By K V Ch Madhu Sudhana Rao The writer is an AI researcher based in the USA Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are generating excitement worldwide. Better healthcare, more effective research and education, and improved productivity are just some of the anticipated benefits. Around the world, billions of dollars are being invested in AI by both governments and the private sector. Global competition to build the fastest computers and the most sophisticated AI systems is on the rise. While...
There are moments in a researcher’s life that quietly reshape the way history is understood. They arrive without ceremony, revealing themselves only through experience. One such moment came when I entered the Bristol Archives expecting to consult only a handful of documents relating to the history of the Sultanate of Oman. Several minutes later,...
Billions of years from now, the sun is expected to run out of fuel and greatly expand into what is called a red giant, eventually shedding its outer layers and leaving behind its dense core, a white dwarf. Some of the planets in our solar system would be destroyed while others might survive. Researchers have now spotted a white dwarf with...