Immunotherapy achieves remarkable survival rates in a handful of tumors
A new study reveals that almost half of patients with metastatic melanoma treated with these drugs were cancer-free 10 years later
16/09/2024 El País
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A kitchen staffed by trans women is a refuge for Mexico City’s LGBTQ+ community
At Casa Lleca, an LGBTQ+ shelter in Mexico City, a community kitchen has emerged to provide employment opportunities to trans women and serve surrounding residents in the area
09/10/2024 The Independent
Sydney Dance Company’s momenta – a breathtaking study in perpetual motion
Sometimes dancers in the Sydney Dance Company production momenta suggest atoms under a microscope. They collide and react, constantly forming new molecules and compounds.
09/10/2024 The Conversation
How do you stop elephant herds from trashing crops and trees? Target sensitive nostrils with a ‘scent fence’
African savannah elephant numbers are surging. But for farmers in elephant territory, that can spell disaster. To solve human-elephant conflict, we might need to use smell.
09/10/2024 The Conversation
How we partnered with local communities to halve skin sores among Aboriginal children in remote WA
Aboriginal children living in remote communities have the highest rate of skin sores, or impetigo, in the world. Almost one in two have skin sores at any one time. Skin sores are a highly contagious bacterial skin infection that may be itchy and…
09/10/2024 The Conversation
Winners of physics Nobel sound alarm on AI
The duo's research on neural networks in the 1980s paved the way for today's deep-learning systems that promise to revolutionize society but have also raised apocalyptic fears.
09/10/2024 Le Monde
The renewable energy hidden in our wastewater ponds – here’s how it could work
Integrating biogas, heat and floating solar panels on wastewater ponds could generate enough electricity to supply about 27% of households with renewable energy.
09/10/2024 The Conversation
Tadpoles steal show in wildlife photography contest
A snapshot of wriggling toad tadpoles has earned Shane Gross the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Beneath a floating canopy of lily pads in Cedar Lake, Canada, a swarm of western toad tadpoles glided gracefully through the water.
09/10/2024 BBC
Oxford retains place at top of global university rankings as UK list revealed
The University of Oxford has retained top place in an international league table for a record-breaking ninth year in a row.
09/10/2024 The Independent
Stressed bees make pessimistic choices, research shows
Scientists say their study shows how animals are displaying a similar response to how humans react to a set-back
09/10/2024 The Independent
Lack of digital confidence costing people money and job opportunities – study
A digital inclusion charity said research underscored the ‘urgent need to fix the digital divide in the UK’.
09/10/2024 The Independent
Keir Starmer pins hopes for economic growth on British Hollywood – with new tax relief on its way
The prime minister spoke exclusively to The Independent about how important the creative arts are to him personally, as someone who has grown up playing the flute and the violin
09/10/2024 The Independent
How engineering can support more inclusive hockey leagues and bolster innovation
Design thinking involves challenging assumptions and redefining problems to identify alternative strategies and solutions that might not be immediately apparent.
09/10/2024 The Conversation
Is sustainable development possible? Only if we take a unified approach
Purely technical solutions to the challenges of sustainable development will likely end in failure. Living within planetary boundaries will require a unified effort across disciplines and economies.
08/10/2024 The Conversation
Nobel Prize in physics spotlights key breakthroughs in AI revolution − making machines that learn
The Nobel Prize shows that the field of artificial neural networks – and the deep learning AI revolution the technology unleashed – owe as much to physics as biology and computer science.
08/10/2024 The Conversation
Why researcher Rosalind Lee, the wife of the Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, didn’t receive the award as well?
The scientist was the first author of the pioneering ‘Cell’ study on microRNA, but it is typically the last author who is recognized as the leader of the research group
08/10/2024 El País
Geoffrey Hinton: AI pioneer who fears artificial intelligence could end humanity
Geoffrey Hinton, a British-Canadian scientist who warned that artificial intelligence (AI) could wipe out humanity, has won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics. Prof Hinton, 76, who is often referred to as the “godfather of AI”, shares the honour…
08/10/2024 The Independent
Physics Nobel awarded to neural network pioneers who laid foundations for AI
John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton, the 2024 Physics Nobel laureates, developed computer systems that can memorise and learn from patterns in data.
08/10/2024 The Conversation
Nobel prize for physics goes to pair who invented key AI techniques
The 2024 Nobel prize in physics has gone to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for discoveries that enabled machine learning and are key to the development of artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT
08/10/2024 NewScientist
Nobel Prize awarded to ‘godfather of AI’ who warned that artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity
John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton both recognised for their work on early machine learning techniques that helped build today’s advanced systems
08/10/2024 The Independent
Nobel Prize in physics awarded to two scientists for work on machine learning
American John Hopfield and Canadian-Briton Geoffrey Hinton won the award for their breakthroughs in artificial intelligence.
08/10/2024 Le Monde
Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded to 2 Scientists for Work on Machine Learning
John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton have “showed a completely new way for us to use computers to aid and to guide us” in solving problems, the committee said.
08/10/2024 New York Times
John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton win Nobel Prize in Physics 2024
Pair awarded 'for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks'.
08/10/2024 Al Jazeera
'Godfather of AI' shares Nobel Physics Prize
The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to two scientists, Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield, for their work on machine learning. British-Canadian Professor Geoffrey Hinton is sometimes referred to as the "Godfather of AI" and said he was…
08/10/2024 BBC
Oral vaccines could provide relief for people who suffer regular UTIs. Here’s how they work
08/10/2024 The Conversation
AI is a multi-billion dollar industry. It’s underpinned by an invisible and exploited workforce
08/10/2024 The Conversation
More workers are being forced back to the office – yet a new study shows flexibility is the best way to keep employees
08/10/2024 The Conversation
Will the Earth warm by 2°C or 5.5°C? Either way it’s bad, and trying to narrow it down may be a distraction
08/10/2024 The Conversation
Restorers complete work on the canopy covering St. Peter's main altar ahead of the 2025 Jubilee
08/10/2024 The Independent
Of Course AI Just Got a Nobel Prize
08/10/2024 The Atlantic
Opt-out laws designed to make organ donation easier may have actually made it harder, says research
08/10/2024 The Conversation