Sensor uses acoustic waves to detect objects at smallest scales

At the heart of every camera is a sensor, whether that sensor is a collection of light-detecting pixels or a strip of ...

Can scientists detect life without knowing what it looks like? Research using machine learning offers a new way

When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found ...

AI helps explain how covert attention works and uncovers new neuron types

Shifting focus on a visual scene without moving our eyes—think driving, or reading a room for the reaction to your joke—is a ...

Radiation-Detection Systems Are Quietly Running in the Background All Around You

If a major disaster like Fukushima or Chornobyl ever happens again, the world would know almost straight away, thanks to an array of government and DIY radiation-monitoring programs running globally.