10 January 2023
From weather to the structure of proteins, some things are predictable in theory, but too complex to figure out in practice. But the rise of artificial intelligence is changing that fast
3 January 2023
Takashi Taniguchi and Kenji Watanabe create high-quality crystals that offer the perfect substrate on which to tailor-make two-dimensional materials with amazing electronic properties. They tell New Scientist how they grow their world-renowned crystals
16 November 2022
Advances in neuroimaging, AI and wearable tech are helping to overcome the problems we face in having to communicate our pain on a subjective scale of 1 to 10
15 June 2022
The physics thought to explain the arrow of time is not as simple as you might think – and in traversable wormholes, Einstein’s theory of general relativity does in principle offer routes to the past
25 August 2021
The way we calculate the properties of subatomic particles with quantum theory goes haywire when it comes to hypothetical particles of gravity, but there may be a clever workaround
16 June 2021
From shaping what we read and buy to diagnosing illness, algorithms play a key role in every aspect of our lives. Here’s what you need to know about the most important ones
22 July 2020
Analogue computers were abandoned half a century ago. But to push past the limits of modern day devices, it may be time for a blast from the past
