Can researchers stop AI making up citations?
Can researchers stop AI making up citations? Summary OpenAI’s GPT-5 reduces the frequency of fake citations and other hallucinations compared with earlier models, particularly when it can browse the web…
‘LinkedIn is like air to me’: the scientists who’ve cracked professional networking
‘LinkedIn is like air to me’: the scientists who’ve cracked professional networking Summary This Nature Careers piece profiles eight researchers who use LinkedIn effectively to build community, find collaborators and…
Rainer Weiss obituary: Nobel laureate who pioneered the technique that detected gravitational waves
Summary Rainer “Rai” Weiss (1932–2025) was the German‑American physicist whose 1972 proposal showed that laser interferometers could, in principle, detect gravitational waves — the tiny ripples in space–time predicted by…
Research misconduct: how the scientific community is fighting back
Research misconduct: how the scientific community is fighting back Summary This Nature Podcast episode (Self Correction, episode two) examines research misconduct: why it happens, why it matters and what the…
The surprising ways bridges resist collapse
The surprising ways bridges resist collapse Summary Researchers tested a scale model of a steel truss bridge to destruction and identified six latent resistance mechanisms that can keep bridges standing…
My blue is your blue: different people’s brains process colours in the same way
My blue is your blue: different people’s brains process colours in the same way Summary Neuroscientists used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to record brain activity while participants viewed different…
US sanctions companies behind cyber scam centers in Cambodia, Myanmar
US sanctions companies behind cyber scam centres in Cambodia, Myanmar Summary The U.S. Treasury sanctioned multiple individuals and businesses tied to cyber scam compounds in Myanmar and Cambodia, which investigators…
French datacenter biz signs 12-year nuclear pact with EDF
French datacentre biz signs 12-year nuclear pact with EDF Summary Data4 has signed a 12‑year Nuclear Production Allocation Contract (CAPN) with EDF that will give the datacentre operator access to…
Ubuntu users left waiting after Canonical’s servers take weekend off
Ubuntu users left waiting after Canonical’s servers take weekend off Summary When a 36-minute disruption to Canonical’s servers on 5 and 7 September briefly affected security.ubuntu.com and archive.ubuntu.com, the status…
Perplexity wants to get discounted AI products into the US government too
Perplexity wants to get discounted AI products into the US government too Summary Perplexity has unveiled an Enterprise Pro for Government edition and says it will automatically enforce “zero data…