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An AI video generator can turn text, images, and other creative inputs into video, but the category now

Forests provide timber as well as many other ecosystem services. An important question is how measures to conserve biodiversity affect the profitability of forest operations focused on wood production. Researchers from Wageningen University & Research and the University of Freiburg reviewed studies worldwide that compared forest management with biodiversity conservation measures against business-as-usual management without those measures. The work is published in the journal Current Forestry Reports.

Like tendrils on a vine, lava spreads out from the northern crater of Krasheninnikov, a volcano pair on the Pacific coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. On July 30, 2025, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck in the nearby ocean, apparently jolting one of the two volcanoes awake. A few days later, for the first time in nearly five centuries, Krasheninnikov started erupting. Since then, the northern volcano has been spilling a steady, eastward-flowing field of molten rock and debris, and the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission has been tracking the changes in the landscape.

Picking an AI video tool used to mean picking a model. In 2026 it mostly means picking a

Most exoplanets we find have been around a long time. They’ve cleared out their orbital path (one of the requirements of planethood, as fans of Pluto well know), have their own gravitational pull, and in many cases shine with their own infrared light. But it takes a long time to get to that point - finding “young” planets is much harder. But a new paper available in The Astrophysical Journal Letters by a research team led by Andrea Bernardi of Diego Portales University in Chile describes a new paper that definitely takes the prize as the youngest exoplanet we’ve yet found.

AI video platform Synthesia is among the companies shipping tools that translate video into other languages using AI.

DJI’s New Wireless Video Link DJI priced its newest film-set radio in pounds and euros. No dollar figure

The picture – The Quiet Predator– was taken by Kuwaiti photographer Ali Alobaidly The post Spectacular image of the Shark Nebula wins Royal Observatory Greenwich prize appeared first on Physics World.

The Black Death is often remembered as a single catastrophic event that swept across Europe between 1347 and 1353, killing millions. Yet the disease did not disappear after that first devastating outbreak. For more than four centuries, plague continued to return in recurring waves, reshaping communities, economies and societies across Europe and beyond. A new study led by researchers at the University of Tartu sheds fresh light on this long and complex history by analyzing the DNA of the plague bacterium preserved in archaeological human remains. The study is published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

AI video generation has come a long way. Today, a Realistic AI Video Generator can create smoother motion,

Environmental sustainability researchers at NUS found that widely used environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings often fail to reflect companies' actual exposure to deforestation, highlighting the need to integrate satellite-based environmental data into sustainable investing frameworks.

Low-quality footage does not automatically become better just because it has been sharpened harder or exported at 4K.

Wafer-scale fabrication has enabled silicon-photonics platforms to use semiconductor fabrication tools and processes to transmit and process data on semiconductor chips. However, these platforms have primarily focused on fabrication processes that yield opaque, rigid photonic wafers and chips, limiting the potential applications for which they can be used. So far, fabrication of transparent, flexible photonic chips has been limited to chips produced at the individual device or chip scale. To improve scalability and make silicon photonics available for practical use, MIT researchers and engineers at NY Creates at the Albany NanoTech Complex developed and validated a fabrication process that uses standard semiconductor manufacturing...

In a discovery that challenges our understanding of dinosaur distribution during the Late Jurassic period, paleontologists have identified the first evidence of the iconic Diplodocus outside North America.

Somebody in Lisbon says something funny and you laugh at it in Toronto, apparently at the same instant.

Why Controlled AI Editing Starts with a Reference Image The first promising image produced by an AI model

For decades, scientists have understood proteins primarily through two defining features: their amino acid sequence and their three-dimensional structure. This framework has driven major advances in biology, biotechnology and medicine, culminating in recent artificial intelligence tools capable of predicting protein structures with remarkable accuracy.

