Science & Technology

Germany Hosts International Conference on Interfaith Cooperation for Environmental Protection ——————————– Academic institutions from Germany, Austria, Spain, Albania and Malaysia presented the results of an international project promoting interfaith cooperation in environmental protection, climate education and sustainable development at a…

AI in Healthcare: Prevention Opportunities, Need for Regulatory Oversight —————————————- Artificial intelligence could help shift healthcare systems from treatment-focused approaches toward prevention by analyzing medical data and identifying people at risk of developing diseases at an early stage. However, realizing…

Astronomers Detect Record-Breaking Radio Burst from Early Universe ———————————– Astronomers have detected what researchers believe is the most distant fast radio burst (FRB) ever recorded, a powerful pulse of radio waves that travelled for more than 10 billion years before…

AI Speech Clock May Reveal Signs of Biological Aging ————————————– Researchers have developed a machine-learning “speech clock” that estimates a person’s age from subtle acoustic and linguistic patterns in their speech. A study of nearly 3,000 people from Latin America…

Study Identifies Hidden Force Deep Inside Earth That May Affect Day Length —————————————— Two physicists at Canada’s University of Alberta have identified a hidden force deep inside Earth that may slightly alter the planet’s rotation, changing the length of a…

Google Unveils Gemini 4 Argon AI Model with Focus on Complex Tasks, Cybersecurity ————————————— Google has announced Gemini 4 Argon, a new frontier artificial intelligence model designed to handle complex, multi-step and long-duration tasks across software engineering, enterprise knowledge work…

Microsoft Unveils New AI Speech Models ——————————— Microsoft has launched three new AI models for voice applications: MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming, MAI-Voice-2.1, and MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash. The transcription model supports 60 languages with real-time, incremental speech-to-text and automatic language detection. According to Artificial Analysis, MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming…

Scientists Develop Ultra-Precise Atomic Clock Using Lutetium —————– Researchers have developed an ultra-precise atomic clock based on lutetium that could lose or gain less than one second over 300 billion years, according to its developers. The clock uses transitions between…

OpenAI delays release of GPT-6.1 Astra after safety concerns emerge ——————————————- OpenAI has postponed the planned release of its GPT-6.1 Astra artificial intelligence model after internal safety evaluations raised concerns about its ability to remain within authorized limits and consistently…

Researchers Warn of Growing Concerns Over AI Self-Improvement and the Need for Oversight —————————————— Technology experts are raising concerns about the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence and the possibility of future systems capable of significantly improving their own capabilities, urging…