Crediting ChatGPT as an author on scientific papers has sparked debate around the role it should play in the scientific literature.
Victoria Corless
Science enthusiast, writer and editor for Advanced Science News.
After completing a Ph.D. in chemistry, Victoria worked as freelance science communicator and medical writer before joining ASN.
The ins and outs of an undergrad-run journal
Students at Rutgers University have set up a scientific journal that exclusively features undergraduate research papers.
Reviving mechanical computers for use in extreme environments
Putting a modern spin on old tech, scientists create a mechanical computer from metamaterials for situations where electronic computers break down.
Scientists create cyborg bacteria
Incorporating polymer skeletons inside bacteria stops them from replicating and results in cyborg cells that are half living, half artificial.
Louis Pasteur, germ theory and the first life-saving vaccines
From pasteurization to the first manufactured vaccines, Louis Pasteur made breakthrough discoveries in disease prevention and public health.
What shapes the lung microbiome?
It is generally accepted that a community of beneficial bacteria make up the lung microbiome, but their origin and formation have remained unclear — until now.
A breakthrough in nuclear fusion announced
After decades of experimentation, US scientists achieve ignition in a controlled fusion experiment for the first time.
Biobots made from roundworms
Scientists are turning to C. elegans for biobot designs, guiding their movement through reconfigurable microtopographies.
JWST provides unprecedented look at exoplanet WASP-39b
New observations of WASP-39b with the JWST has provided the clearest, most detailed picture of an exoplanet to date.
Lab-grown blood used in transfusions for the first time
Red blood cells grown in a laboratory have now been transfused into another person in a world first clinical trial.