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U.S. President Donald Trump has launched an unprecedented tariff war against more than 180 countries - what I call "World War Trade" ( WWT ).

From social media to AI, online technologies are changing too fast for the scientific infrastructure used to gauge its public health harms, say two leaders in the field.

Traditional shingle production has inspired researchers at Empa and ETH Zurich to develop new types of wood-based panels made from split wooden sticks. Thanks to an AI-optimized process, these panels should be suitable for load-bearing components in the future - even if produced from lower-quality wood and tree trunks.

Researchers developed a ground-breaking new tool to help build safer AI. Today, almost everybody has heard of AI and millions around the world already use, or are exposed, to it - from ChatGPT writing our emails, to helping in medical diagnosis.

Researchers at the Institute of Visual Computing have made it possible to remove objects from live recordings of three-dimensional environments without time delay while the camera remains in motion.

Materials science and engineering students investigated whether pickleball paddles produced by 3D printing could be as good as, or better, than those produced using existing techniques.

Researchers demonstrate the UK's first long-distance ultra-secure communication over a quantum network Researchers have successfully demonstrated the UK's first long-distance ultra-secure transfer of

Writing in The Conversation, Professor Seirian Sumner (UCL Biosciences) argues that having the language to name and describe nature is a gateway to curiosity-driven innovation, creativity and discovery.

Small language models are more reliable and secure than their large counterparts, primarily because they draw information from a circumscribed dataset.

Two projects investigating how AI is used in healthcare and other sectors have received a grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

A new study on how computers can be accurately controlled using only facial expressions could help make augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies more accessible to people living with disabilities. Researchers from the University of Glasgow and the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland discovered that seven simple facial movements could be reliably recognised by Meta's Quest Pro headset, enabling users to control a VR game and navigate web pages in an AR environment.

A research team from TU Graz and the Vellore Institute of Technology in India is developing a 3D-printed skin imitation equipped with living cells in order to test nanoparticles from cosmetics without animal testing.

Learn more about the future of agriculture at Creating Tomorrow in collaboration with the Calgary Stampede on April 12 The agricultural sector is witnessing a transformative era, driven by technological innovations designed to tackle age-old challenges.

Scientists have developed a new resource to better protect seabirds from the impacts of offshore wind farms. The innovative modelling tool has the potential to save wildlife, while ensuring the effective and sustainable development of renewable energy sources. Led by researchers at the University of Glasgow, the new modelling tool, published in the journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution, is the first of its kind to accurately predict space use of seabird colonies without requiring extensive satellite tracking data, which is often not available.

The future of cancer diagnosis could become faster and more precise thanks to a research team led by the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), which uses invisible light and artificial intelligence to detect diseases before symptoms appear.

International team argues for helping children to develop skills to participate in digital society while protecting from harm Banning smartphone and social media access alone fails to equip children for healthy use of technology, argues a group of international experts.

Preventing hearing loss requires delivering medication to the inner ear. Currently, this is done through surgery or an imprecise drop method.

Major milestone reached in digital Cuneiform studies: researchers from Mainz, Marburg, and Würzburg present an innovative tool that offers many new possibilities.

Researchers at Imperial are to develop technologies to enable people living with dementia to live independently for longer.