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Scientists use toxic ‘forever chemicals’ to extract 99% pure battery-grade lithium

In chemistry, some problems are so persistent that they are nicknamed “forever.” Perfluoroalkyl and ...
The Guardian

KPMG partner fined for using artificial intelligence to cheat in AI training test

Firm says person fined A$10,000 is one of over two dozen staff in Australia caught using AI in exams since July Business live – latest updates A partner at the consultancy KPMG has been fined for ...

Five-minute test spots PFAS down to parts-per-trillion

When Sandia scientists Ryan Davis and Nathan Bays set out to find a better way to absorb and degrade PFAS in water sources, ...
The Irish Times

KPMG partner in Australia fined over using AI to pass AI test

A partner at KPMG Australia has been fined A$10,000 (€5,972) after using AI tools to cheat on an internal training course about using AI. The unnamed partner was forced to redo the test after ...
Nature

Blood test holds promise for predicting when Alzheimer’s symptoms will start

A simple blood test might one day serve as a molecular ‘clock’ that predicts not only whether someone will develop Alzheimer’s disease — but when. Blood tests are now approved for Alzheimer’s: how ...
New Scientist

Chemistry clues could detect aliens unlike any life on Earth

Looking for molecular evidence of life on other worlds is tricky, but a test based on the reactivity of carbon compounds ...
Psychology Today

Narcissism Test

Psychology Today's online self-tests are intended for informational purposes only and are not diagnostic tools. Psychology Today does not capture or store personally identifiable information, and your ...

Study finds nanocube cation exchange can begin on one face, not six

In a paper published today in Nature Synthesis, a team from the lab of University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) and Chemistry Department Prof. Paul Alivisatos ...
Sky

Claude Opus 4.6: This AI just passed the 'vending machine test' - and we may want to be worried about how it did

When leading AI company Anthropic launched its latest AI model, Claude Opus 4.6, at the end of last week, it broke many measures of intelligence and effectiveness - including one crucial benchmark: ...
Scientific American

The chemist who taught AI to run the lab

Gabriel Gomes believes the future of chemistry is as much about flasks and fume hoods as it is about code. A chemical engineer at Carnegie Mellon University, Gomes works at the intersection of ...
ZDNet

The right way to run an internet speed test (and how I use the results for better Wi-Fi)

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Geoengineering test put 65,000 L of chemicals into the ocean

Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution released 65,000 litres of sodium hydroxide into the Gulf of Maine last summer, making it the first federally permitted test of whether adding ...