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AI System Reveals How Tiny Doses of Pesticides Disrupt Entire Honeybee Colonies

Researchers have developed an AI-powered monitoring system that links individual honeybee exposure to neonicotinoid pesticides with colony-wide health effects. Even low-level exposure was shown to reduce pollen foraging efficiency, impacting the entire hive.

22 Apr 2025

AI-Powered Canopy Maps Revolutionize Wildfire Prediction Across Europe

Researchers developed the first high-resolution, pan-European maps of canopy fuels using satellite data and AI, addressing a critical gap in wildfire prediction and management.

16 Apr 2025

BCG X Launches AI Science Institute To Fast-Track Global Breakthroughs

BCG X has launched the AI Science Institute to revolutionize scientific discovery by integrating artificial intelligence with domain expertise. This global initiative aims to accelerate breakthroughs in areas like quantum computing, health care, and climate science.

15 Apr 2025

AI-Enhanced Wood Splitting Unlocks Stronger, Greener Building Materials

Researchers at Empa and ETH Zurich have developed a novel method to create strong, resource-efficient wood panels from split hardwood sticks using traditional shingle-splitting techniques enhanced with AI. This approach maximizes material yield and enables the use of lower-quality, climate-resilient wood species.

14 Apr 2025

Machine Learning Unlocks Secrets of Crab Seismic Courtship Dances

Male fiddler crabs use vibrational signals during courtship that honestly reflect their physical size, allowing females to assess mate quality from a distance. Oxford researchers used geophones and machine learning to decode over 8,000 seismic signals, revealing clear behavioural patterns.

10 Apr 2025

AI Model Predicts Lightning Wildfires With 90% Accuracy, Transforming Global Fire Response

Israeli researchers have developed an AI model that predicts lightning-induced wildfires with over 90% accuracy, using seven years of satellite and environmental data. This breakthrough significantly outperforms current methods and could revolutionize global wildfire forecasting.

3 Apr 2025

AI Diagnoses Urban Tree Health from Video in Breakthrough Plant Monitoring System

AI researchers in Japan have developed ‘Plant Doctor,’ an automated system that uses video footage and hybrid AI to accurately assess the health of urban plants without harming them. This scalable, non-invasive tool could revolutionize both urban forestry and agriculture.

2 Apr 2025

Snap, Scan, and Know: AI Turns Meal Photos into Instant Nutrition Facts

NYU Tandon researchers have developed an AI-powered food recognition system that accurately estimates calories and macronutrients from meal photos, eliminating the need for manual food tracking.

19 Mar 2025

AI Tool Identifies Species and Maps Ecosystems Using Multimodal Data

TaxaBind is a multimodal AI tool that combines images, audio, text, and satellite data to classify species, map distributions, and support ecological modeling, outperforming state-of-the-art methods in zero-shot classification and cross-modal retrieval.

4 Mar 2025

AI Rewrites Social Media Posts but Subtly Changes Their Emotional Tone

Large language models subtly shift the sentiment of text they rephrase, making content more neutral and altering conclusions drawn from sentiment-based research.

25 Feb 2025

AI-Powered Weather Model AIFS Improves Forecast Accuracy and Reduces Energy Use

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) has launched the Artificial Intelligence Forecasting System (AIFS), a cutting-edge AI-driven model that improves weather prediction accuracy by up to 20% while reducing energy consumption by 1,000 times compared to traditional methods.

25 Feb 2025

AI Reveals Hidden Green Space Gaps in Cities, Driving Smarter Urban Planning

Researchers developed an AI system that improves tracking of urban green spaces using satellite imagery, significantly enhancing accuracy and revealing disparities in vegetation distribution.

20 Feb 2025

AI Tools Help UK Farmers Cut Livestock Emissions and Boost Sustainability

Loughborough University researchers have developed AI tools to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from UK livestock farming and land use, supporting the 2050 net zero goal.

18 Feb 2025

AI System Integrates Data to Help Preserve the World’s Fragile Coral Reefs

Australian researchers are developing a global real-time monitoring system using machine learning and AI to track coral reef health and combat the rapid decline caused by climate change, aiming for quicker conservation intervention.

13 Feb 2025

Governments Must Act Fast: AI Report Highlights Growing Dangers

The first International AI Safety Report, led by Yoshua Bengio, consolidates expert insights on AI risks and policy guidance for global decision-makers.

3 Feb 2025

AI Traces Agricultural Chemicals’ Deadly Path Through UK Freshwater Networks

Researchers used AI-powered analysis of 52 UK lakes to identify insecticides, fungicides, and heavy metals as top drivers of freshwater biodiversity loss, revealing widespread harm to non-target species and actionable targets for conservation.

22 Jan 2025

AI Unveils Alarming Glacier Retreats in Arctic Climate Hotspot

Study reveals that 91% of glaciers in Svalbard, a global warming hotspot, have shrunk significantly over the past 40 years, losing over 800 km². Using AI to analyze satellite data, researchers found that glacier retreats have accelerated in recent years due to rising temperatures and extreme weather events.

16 Jan 2025