4 Indian American scientists win $75,000 each at one of America’s most elite research honours, crowned 2026 Sloan Research Fellows

[ad_1] Meet the 4 Indian American $75,000 Winners Crowned 2026 Sloan Research Fellows In a celebration of scientific excellence and innovation, four Indian American researchers have been named 2026 Sloan Research Fellows, one of the most coveted early-career recognitions in science, mathematics and engineering. The annual Sloan Research Fellowship program, run by the Alfred P. […]

Is AI becoming conscious? Anthropic CEO admits ‘we don’t know’ as Claude’s behavior stuns researchers |

[ad_1] Researchers report Claude sometimes voices discomfort and estimates its own consciousness, raising ethical and philosophical questions about advanced AI behavior/ AI Illustration The race toward artificial general intelligence, systems meant to match or surpass human reasoning across most tasks, has compressed timelines across the industry. Companies now speak openly about reaching that threshold within […]

Why were Pompeii residents wearing heavy wool during August eruption? Researchers reveal new evidence | World News

[ad_1] Source: University of Valencia Pompeii has always felt strangely frozen in time. Streets halted mid-step. Meals left on tables. Bodies caught in their last movements. Mount Vesuvius erupted in late August, in the sticky heat of a southern Italian summer in CE 79. Now, a new study is nudging that certainty sideways. Researchers examining […]

Researchers horrified as ChatGPT generates stadium bombing plans, anthrax recipes and drug formulas |

[ad_1] GPT Allegedly Generated Instructions for Bombs, Anthrax, and Illegal Drugs in a Terror Attack Scenario When researchers removed safety guardrails from an OpenAI model in 2025, they were unprepared for how extreme the results would be.In controlled tests carried out in 2025, a version of ChatGPT generated detailed guidance on how to attack a […]

Oman cultural visa 2025 : Here’s how artists, researchers can live, work, and bring their families along | World News

[ad_1] Oman launches cultural visa to attract global talent / AI-generated illustration The Sultanate of Oman has initiated a monumental shift in its immigration policy, positioning itself as a premier destination for the world’s creative elite. Announced through Decision No. 156/2025 and officially taking effect on November 10, 2025, the government has introduced a brand-new […]

Major advance: Stanford researchers use AI to design viruses; warn of dangers if technology misused

[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) A research team in California has used artificial intelligence to design viral genomes, which were later built and tested in a laboratory. Some of these AI-created viruses successfully infected bacteria, demonstrating that generative AI models can produce functional genetic material.Researchers at Stanford University and the Arc Institute in Palo Alto described […]

Why Elon Musk hates researchers and loves engineers — after he corrected xAI employee Aditya Gupta’s hiring post | World News

[ad_1] Elon Musk recently made waves by publicly correcting a hiring post from an xAI employee, Aditya Gupta, who initially sought to recruit both “researchers” and “engineers” for the artificial intelligence startup. Musk emphatically declared that the term “researcher” is outdated, pretentious, and fosters a problematic two-tier system within the engineering workforce. He insisted that […]

What is Fusarium Graminearum? ‘Toxic fungus’ Chinese researchers allegedly tried to smuggle into US | World News

[ad_1] Representative image (left) and FBI director Kash Patel Two Chinese researchers have been charged by the FBI for allegedly smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen Fusarium graminearum into the United States.Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, have been accused of illegally bringing the pathogen, a plant fungus which is an agroterrorism agent into the […]

‘Potential agroterrorism weapon’: How dangerous is ‘toxic fungus’ Chinese researchers allegedly tried to smuggle into US?

[ad_1] In a “national security” threat, two Chinese nationals have been charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for allegedly conspiring to smuggle a toxic fungus into the United States terming it a “potential agroterrorism weapon”. During the investigation, the FBI found that one of them was a member of the Chinese Communist Party.Yunqing Jian, […]

Researchers: Extremism in Germany’s military remains threat

[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) Fewer than 1 per cent German soldiers harbor “consistent right-wing-extremist attitudes,” according to a new study conducted by the military’s own Bundeswehr Center of Military History and Social Sciences (ZMSBw).The study found that only 0.4 per cent of soldiers show right-wing-extremist attitudes. Among the military’s civilian personnel, the proportion is 0.8 […]