More than two million patients have been saved by advances in diagnosis and treatment since 1991, according to new data.

Neural networks from Alibaba and Microsoft edged past human scores on the measure of machine reading.

AI may seem like a confusing phenomenon, but we often interact with artificial intelligence technology on a daily basis.

An anonymous reader shares a report: The first human test in the U.S. involving the gene-editing tool CRISPR could begin at any time and will employ the DNA cutting technique in a bid to battle deadly cancers. Doctors at the University of Pennsylvania say…

When? This is probably the question futurists, AI experts, and even people with a keen interest in technology dread most. It's been famously difficult to predict when developments in AI will take place. Stanford's new AI Index aims to clarify the situation…

There are three exciting developments that I do expect to transpire within the next 12-18 months.The first major rollouts of autonomous fleets; the development of new mapping and LIDAR technology;…

Though headlines have regularly touted graphene as the next wonder material in the last decade, the trip from promise to practicality has felt a bit lengthy. Still, graphene research has yielded a long list of reasons to keep at it, and there will be no shortage…

An anonymous reader quotes Quartz: Consciousness permeates reality. Rather than being just a unique feature of human subjective experience, it's the foundation of the universe, present in every particle and all physical matter. This sounds like easily-dismissible…

Biologically inspired circuitry could help build future low-power AI chips—if some obstacles are overcome.

Supersmart algorithms won't take all the jobs, But they are learning faster than ever, doing everything from medical diagnostics to serving up ads.

We've been promised a revolution in how and why nearly everything happens. But the limits of modern artificial intelligence are closer than we think.

Quantum computers should soon be able to beat classical computers at certain basic tasks. But before they’re truly powerful, researchers have to overcome a number of fundamental roadblocks.

Opinion: Progress in deep learning research will come from the convergence of engineering and neuroscience.

In the summer of 1935, the physicists Albert Einstein and Erwin Schrödinger engaged in a rich, multifaceted and sometimes fretful correspondence about the implications of the new theory of quantum mechanics. The focus of their worry was what Schrödinger later…

At long last, the Falcon Heavy enters orbit.

Electrodes threaded into the brains of epilepsy patients enhanced their recall on word tests by about 15 percent.

A so-called ‘Starman,’ which is a life-size mannequin wearing a production version of the SpaceX crew spacesuit; a miniature car created by Hot Wheels to commemorate the Roadster and its…

The precursors to human eggs have been grown to full maturity outside the body for the first time.

On Thursday he launched yet another company—this one called Celularity—to take the fight against aging to, of all places, the placenta.

You’ve heard of CRISPR as a way to edit or delete genes.