Chatbots shouldn’t use emojis
[ad_1] Last month, The New York Times published a conversation between reporter Kevin Roose and ‘Sydney’, the codename for Microsoft’s Bing chatbot, which is powered by artificial intelligence (AI). The…
Five steps to make MRI scanners more affordable to the world
[ad_1] In 2014, paediatric neurosurgeon Steven Schiff approached our research team with a challenge: build an easy-to-use, portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system at a fraction of the cost of…
Uncovering the secrets of the world’s only frozen fish
[ad_1] The Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii) is the only fish that can survive being encased in solid ice. It is native to the Amur River drainage of northeastern Asia, where…
China is mobilizing science to spur development — and self-reliance
[ad_1] President Xi Jinping re-election for a third term was formalised during the National People’s Congress in Beijing.Credit: Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Science has been elevated in the Chinese national…
Spectacular new claim of room-temperature superconductivity
[ad_1] Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here A magnet levitating over a cryogenically cooled superconductor (artist’s concept).Credit:…
Snub-nosed monkeys have taught me important life lessons
[ad_1] I have been studying the behaviour and conservation of four species of snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus spp.) in China since 2002.The monkeys form stable, mixed-sex bands of several hundred members,…
How cell-free processes could speed up vaccine development
[ad_1] An artistic rendition of an iVAX vaccine being prepared in the field.Credit: Justin Muir In January, the US Food and Drug Administration granted breakthrough status to a vaccine for…
Suspected Iran schoolgirl poisonings: what scientists know
[ad_1] Demonstrators in Madrid highlight the plight of Iran's schoolgirls.Credit: Diego Radamés/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Iran's government has arrested more than 100 people that it says are responsible for an unknown sickness…
Confronting racial and ethnic disparities in diabetic kidney disease
[ad_1] In the United States, people from minority ethnic groups with diabetes have higher rates of kidney disease than white people with diabetes.Credit: Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Times via Getty Nephrologist…
Japan’s rising research stars: Yasuka Toda
[ad_1] Yasuka Toda has traced the genetic history of animal taste receptors to uncover how they influence evolution.Credit: Irwin Wong for Nature This is the fourth in a Nature Index…
