The first ever full-scale demonstration of a nuclear reactor designed to passively cool itself in an emergency was a success, showing that it should be possible to build nuclear plants without the risk of dangerous meltdown.

AI-powered tools represent a paradigm shift by enabling rapid analysis of all kinds of wildfire-related data, enhancing the overall efficiency of disaster response and recovery operations.

...new AI systems are helping speed up the lengthy, complicated and costly process of bringing new chemicals to market...Bayer is using an AI system, internally named “CropKey,” to help match the protein structure of a weed with a chemical molecule that targets that structure by sifting through data faster than humans...The system helped Bayer develop a new weed-killing chemical, called Icafolin, set to be released in Brazil in 2028. The company says it will be the first new herbicide in more than 30 years.

...an artificially-intelligent tool capable of predicting in four cases out of five whether people with early signs of dementia will remain stable or develop Alzheimer’s disease.

...software being tested in Uganda will allow a scan without the need for specialists, providing an incentive for pregnant women to visit health services early on... helping to reduce stillbirths and complications.

ViTime is ... leveraging visual data processing paradigms to enhance forecasting capabilities...Achieves state-of-the-art zero-shot forecasting on diverse datasets, often surpassing the best supervised models.

…robot proved to be up to 90 percent reliable at navigating, even when given tricky commands such as “Where did I leave my coaster?” DeepMind’s system “has significantly improved the naturalness of human-robot interaction, and greatly increased the robot usability,” the team writes.

Designed to feel and sound like real animals...which can help soothe patients with dementia and access happy memories of pet ownership.

The results showed a significant reduction in the risk of various cancers among those taking semaglutide, with some cancers seeing a reduction in risk by as much as 65%.

...innovative system, dubbed “Open-TeleVision,” enables operators to actively perceive the robot’s surroundings while mirroring their hand and arm movements.