Articles tagged with Machine Learning
A new class of ultra-high strength and ductility steel has been created using machine learning, achieving a rare balance of extreme strength and ductility. The resulting metal resists corrosion and degrades slowly in salt-water tests.
Binghui Wang, an Illinois Tech Assistant Professor of Computer Science, has been awarded the 2025 Distinguished Junior R&D Award by the IEEE Chicago Section for his groundbreaking research in AI security and trustworthy machine learning. The award recognizes Wang's impactful work on developing provably secure and trustworthy AI systems.
Current AI systems lack internal embodiment, a property that humans take for granted, which can lead to performance and behavior limitations. Researchers propose a dual-embodiment framework to guide future research in building safer and more aligned AI models.
A team of researchers at Binghamton University has developed a method to pinpoint discoveries that reshaped the course of science. The new metric uses neural embedding to analyze approximately 55 million scientific papers and patents, identifying major breakthroughs and simultaneous discoveries with greater accuracy.
A new AI chatbot helps patients access retinal detachment advice through personalized, real-time, clinically grounded conversations. The system outperformed leading large language models and includes accessibility features for people with low vision or limited English proficiency.
Researchers evaluated the performance of the Phoenix Sepsis Score for predicting in-hospital mortality among pediatric ICU patients in China. They found that a modified version, PSS+, showed substantially improved discrimination without sacrificing clinical usability.
Researchers have created a new AI model that can simulate molecules under extreme conditions, allowing for reliable discoveries in fields like drug development and sustainable chemistry. The model's stability opens up new opportunities for simulations in areas where long-term accuracy is essential.
Researchers have developed a reconfigurable textile interface that supports flat touch, folded 3D manipulation, and shape-change commands. The 'one cloth, many states' framework reduces the need to swap props and recalibrate alignment, making it promising for constrained-space operation training and human-machine interaction scenarios.
HeapGrasp uses RGB images to analyze object silhouettes and estimate its 3D shape, reducing the need for depth information. The approach achieves high accuracy while minimizing camera movement and execution time.
Researchers developed AI models to analyze conversations between children with cancer and their caregivers, detecting severe symptoms that require extra support. More complex prompting strategies outperformed simpler ones in accurately identifying symptom severity and its impact.
New research from the University of East London suggests that machine learning can improve the accuracy and nuance of personality tests like DISC assessment. Using over 1,000 participants, researchers achieved accuracy rates of over 93% in predicting personality types and identified four clear clusters with subtle overlaps.
Researchers have developed a new system to map gene expression across whole mouse bodies, providing a toolkit for studying molecular and cellular processes. The technique allows for the analysis of inflammation in every cell type and organ tissue, paving the way for a 'virtual mouse' model that could be used for research.
Researchers developed a machine learning model to predict 28-day mortality in patients with sepsis complicated by acute respiratory failure. The model demonstrated strong discrimination for predicting mortality, with key variables including oxygenation indices, serum albumin levels, and disease severity scores.
A Mayo Clinic study found that wearable sleep data can improve the prediction of patient engagement in a 12-week home pulmonary rehabilitation program. By combining baseline sleep data with machine learning and traditional clinical indicators, clinicians can tailor more effective care plans for patients with COPD.
A new deep learning model classifies Japanese Sue ware from 3D scans with high accuracy, using three-dimensional point clouds directly. The model achieved an overall accuracy of 93.2%, performing almost perfectly on visually distinct categories, while focusing on regions that may correspond to expert archaeologists' considerations.
Researchers developed an AI tool called PathogenFinder2 that can detect harmful bacteria before they infect humans. The tool uses protein language models and has been shown to significantly improve the detection of bacterial threats.
Researchers developed a machine learning model that analyzes patient demographics, electronic health record data, and blood test results to predict hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) risk. The model achieved high accuracy and outperformed existing liver cancer risk prediction models, offering potential for widespread use in resource-limite...
Researchers developed an AI model that analyzes routine pathology slides to predict breast cancer recurrence and chemotherapy benefit. The model was validated in a large clinical trial and demonstrates fast, accessible, and globally scalable diagnostic capabilities.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will host the seventh AI for Good Global Summit from 7 to 10 July 2026 at Geneva’s Palexpo convention centre. The summit aims to guide the future of artificial intelligence and unlock its potential to serve humanity.
Researchers from SDSU discovered surprising similarities among ancient writing systems from Africa and the Caucasus region. The study suggests the Armenian alphabet may be more closely related to the ancient Ethiopic writing system than previously thought, revealing possible cultural contact and influence between regions.
