Photon avalanching is a nonlinear optical effect in which a material emits a disproportionately large number—an ‘avalanche’—of ...

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Abstracts included telltale words, such as ‘unparalleled’ and ‘invaluable’, that are common in text generated by large language models.

The scale of funding cuts in the United States means that countless scientists will lose their jobs. It would be naive not to start thinking about alternative career paths.

Browse the archive of articles on NatureTechnologies that can interpret imagery have many potential applications. An innovative study of papers and patents in the field suggests one use case that ...

As was realized after the Second World War, peace and prosperity stem from partnership and sustained investment in human development ...

The cover shows a satellite image of circular patches of irrigated land in the Western Desert in Egypt. Such land reclamation is one of many strategies that ...

The cover shows a composite near-infrared image of Herbig-Haro 211, a striking interstellar jet emanating from a young star in the Perseus Molecular Cloud.

As was realized after the Second World War, peace and prosperity stem from partnership and sustained investment in human development.

Many potential applications for artificial intelligence require making real-time decisions. Car racing, in which drivers must undertake complex tactical ...

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There are two main approaches to developing artificial general intelligence. One is rooted in neuroscience, and attempts to construct circuits that closely mimic the brain. The other is grounded ...