Forty years ago this week, in the case of Parker v. Flook, the US Supreme Court came close to banning software patents. […]

A U.S. National Science Foundation grant will support the initial development of a data storage network that will enable academic researchers across the United States to work with and share their data more efficiently. […]

Pain is an indispensable tool for survival. […]

Sixty-two years ago this summer, Dartmouth professor John McCarthy coined the term artificial intelligence. Joi Ito, director of MIT's Media Lab, has come to think it's unhelpful. […]

In 2015, a worried father asked Rhema Vaithianathan a question that still weighs on her mind. […]

(Nemours) Researchers at Nemours and the University of Delaware have developed a blood test predictive of spastic cerebral palsy. Their study, published in BMC Bioinformatics, showed that DNA patterns in circulating blood cells can be used to help identify spastic CP patients (Crowgey et al.). New and better ways to identify infants with CP are needed so that interventions can start earlier for more children. […]

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) To help prevent possible complications such as nonunion at large fracture sites, researchers have developed a cartilage matrix that mimics the early stages of repair and provides the essential structural and biological properties needed by bone-forming cells to divide and grow. […]

(Instituto de Medicina Molecular) A new study led by Marc Veldhoen, group leader at Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM) shows how these cells are kept under control. The work published now in Science Immunology, reveals that the "batteries" of these cells have a different composition that reduces their capacity of producing energy, keeping them in a controlled activated mode. […]

(University of California - Riverside) Ming Lee Tang, an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of California, Riverside, has received a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to continue her work on developing hybrid organic-inorganic materials that have applications in healthcare and the solar industry. […]

(Tomsk Polytechnic University) An innovative greenhouse for Arctic farming will combine advanced technologies of Tomsk Polytechnic University. Luminescent nanoceramics for lighting, phytotrons with adjusted spectral radiation, and an automated control system for moving plants will support the operation of the greenhouse. […]

Researchers have developed tools to study the cognitive, societal and algorithmic biases that help fake news spread -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com […]

Tech giants are grappling with questions about illicit sales on their platforms -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com […]

At the second Science on the Hill event, AI, Robotics and Your Health, experts from academia and the private sector talked with Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina about the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com […]

The most immediate AI threat may be the distortion of truth; something we, and other species, have been doing for a long time -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com […]

They fear the online platform will become less open, but other researchers say the buyout could make GitHub more useful -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com […]