#scientific-research

#scientific-research

A new report from OpenAI and a group of outside scientists shows how GPT-5, the company's latest AI large language model (LLM), can help with research from black holes to cancerfighting cells to math puzzles. Each chapter in the paper offers case studies: a mathematician or a physicist stuck in a quandary, a doctor trying to confirm a lab result. They all ask GPT-5 for help. Sometimes the LLM gets things wrong.

The shutdown of the US government, about to enter its third week, is starting to take a toll on US science. Since the shutdown began, the administration of US President Donald Trump has cancelled funding for clean-energy research projects and laid off public-health workers. The activities of some federally funded museums and laboratories have been suspended, along with the processing of grant applications by agencies such as the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Spreadsheets are broadly accessible but can cause headaches for the unwary, as errors may arise from accidental overwrites or incorrect calculations.

In a letter to Lord Patrick Vallance, Dame Chinyelu Onwurah expressed disappointment that the Global Talent Fund overlooks institutions in Northern England, excluding them from significant funding.

On the morning of 6 August 1945, in Hiroshima, Japan, a flash of light enveloped the sky so brightly that a 13-year-old boy, Oiwa Kohei, thought the Sun had fallen to Earth and landed in his mother's flower beds.

The Spanish government has pitched to bring the Thirty Meter Telescope to La Palma, pledging €400 million to support the project as the US halts funding.

"Isambard-AI places Bristol at the centre of the AI revolution, spearheading AI innovation and scientific discovery in important areas such as drug discovery and climate research."

"The NIH policy has been welcomed by open-access (OA) advocates, and reflects a global shift towards making publicly funded research freely available."

The communities of bacteria, archaea, viruses, and fungi in our digestive tracts have a huge impact on our overall health, influencing digestion and nutrient absorption.

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of quantum mechanics, hundreds of researchers gathered on Heligoland, the site where Heisenberg developed his groundbreaking theory in 1925.

Writing at Nature, Humberto Basilio examined the study with an eye towards seeing where it fits with the ongoing discussion over taurine's health benefits.

The proposed 2026 budget suggests nearly 40% cuts to the National Institutes of Health and over 50% to the National Science Foundation, deeply affecting US scientific research.

The phenomenon of milky seas, vast glowing patches in the ocean, has captivated sailors for centuries, yet little scientific understanding existed until recently.

Both Einstein and Randall were almost the same age when they developed their theories – 36 and 37, respectively.

Cuts to international aid ordered by Donald Trump have caused many African HIV researchers to fear for the future of long-term research programmes.

The US National Science Foundation has paused its policy that sought to impose a 15% cap on research overhead payments, addressing concerns from universities.

What I felt was energy, a constantly connected, beautiful and fantastic energy. There was no time, place or space, and nothing to see...

In March, some 1,900 members of the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published an open letter, declaring: "We are sending this SOS to sound a clear warning: the nation's scientific enterprise is being decimated."

Fourteen women with fibromyalgia received an experimental therapy involving gut bacteria from healthy women, finding that most experienced symptom improvements in pain, anxiety, and sleep.

Funding for the global Covid vaccine safety project was suddenly cut without warning, without planning, she told the Guardian.

NASA is increasing its citizen scientist recruitment efforts, participating in Citizen Science Month and aiming for one million contributions by the end of April.