Researchers introduce the capabilities approach-contextual integrity (CA-CI) framework to address privacy and dignity risks in AI systems. The framework evaluates normative appropriateness of AI systems beyond narrow tasks and stable contexts, securing social life and human dignity.
Researchers at Dartmouth College developed a mathematical framework to map students' conceptual knowledge from short multiple-choice quizzes, revealing peaks of mastery and valleys of struggle. The technique could enable personalized learning, AI tutoring systems, and more efficient feedback.
A new AI pipeline called RAVEN has validated over 100 exoplanets, including 31 newly detected planets, using NASA's TESS data. The study found that around 9-10% of Sun-like stars host a close-in planet, and 'Neptunian desert' planets occur around just 0.08% of Sun-like stars.
A new study found that over 155,000 US deaths between March 2020 and December 2021 were not officially recorded as COVID-19 deaths, highlighting critical gaps in the death investigation system. These unrecognized deaths disproportionately affected certain populations, including racial and ethnic minorities.
Researchers have developed AI models to predict molecular electrostatic potentials, enabling rapid and accurate analysis of battery electrolytes. The study reveals that quadrupole moments provide valuable information for recovering the electrostatic landscape from simple point charges.
Researchers at TU Graz developed a neuroadaptive VR system that adjusts the intensity of exposure to anxiety levels, optimizing effectiveness in treating arachnophobia. The system uses EEG data and heart rate analysis, providing reliable indicators of stress and anxiety.
A team of computer scientists developed an algorithm that mimics bird flocking to help AI produce more reliable summaries of long documents. The framework reduces repetition and preserves key points, resulting in more accurate and concise summaries.
A new benchmarking study shows that AI coding tools struggle with structured outputs in software development, with even advanced models achieving only 75% accuracy. This highlights the need for human oversight and suggests that AI systems are not yet reliable enough to operate without human supervision.
Researchers developed a new multiview DNN structure to capture complex 3D anatomy and physiology from multiple imaging views, improving diagnostic accuracy for cardiovascular conditions. The approach demonstrated better performance than single-view DNNs and provided a viable alternative for other medical imaging modalities.
Researchers developed a computational tool that infers telomere length from structural changes in cells and tissues captured in medical biopsies. The TLPath model accurately predicts telomere length, providing new opportunities for studying human aging.
The new framework groups stations with similar hydrological behavior, reducing computational cost while maintaining high predictive accuracy. This approach enables scalable, data-efficient AI systems for water level forecasting, supporting flood early-warning systems, optimized reservoir and irrigation management, and improved decision...
The ARU Arm AI Lab will provide researchers and students with access to advanced Arm AI technology, focusing on real-world applications in healthcare and life sciences. This partnership will also support emerging talent and drive innovation, building on existing collaborations and industry projects.
A new photocatalyst design using machine learning interatomic potential calculations has successfully identified suitable dopants for a novel tin oxide material. The resulting aluminum-doped material produces 16 times more hydrogen under visible light than the undoped material, paving the way for next-generation clean energy applications.
Researchers developed predictive AI models that identified patients at risk of intimate partner violence from their medical records, years before they enrolled in care. The models achieved high accuracy and could detect IPV up to four years before patients sought care.
Kalinin's work is reshaping how new materials are designed, tested, and studied, enabling researchers to predict promising new materials computationally. He has developed machine learning-driven systems that can synthesize and characterize new materials at unprecedented speed.
Researchers developed an AI tool to predict patients at risk of intimate partner violence, using data from medical visits. The tool achieved high accuracy in detecting IPV among patients, with the multimodal fusion model outperforming others, detecting risk 88% of the time.
Researchers at MIT developed a new method that coaxes AI models to achieve better accuracy and clearer explanations in safety-critical applications. The approach extracts concepts the model has learned while training for a specific task and forces it to use those, producing better explanations than standard concept bottleneck models.
MIT researchers developed a generative AI-driven approach for planning long-term visual tasks, surpassing existing techniques with a 70% success rate. The system combines vision-language models with formal planners, enabling robots to navigate complex environments and assemble multi-robot teams with high efficiency.
Researchers developed an algorithm to optimize truck-drone aid delivery, focusing on minimizing the time difference between earliest and latest deliveries to ensure fairness and even distribution of aid. The system uses evolutionary algorithms to find the best solutions and can be adjusted in real-time to accommodate changing needs.
Jeonbuk National University researchers have developed DDINet, a lightweight and scalable model that can accurately predict drug-drug interactions for new, unseen drugs. This approach avoids overfitting to training data and is designed to handle binary and multi-classification tasks.
