Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping medicine, yet how future doctors feel about AI remain poorly understood in Japan. The newly developed 12-item attitudes towards artificial intelligence (ATTARI-12) scale has shown good validity and reliability, prompting researchers to create a Japanese version, J-ATTARI-12. Validated among medical students and residents across Japan, J-ATTARI-12 offers a structured way to understand readiness, concerns, and acceptance of AI in medical training and practice.

Shrinking ferroelectric tunnel junctions can significantly boost their performance in memory devices, as reported by researchers from Science Tokyo. The team fabricated nanoscale junctions directly on silicon substrates and analyzed conduction mechanisms across a wide temperature range and multiple device scales. They found that smaller junction areas produced much larger resistance contrasts between the ‘ON’ and ‘OFF’ states, demonstrating that miniaturization could directly improve both efficiency and reliability in future non-volatile memory technologies.

Countries with stronger and better-targeted climate policies are cutting carbon emissions significantly faster, a major new study finds. Analysing more than 3,900 policies across 43 economies, researchers show that climate policies have already avoided over 3 billion tonnes of CO₂ in a single year, with the biggest gains coming from policies focused on high-emitting sectors such as energy, industry and transport.

Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) and Imperial College London have overturned a long-standing assumption about how life begins at the molecular level. Using a new high-resolution technology, they show that the genome is far more organised during its earliest moments than previously believed. Understanding this 3D organisation is critical, as its failure can lead to developmental disorders and diseases such as cancer.

It is not easy to bring new technologies from the laboratory to market. Researchers and companies face very different demands for new developments and do not always find common ground. Scientists at Empa and other institutions have analyzed two emerging solar cell technologies to identify the greatest risks. Their conclusion: Research and industry must start collaborating much earlier.

Fine chemicals are part of daily life, serving as dyes, fragrances, and food additives. However, their production harms the climate and environment due to toxic chemical precursors. Since 2023, researchers in the ETOS Future Cluster, jointly led by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), have been working to replace conventional production processes with electrochemical processes that use renewable electricity. Following a successful initial phase, Germany’s Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR) funds the cluster for an additional three years, providing EUR 12 million.