Advances in generative AI mean fake images, videos, audio and bots are now everywhere. But studies have revealed the best ways to tell if something is real
02/09/2024
Wastewater, which is full of pollutants that contain nitrogen, can be directly fed into a new chemical reactor that converts it into ammonia, with purified water and oxygen as by-products
12/08/2024
Adding a polymer-alcohol mixture to menstrual pads causes blood to solidify, rather than being absorbed, which could ward off leaks
11/07/2024
Adding crushed basalt rocks and special fertilisers to soils could cut nitrous oxide emissions without harming the ozone layer, but these strategies will cost billions
10/07/2024
Five children have had gene therapy to treat inherited deafness, this time in both ears, following the success of earlier treatments in just one ear
05/06/2024
All farmland in the Indian state of Sikkim, shown in these images, has been certified organic since 2016, and local authorities say the change is already improving wildlife populations and the area's arid soil
15/05/2024
A process to dissolve the mineral olivine in acid could provide a plentiful, energy-efficient material for carbon-negative cement
01/05/2024
Four years after being restored with steel frames, coral reefs in Indonesia damaged by blast fishing grow at the same rate as healthy reefs, but they have lower levels of species diversity
08/03/2024
Using an artificial intelligence model and 3D printer to create prosthetic eyes reduces the time required to make such implants, which could make them available to more people
27/02/2024
Artificial intelligence helped screen millions of chemical compounds to find a class of antibiotics capable of killing two different types of drug-resistant bacteria
20/12/2023
Vaccinations could be made less painful by treating skin with a vaccine-laden liquid and using ultrasound to push it into the body
04/12/2023
A toothpaste that contains peanut proteins did not cause any serious side effects in people with an allergy to the food and showed early signs of preventing dangerous reactions
09/11/2023