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Using AI boosts scientific productivity and career prospects, finds study

Yet the work shows that using AI can lead to a shrinking of research focus

• Astronomy and space
• Research update

New cosmic map will put dark-matter theories to the test

COSMOS-Web uses JWST’s enhanced imaging capabilities

• History
• Feature

Twenty-three nominations, yet no Nobel prize: how Chien-Shiung Wu missed out on the top award in physics

Mats Larsson and Ramon Wyss reveal why Chien-Shiung Wu never won a Nobel prize

• Pollution
• Research update

Scientists quantify behaviour of micro- and nanoplastics in city environments

New insight into the behaviour of atmospheric plastics could be beneficial for investigating their effects on climate, ecosystems and human health

• Particle and nuclear
• Opinion and reviews

The Future Circular Collider is unduly risky – CERN needs a ‘Plan B’

Michael Riordan calls on CERN to face financial and geopolitical reality

• Education and outreach
• Blog

The power of a poster

Kevin McGuigan highlights what a good poster can do for your research

• Mathematics and computation
• Research update

String-theory concept boosts understanding of biological networks

Better imaging data point to surface minimization

• Artificial intelligence
• Opinion and reviews

Is our embrace of AI naïve and could it lead to an environmental disaster?

Johan Hansson says it is dangerous to treat artificial intelligence as a magic wand

• Quantum
• Research update

Encrypted qubits can be cloned and stored in multiple locations

“Elegant” result has implications for a quantum internet

• Environment and energy
• Webinar
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