Science

A robotic sorting system that mimics the human sense of touch to sort through litter achieved a 98.85% accuracy rate in recognizing various domestic waste items. The inventors believe this state-of-the-art automaton could eventually lead to better treatments for people with hand disabilities aside from better outcomes at recycling facilities. Sorting…

Fossilized bones found in Australia have been identified as a new species of flying dinosaur—a “fearsome” predator that lived around 100 million years ago and had a 15-foot wingspan. The bones, unearthed in western Queensland by museum creator Kevin Petersen in 2021, have been found to belong to a newly identified…

Last year, a group of scientists attempting to capture footage of a colossal squid, the largest invertebrate on Earth, in its natural habitat may have hooked their prize when one of their underwater cameras captured a juvenile glass squid swimming by. Colossal squids are members of the glass squid family, and…

A human trial in Scotland found that a dye that clings to cancer cells can give surgeons an unprecedented view of tumors as they enter to remove them. Developed for use in the removal of prostate cancer, the dye could be adapted to other cancers but is already successfully helping to…

When a giant ocean oddity washed up on a beach in northern Oregon, residents were flocking to get a closer look at a rarely-seen fish. Believing it to be the charismatic Mola mola, or ocean sunfish, pictures eventually made their way across the Pacific to the desk of marine biologist Marianne Nyegaard,…

Using AI, breast radiologists in Denmark have improved breast cancer screening performance and reduced the rate of false-positive findings. The discovery comes 16 months after a study from the same hospital found that AI could diagnosis cancer in chest X-rays at least as good as a board-certified radiologist, but noted that…

Hundreds of thousands of potential sources of new antibiotics have been found in the natural world using artificial intelligence. An international research team utilized machine learning to identify 863,498 promising antimicrobial peptides, any one of which may be needed in the future to fight deadly drug-resistant infections like MRSA and VRSA….