If you want to drum up support for environmental action, putting climate change front and center may not always be the best strategy. A new study by Aya Takagi and Ryosuke Nakadai of Yokohama National University suggests that support for policies that emphasize biodiversity conservation, including conservation measures that also contribute to climate goals, may be less divided along cultural lines than measures explicitly associated with climate change.

For years, scientists have relied primarily on radio imaging from techniques like very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) to study jets from the active galactic nuclei of supermassive black holes. This allows for the detection of broad, unresolved features, called components, moving at what appear to be faster-than-light speeds. However, traditional imaging has poor resolution and treats each observation as a separate snapshot in time, limiting information about how the features move.

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HomeKit’s Biggest Update in Years iOS 27 is built around Siri AI and general polish, but HomeKit owners

Password protection controls who opens a video the first time and nothing after that. Secure video hosting platforms

Backlinks allow search engines to know which sites are worth considering. Nevertheless, the number of links is not

Three frontier video models shipped within six weeks of each other this summer. Together they doubled the clip

Prom is one of the most exciting events on the school calendar for many high school seniors.

Why the next wave of generative video will be defined by control, connected workflows, and real-time interaction For

A Google Quantum AI researcher recently described visuals and metaphors as essential to sharing research that often sounds

Nā ʻUhane Māhoe Huki Pū i ke Ola is the Hawaiian name given to NGC 7253—a pair of spiral galaxies caught in each other's gravity. Captured by the Gemini North telescope on Maunakea in Hawai'i, the image created a spectacular symbolic display for this year's interns participating in Project Hōkūlani.

We know from a wealth of research that children's picture books support language learning.

Australia's agricultural exports have long traded on a simple label: clean and green.

In 1899, scientists began tracking avian migration by placing a small ring with an identifier around birds' ankles. Researchers then had to recapture the birds elsewhere, leaving the journey between those points a mystery. Today, GPS tags allow researchers to see every stage of bird migration. The tags are small, have long-lasting batteries and solar panels, and track dozens of metrics. Migration is no longer described as just a theoretical range but rather as an exact map. Despite this technological advancement, the routes of many species in their respective flyways remain undescribed.

Some molecules come in two "handed" forms. This property, called chirality, can influence not only how molecules interact with light but also which electron spins they allow to pass. Researchers at the University of Osaka have developed novel chiral hole-transport materials that shed new light on this unusual effect while also improving the interfaces of perovskite solar cells.

Generative AI Is Removing the Blank Canvas Earlier this year, an HR professional in my network was preparing

The Roman Space Telescope is designed to directly image exoplanets using complex optomechanical systems developed by the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

Sometimes images are released before anyone realizes they have been photobombed, meaning something unexpected showed up in the background. A team of researchers found a naked photobombing comet in publicly available archival data from the Subaru Telescope, resulting not in mirth but in serious scientific discoveries.

A NASA-led team hopes to take a shortcut to direct imaging of extrasolar Earth-like planets. The idea is to use what they call a hybrid telescope composed of an orbital starshade coupled with the next-generation extremely large ground-based optical telescopes.

A research team at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) has developed a new optical corner-detection imaging method that uses azimuthal Hilbert transform metasurfaces and is designed to work as a universal framework. The study marks an important advance in high-speed, low-power optical information processing and has demonstrated potential for motion-tracking applications.

By: Georgette Virgo Solsten’s Elaris is combining psychological assessments of real customers, more than 200,000 pre-measured audiences, and

For the past few years, text-to-image generation has dominated the conversation around AI creativity. Type a sentence, and

Alibaba’s Wan3.0 Video Model Alibaba formally rolled out Wan3.0, the newest version of its AI video generation model,

Innovative NASA-funded orbital starshade could help capture first direct images from extrasolar earths.

Modern biology research can now generate valuable data on an unprecedented scale. But there is one major obstacle: making sense of these complex high-dimensional datasets. A team at the University of Basel, Switzerland, has developed a new tool that can provide accurate pictures of the structures hiding within highly complex datasets. By helping scientists uncover hidden patterns in the data, the software will help make new scientific discoveries.

