harder subscriber tasks.

According to an article by Newsweek, the children were given candy in unusual packaging by neighbors, concerned parents contacted the police, who confirmed the presence of drugs in the sweets

Nvidia reportedly requires GPU monitoring for Southeast Asian cloud partners as China AI chip smuggling concerns grow. Here's what businesses should know. The post Nvidia Tightens AI Chip Tracking in Southeast Asia as China Smuggling Concerns Grow appeared first on TechRepublic.

Apple is cutting spending allowances for AI tools.

DeepMind Staff Push Back on Gag Clause Inside Google’s internal chat, some DeepMind employees answered their own contracts

New Ways to Control Xbox Cloud Games A Bluetooth controller normally talks to the TV, and the TV

Researchers have discovered how pressure can unlock hidden superconducting properties in a complex quantum material. Applying intense pressure to an unusual quantum material can transform how it conducts electricity, allowing superconductivity to spread throughout its three-dimensional structure at temperatures roughly three times higher than normal. Researchers also found a sevenfold increase in the number of [...]

Researchers have used artificial intelligence to improve how a brain implant stimulates the visual cortex of a blind person, potentially advancing the development of bionic eyes. Artificial intelligence could make future bionic eyes more precise and responsive by improving how electrical signals communicate with the brain. In a study published in Neuron, researchers used deep [...]

A $19 billion data-center agreement includes an unusual provision allowing Google to acquire part of the project if Anthropic fails to pay its rent.

Ryan Barwick / The Information: Filing: Google spent roughly $548M to buy around 3M shares of Qualcomm, which is pushing into serving the AI data center market  —  Google has bought nearly 3 million shares of the chip maker Qualcomm, less than half a percent of the company's outstanding shares, according to a securities filing on Friday.

Disney is exploring how robots could do more than bring beloved characters like Olaf and the BDX Droids to life, with experiments that could help park guests find parking and make everyday operations easier for Cast Members.

A theoretical study demonstrates how adjusting the dimensions and dielectric surroundings of silica-gold core-shell nanoparticles controls plasmon resonance, energy absorption, and local electromagnetic field enhancement.

Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies are strange because they're as large as the Milky Way, but have far fewer stars. It's as if they're puffed up for some reason. Determining what's going on with them could help confirm the Lambda-CDM model. A new proposed instrument for the Extremely Large Telescope could give astronomers their best look yet at these strange galaxies.

Google has announced the general availability of Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash, a significant upgrade to its video generation capabilities that brings native 15-second video creation, improved reference adherence, and a 30% price reduction compared to its predecessor. This release represents a major step forward in making AI-powered video generation more accessible and practical for businesses, creators, and developers worldwide. What's New in Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash The latest iteration of Google's Gemin...

For the first time, an international team of researchers from Germany, Thailand, India, China and the United States has created a three-component Hubbard system with tunable interactions in the laboratory. In doing so, the team used a quantum gas microscope to make the individual atoms visible. The study, published in Science, provides an important foundation for future quantum simulations of nuclear physics and materials science.

Integrating vanadium pentoxide nanorods with carbon nanotubes and hydroxylated graphene enhances conductivity, surface area, and cycling stability in aqueous supercapacitor electrodes.

A systematic review examines how deep learning algorithms analyze gigapixel whole-slide images to classify tumors and predict transcriptomic profiles directly from tissue morphology.

Researchers evaluating green silver nanoparticles synthesized with wild garlic extract in cottonseed biodiesel blends found high-speed power gains alongside severe exhaust emission penalties.

The editors of AI, Brain and Child review their first volume of 20 articles and set a 2026 agenda aimed at synthesizing artificial intelligence, neuroscience and child development.

Europe's meteorological satellite agency, EUMETSAT, has released the first image from the Flexible Combined Imager (FCI) on board Meteosat Third Generation Imager 2 (MTG-I2), just over two months after the satellite's launch on Aug. 27, 2026. The satellite will provide forecasters with high-resolution observations of Europe every 2.5 minutes. This unprecedented frequency will help forecasters monitor fast-developing weather hazards more closely and support earlier, more precise warnings.

PSI: AI physics startup PSI says a system running a non-public Anthropic model proved the Aaronson-Ambainis conjecture, a quantum computing question open since 2008  —  The Aaronson-Ambainis conjecture is now a theorem.  —  Open since 2008, the conjecture of Scott Aaronson and Andris Ambainis concerns …

Microsoft is winding down a 2023 deal to rent AI computing from Oracle after declining to renew it, Bloomberg reports. The servers ran older Nvidia chips. Microsoft is reassessing more than $80B in contracts with outside cloud providers. Microsoft is winding down a deal to rent AI computing power from Oracle, Bloomberg reported on Friday, […] This story continues at The Next Web