Technology and Engineering
AI Learns to Check Itself: New Framework Makes Language Models Honest About Their Own Confidence
A new claim-level self-verification framework called CLAIM-CAL decomposes AI answers into atomic factual claims and applies isotonic calibration, cutting expected...
Polystyrene Particles Hit Male and Female Mice Differently in 28-Day Toxicity Study
A 28-day mouse study finds sex-specific gut and immune responses to polystyrene nano- and microplastics despite minimal systemic toxicity.
Screwpine Leaves From Mauritius Could Replace Carbon Fibre in Plastics
Researchers in Mauritius have developed a fully biodegradable composite from Pandanus utilis fibres and PLA, finding optimal strength at 10...
When Ethiopia Lost Iodized Salt, Children Paid With Their Lives and Their Grades
New research shows that Ethiopia's 1998 interruption of iodized salt supply caused significant declines in child survival and academic achievement,...
Predictive Model Designs Stronger Cobalt-Lean CrMnFeCoNi Multicomponent Alloys
Brazilian researchers used solid-solution strengthening predictions to design cobalt-lean CrMnFeCoNi alloys that gain unexpected strength from a fine second phase.
The Slow Drain: Tiny Electronic Currents Threaten Solid-State Battery Storage
Two new studies reveal that residual electronic conductivity in solid electrolytes can silently drain solid-state batteries while they sit unused,...
New AI Pipeline Sorts Breast Tissue Scans Into Benign and Malignant With Striking Accuracy
Researchers have developed an interpretable hierarchical pipeline combining Gaussian filtering, YCbCr-based CLAHE enhancement, K-means nuclei segmentation, and SVM classification that...
Hydrogen’s Hidden Threat to the Strongest Steels in Modern Cars
A comprehensive review reveals how the smallest atom in nature threatens the strongest automotive steels and details the microstructural strategies...
Nano-silica turns industrial red mud waste into stronger, greener cement
Adding small doses of nano-silica transforms red mud, one of the world's largest industrial waste streams, into a strength-boosting component...
Physicists Realize Square-Root Topological States in Visible-Light Plasmonic System
Researchers have realized square-root topological edge and corner states at visible frequencies using plasmon-polaritonic cavity chains derived from SSH models.
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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