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope recently imaged NGC 2392 (also known as the Lion Nebula), named for its distinctive appearance, which resembles a lion's face seen head-on.

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The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured images of NGC 2392 (also known as the Lion Nebula), which Hubble previously imaged in 2000.

Researchers have discovered a new genus and species of underground earthworm eel living beneath the Indo-Gangetic Plain in Bihar, northern India. The small, colorless creature, named Gangaichthys indonepalicus, is the first subterranean fish recorded from the Gangetic Basin.

Data was taken with the MOTHRA telescope, which is still under construction The post New image captures glowing shock waves in the Helix Nebula appeared first on Physics World.

Finding the right music for a video can take surprisingly long. Sometimes the problem isn’t finding a song

Superconductors are materials that conduct electricity with zero electrical resistance below specific temperatures. Most of these materials become superconducting at very low temperatures, but some also exhibit superconductivity at higher temperatures.

New research introduces a contactless way to see how mirror-image materials respond differently to circularly polarized light, without first building them into a complete electronic device. The researchers developed a novel method based on light-induced charge separation that allows researchers to directly probe how the material's structure acts like a microscopic filter, influencing how electrons separate and move.

A global constellation of neutrino detectors is creating a never-before-seen view of the radioactive elements that power Earth’s tectonic heat engine. The post Neutrinos From Deep Inside Earth Provide a New Picture of the Mantle first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Look at a robotics simulator training an autonomous system, a digital twin of a city monitoring live infrastructure

Something fundamental shifted on X in January 2026. The platform retired its old rules based ranking system and

Picture reveals tiny plasma whirlpool-like patterns that have never been seen before The post Astronomers capture highest-resolution image ever of the Sun’s surface appeared first on Physics World.

Creating long-form videos traditionally requires extensive time, resources, and production skills. While AI video generators simplify content creation,

Rover data from more than 20 years ago has revealed clues to the existence of liquid water on ancient Mars. The NASA Spirit Rover carried a specialized instrument called a Mössbauer Spectrometer that performed mineralogical analyses of soil, rock, and dust on the surface of the Red Planet at Gusev Crater. Individual measurements didn't always indicate definitive proof of water, but when scientist Paolo de Souza of Edith Cowan University in Australia examined years' worth of measurements together, a definite pattern began to show up in the existence of minerals that could only exist in the presence of water. His analysis shows that Mars used to sport a lot more water than scientists expected and that the data showing its existence was in the data all along.

What’s happening with Seedance 2.5 lately is a pretty good window into where AI-powered video generation is actually

Reddit Goes Video and Audio Reddit is taking cues from TikTok. On Thursday’s second-quarter earnings call, the company

Google Earth’s One-Day AI Feature Google rolled back an AI image-generation feature in Google Earth on Friday, one

The left-right asymmetry of South African butterfly lilies (genus Wachendorfia) has been regarded as a classic evolutionary puzzle for more than a century. Due to the mirror-image arrangement of the floral parts, the plants achieve efficient cross-pollination. The molecular basis of this arrangement has now been uncovered by an international team led by the University of Potsdam.

In this July 6, 2026, image, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) reveals the nearby galaxy Centaurus A, exposing the dusty structures and hidden activity that shape this unusual system.

A collaborative research group led by Hiroshi Daimon, a specially appointed research fellow at the Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, has developed an "atom-holography microscope" capable of directly observing three-dimensional atomic arrangements in nanoscale regions by combining the electron beam of a scanning electron microscope (SEM) with CoDELMA, a newly developed two-dimensional display-type analyzer.

Nanoplastics—plastic particles smaller than one micrometer—are generated through the degradation and abrasion of plastic products and are increasingly detected in food, drinking water, air and biological tissues. Although the presence of plastic particles in animals and humans is well-established, determining how nanoplastics are distributed within complex organs, such as the brain, remains challenging.

