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A recent study from the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential precursors to modern cells, could form under realistic early Earth conditions.

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O n a freezing night in January, several hundred people came to Boston’s Museum of Science for a town hall-style discussion ...

France’s AI Action Summit marks a departure from previous gatherings. Some welcome the change. Others say safety has been ...

To some, artificial intelligence (AI) can be a foreign concept akin to science fiction, with little practical application in today’s society. While the recent years have seen AI take over the ...

Technology providers are pushing this ... whoever controls GenAI outputs through guardrails will have a powerful society-shaping tool. There are many areas where certain GenAI guardrails might ...

Rice’s Naomi Halas is the recipient of the 2025 Benjamin Franklin Medal in chemistry, awarded “for the creation and development of nanoshells — metal-coated nanoscale particles that can capture light ...

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Some observers are hopeful that this signals a greater interest in science and technology, but much uncertainty remains about how the advisers will shape US science. What Trump’s election win ...