The winners were announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.Credit: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Two researchers who developed tools for understanding the neural networks that underpin today’s boom in artificial intelligence (AI) have won the 2024 Nobel...
Hummocks of moss cover Ardley Island off the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.Credit: Dan Charman A fast-warming region of Antarctica...
Brain stem cells (artificially coloured) give rise to neurons in young individuals, but that ability fades with advancing age.Credit: Riccardo...
EnvironomicsDharshini David Elliott & Thompson (2024)Why should an orangutan care what toothpaste a person uses, asks economist Dharshini David, in...
A northern sea robin (Prionotus carolinus) scurries across the sand on its six legs, which it also uses as shovels...
Scientists and science-fiction writers have long asked whether a nuclear explosion could change the course of an asteroid headed for...
Mathematicians have described1 a new class of shape that characterizes forms commonly found in nature — from the chambers in...
Physicists have nailed a fiendishly difficult measurement — the mass of the fundamental particle the W boson. The result, from...
Air travel to attend academic conferences remains widespread although many meeting-goers have reservations about emissions.Credit: Liesa Johannssen/Bloomberg/Getty An overwhelming majority...
AnimalsAll experimental methods and animal husbandry for transgenic quails were performed in accordance with the guidelines of the European Union...