For the first time, researchers can witness nanometer-scale thickness changes across a melting snowflake with a compact, lensless chip that captures gigapixel video at 30 frames per second across centimeter-scale fields.

Many molecules exist in two mirror-image forms—like left and right hands—that look identical but can behave very differently, especially in biological systems and pharmaceuticals. Distinguishing between these enantiomers (also called chiral molecules) is a longstanding challenge in science and technology. A useful analogy is that of a screw and a nut: A right-handed screw fits only into a right-handed thread, while a left-handed one will not engage properly.

TL;DR: Smart IP intercom installation replaces legacy audio buzzers with HD video, mobile app access, and direct integration

A Head of Growth at a mid-market SaaS company recently found that her team’s video heatmap dashboard had

Creative work rarely starts with a finished image or a polished video. More often, it begins with a

The enzyme tRNA-guanine transglycosylase (TGT) chemically modifies transfer RNA (tRNA) and plays a key role in how disease-causing bacteria control the production of proteins needed to cause infection. E. coli TGT is nearly identical to the one found in Shigella, which causes the intestinal infection shigellosis. Traditionally, scientists have used E. coli TGT as a primary model to understand how TGT works; however, they have struggled to visualize the atomic structure of E. coli TGT because the protein is difficult to crystallize, limiting their ability to learn more about the enzyme.

NASA's Psyche mission used a gravity assist maneuver at Mars to gain velocity and adjust its trajectory to its eventual target. The asteroid 16 Psyche is a metal-rich asteroid that may be the remnant rocky core of a protoplanet. The flyby not only shepherded the spacecraft on to its target, it was also an opportunity to test Psyche's science instruments and cameras. NASA has released a timelapse of the flyby.

Few human experiences are as universal—or as poorly understood—as loneliness. More than just feeling blue and the inspiration for countless songs, it's linked to poorer well-being, worse mental and physical health and a higher risk of early death.

Modern investigations generate far more media than they did even a decade ago. A single incident might involve

A new method called PackUV compresses massive 3D video data into everyday video formats, potentially bringing immersive video

This composite of images taken by NASA's Psyche mission shows the crescent of Mars grow as the spacecraft approached the planet for a gravity assist from May 2 to May 15, 2026.

The spacecraft aced its encounter with Mars. Now, mission scientists are studying a trove of data from the flyby in preparation for its arrival at asteroid Psyche in 2029.

The Dark Energy Camera (DECam) has a massive 570 megapixel camera, and its new image is of the Corona Australis Molecular Cloud. Corona Australis is one of the closest star-forming regions to Earth. It's not as well-studied as the Orion Molecular Cloud or Ophiuchus, but as DECam's new iage of Corona Australis shows, it's just as fascinating.

Auckland to Los Angeles takes 65 to 95 milliseconds one way across Southern Cross’s international paths. Auckland to

Meta Scraps Its Muse Image Feature Meta said on Friday it is discontinuing an artificial intelligence feature that

Materials with magnetic nanostructures have a wide range of potential applications. One area is so-called spintronics, with devices that encode information in magnetic domains. These magnetic bits can be written, read and erased in a more energy-efficient way than bits in current semiconductor devices. Spin textures and magnetic domains in such materials can be investigated using nanoscale magnetic imaging techniques. For example, photoemission electron microscopy (PEEM), coupled with a magnetically sensitive detection mechanism.

If you visit Scandinavia, you are likely to find yourself at an exhibition about Vikings. There are many to choose from.

Sony’s Superzoom Comeback Sony has unveiled the RX10 V, a superzoom compact camera with a 24-600mm optical zoom

We've talked plenty of times here about the infeasibility of launching a mirror big enough to directly image exoplanets using current rocket fairings—at least as long as we're not sending them 500-plus AU away to a gravitational lensing point. We've also talked at length about the potential solution to that problem—interferometry, where multiple smaller satellites link up precisely but are spaced far enough apart to act as one gigantic mirror. The problem is, from a technical standpoint, it's really hard to build these kinds of systems.

