The University of Osaka researchers developed a reinforcement learning framework that lets dialogue systems efficiently learn new words while asking fewer questions. This approach enhances user experience and enables future systems to naturally acquire family-specific nicknames and expressions, becoming more familiar companions in everyday life.

Scientists have unveiled a pioneering method that could help farmers reclaim lands blighted by toxic metals and boost the safety of crops grown in contaminated soils. The study, led by a research team in China, reveals that phosphorus-modified biochar, a carbon-rich material derived from apple tree branches, can dramatically reduce the threat posed by heavy metals in agricultural soils near mining areas.

Research has opened the door for coastal wetland restoration projects to potentially earn tradeable biodiversity certificates. 

Electrical and computer engineering professor Nicola Bezzo is pioneering empathetic, resilient robots that can anticipate human needs in complex environments.

A team of researchers from Rice and collaborators have found a way to make two different phonons in thin films of lead halide perovskite interact with light so strongly that they merge into entirely new hybrid states of matter.

A new artificial intelligence tool can scan social media data to discover adverse events associated with consumer health products, according to a study published September 30^th in the open-access journal PLOS Digital Health by John Ayers of the University of California, San Diego, U.S., and colleagues.