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Most medical AI systems make treatment recommendations based on correlations between symptoms and illnesses – a new AI system uses causation instead, like doctors do

Regular bricks can be turned into energy storage devices through a process that uses their red pigment to create a network of conductive fibres inside the bricks

New findings show how ants choose and protect the seeds they disperse

An AI has learned to recognise objects using video captured by a head-mounted camera worn by young children for a few hours per week over their first 3 years of life

Dirty air poses an additional health threat for these important pollinators

New photochemical strategy could jump in where common cross-coupling reactions fall short

The UK Court of Appeal has determined that the use of a face-recognition system by South Wales Police was “unlawful”, which could have ramifications for the widespread use of such technology across the UK

Two new tests that diagnose covid-19 within 90 minutes are being rolled out by the UK government – and while both are promising, neither is supported by publicly available, independent evidence

Drinking and sexual harassment spur experiments to reform core training course

Lucy Jane SantosIcon Books2020 | 320pp | £16.99ISBN 9781785786075

Human trials deliver positive immune responses, while primate challenge studies suggest protection is possible

From radioactive spa treatments to liquid sunshine, this book traces a forgotten part of chemistry history

Antibody studies suggest large numbers of infections have occurred but the death toll remains low

Study would seek to identify effects of bias and how to promote equity

A phosphanyl‐phosphagallene that behaves like a frustrated Lewis pair

A study in San Francisco has found that 17 per cent of deaths ascribed to cardiac arrest were actually caused by drug overdose, most commonly opioids

Fast, portable systems could help to deliver routine infection screening as countries ease lockdowns