This close-up view shows fragments of sulfur crystals, the first ever seen on the Red Planet.

We’ve talked plenty of times here about the infeasibility of launching a mirror big enough to directly image exoplanets using current rocket fairings - at least as long as we’re not sending them 500+ AU away to a gravitational lensing point. We’ve also talked at length about the potential solution to that problem - interferometry, where multiple smaller satellites link up precisely, but are spaced far enough apart to act as one gigantic mirror. The problem is, from a technical standpoint, it’s really hard to build these kinds of systems. But the field has taken another step forward with a new paper from researchers at Xidian University and the Beijing Institute of Control Engineering, published in Space: Science & Technology, which describes a system to both control and calibrate a free-floating interferometer.

This image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope showcases Messier 3 (M3), one of the Milky Way's most massive globular clusters, or spherical collections of gravitationally bound stars.

The explosive growth of data generated by artificial intelligence, cloud computing and modern digital infrastructure is placing increasing pressure on existing information storage technologies. Although magnetic storage systems such as hard disk drives remain the dominant platform for digital storage, they face challenges including rising costs, limited lifespan and relatively slow information retrieval.

Meta’s First In-House Image Model Meta rolled out Muse Image on Tuesday, the first image generation model built

Movement data from wild predator–prey encounters and controlled human catch-tag games have been combined to create realistic simulations of high-intensity movement dynamics and energetics—before being transformed into a publicly accessible video game. This game uses a citizen science approach to data collection and is helping to further our understanding of the role of movement decision-making and fatigue in life-or-death encounters.

Easy to understand images play a key role in every area of modern life, from science and technology

To make sophisticated images, artists use their imagination and creative ability along with a good amount of patience

Rare images taken by a Japanese space probe during a flyby of a near-Earth asteroid have revealed that the space rock resembled a snowman, scientists said Monday.

Picture a bright red apple. Most people can do this easily. They imagine the apple's shape, color and shine. But for others, the image is vague and blurry or they "see" nothing at all. This is known as aphantasia—a "blind mind's eye."

For two years, every longer video I made was held together with tape. I would generate a short

This image shows the sea surface temperature anomaly detected in the Mediterranean Sea on June 29, 2026, compared with the average for the period 1991–2020, with dark red indicating temperatures that exceed the average by up to 8°C (46.4°F).

A Meter on Meta’s Glasses Meta has put a clock on one of its smart glasses’ best tricks.

Contrary to common stereotypes, seniors' digital savvy is surging. New research from Rutgers University-New Brunswick suggests one reason: Digital tools are essential for the development and maintenance of age-friendly initiatives—programs and policies designed to support and include older adults.

CMOS image sensors are entering a generation of development shaped less by incremental scaling and more by considerations for how to increase the light efficiency that can be engineered within increasingly complex optical stacks. Across a growing range of applications, photon efficiency, angular control, size, and more cost-effective manufacturability at scale are the core parameters that are defining performance. As a result, optical architecture has become a primary lever of differentiation for the electro-optic industry. Courtesy of y_cgi_stock/stock.adobe.com. ___[---MARKETPLACECATS---]___ From a technical standpoint, three trends are converging to reshape CMOS image sensor design: the integration of optics at the wafer level,...

Millions of stars. Thousands of hidden worlds. One unprecedented view of our galaxy. Three years since launch, ESA's Euclid space telescope reveals the center of the Milky Way galaxy in extraordinary detail: a mosaic of tens of millions of stars captured in just 26 hours. But this is more than an image. It is a map of stellar evolution, from dark clouds where stars are being born to ancient populations packed into the galactic bulge.

AI video has quickly moved from technical curiosity to practical production tool. Marketers, creators, and small teams are