New research published in Weather assesses the energy consumption of AI models and finds that they consume considerable energy during training, but offset this by rapid forecasting ability. AI data-driven models are estimated to consume at least 21 times less energy than traditional models over one-year usage.
A new study by Mount Sinai researchers found that distributed multi-agent AI systems can maintain superior accuracy levels while using significantly fewer computing resources compared to single-agent designs. This approach can help healthcare organizations scale AI without sacrificing quality or safety.
A Chinese Neurosurgical Journal study developed a radiomics-based machine learning model to identify high-risk patients with traumatic brain injury who require emergency decompressive surgery. The model accurately distinguished patients who later required secondary surgery, suggesting its potential to complement clinical judgment.
A major UK study found that local councils are progressing at varying speeds towards AI adoption, with some councils building robust data foundations and others struggling with legacy systems. The report highlights the importance of leadership ambition, governance discipline, and strategic clarity in determining AI readiness.
Researchers developed a new noninvasive brain stimulation technique by combining focused ultrasound with electrical stimulation, producing stronger, targeted brain responses. This approach, called transcranial electro-acoustic stimulation, clarifies conflicting results in the field and introduces a new approach to noninvasive brain sti...
Researchers developed Zephyrus, an AI agent capable of analyzing and answering questions in natural language about weather and climate data. The agent can handle language-based queries, translating them into code and generating plain language answers.
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital developed BOUQUET to analyze 3D-enhancer architecture in machine learning-based graph theory framework, identifying protein condensates and predicting gene expression. The findings provide new insight into how cells regulate genes controlling specialized identities.
Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed LIBRIS, an automated microfluidic platform capable of generating lipid nanoparticle formulations at high speed and scale. This enables the creation of large, systematic datasets needed to train predictive AI models, accelerating the design of lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery.
Scientists at the University of Sydney have developed an ultra-compact AI chip that harnesses the power of light to perform calculations, potentially lowering energy consumption and increasing speed. The prototype, built in-house, achieved 90-99% classification accuracy in image classification tasks.
The Ateneo Laboratory for Intelligent Visual Environments (ALIVE) is developing machine learning solutions with industry partners to improve public health, traffic systems, and more. By bridging the gap between messy reality and mathematical models, ALIVE is creating intelligent visual systems that can handle real-world conditions.
Researchers create metallic glass with exceptional kinetic stability while retaining ductility, opening new avenues for high-performance amorphous materials. The discovery uses oxygen patterning to decouple properties, allowing for tailored material design with unprecedented precision.
A new study suggests that over 40% of UK adults are happy to use ChatGPT for mental health support due to long waiting times for traditional services. However, experts caution that AI should not replace human healthcare professionals and raise concerns about the potential impact on education and physical health.
Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute developed an AI tool that analyzes brain scans to predict Alzheimer's disease. The method is accurate in detecting the disease among normal brains and those with mild cognitive impairment, highlighting key anatomical changes such as volume loss in the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex.
A York University-led study used machine-learning models to analyze 64 immune biomarkers in people with and without HIV who received COVID-19 vaccines. The researchers found clear vaccine-initiated immune response biomarkers between the two groups, but also identified outliers that provide insights into the complex nature of the immune...
A new machine learning approach accelerates Raman spectrum prediction for fast-ion conductors, revealing liquid-like ion motion. The method identifies low-frequency Raman signatures associated with high ionic mobility and relaxational host-lattice dynamics.
A recent study found that AI programs are up to 97% accurate at detecting pictures of deepfake faces, but performed at chance levels when it comes to detecting deepfake videos. Humans correctly identified real and fake videos about two-thirds of the time, picking up on subtle inconsistencies in movement and facial expressions. The stud...
Scientists have identified five distinct species of antbirds, including two new species, by integrating AI, vocal analysis, and traditional museum work. The study reveals that populations separated by major Amazonian rivers have evolved into distinct species.
A new study explores the market effects of unleashing generative AI on creative endeavors, finding that low-quality 'AI slop' harms consumers and professionals. High-quality AI, however, can enhance professional work while providing consumers with better content options.
A new AI model, TweetyBERT, automatically segments and classifies canary vocalizations with expert-level accuracy, providing insights into the neural basis of human language. The model, developed by University of Oregon researchers, uses self-supervised machine learning to analyze birdsongs and identify communication units, potentially...
Recent advances in machine learning enable the non-targeted analysis of thousands of chemical features in a single environmental sample. Machine learning models can predict tandem mass spectra from known molecular structures and infer molecular formulas, significantly narrowing down candidate structures.