A new combination of machine learning and 4D printing is enabling scientists to tell a computer program what mechanical or physical characteristics they want in a material and then sit back and have the program design it.
Category: 10 March 2026
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COCOA PROCESSING WASTE BECOMES CHOCOLATE HONEY
Chocolate is made from seeds extracted from pods that grow on cacao trees. Once the seeds are harvested, the pods and much of the rest of nature’s packaging are trashed.
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TURNING METHANE INTO MEDICINE: JUST ADD IRON
Natural gas – methane with a dash of propane and ethane – has the potential to be turned into a range of products more valuable than fuel.
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AI BATTLES THE U.S. MILITARY
In late February, talks between AI lab Anthropic and the U.S. defense department collapsed after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused language in their draft agreement that would allow the Pentagon to use the AI developer’s Claude AI to carry out mass surveillance of the U.S. population.
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IS BLOCK THE BEGINNING OF THE GREAT AI JOBS WIPEOUT?
At the beginning of this month, financial services company Block – formerly known as Square – cut 4,000 of its 10,000 workers as part of CEO Jack Dorsey’s plan to reconfigure the company to run as much as possible on AI instead of human labor.
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AI’S THAT ARE RUDE PERFORM BETTER, STUDY FINDS
AIs that interrupt or contradict users, or that sometimes remain silent in conversation with a person to draw out a response, are “smarter” and more accurate than polite, well-mannered models, according to a study from the University of Electro-Communications in Japan.
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NEW CHINESE AI MODELS FLOOD THE MARKET
Alibaba, ByteDance, and MoonShot are among the Chinese AI companies that released new models at the time of the Chinese New Year, accompanying the releases with special promotions and premiums to lure new users and upgrades from current customers.
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CHINESE AI’S “ATTACKED” ANTHROPIC’S CLAUDE AI, COMPANY CLAIMS
Chinese AI developers DeepSeek, Minimax, and MoonShot have made “industrial-scale distillation attacks” on Claude, Anthropic’s AI that has become increasingly popular among businesses, the U.S. firm has claimed.