Sunday - November 12 2023, 08:18 UTC - 1 year ago

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have concluded that Greenland’s glaciers are melting at an unprecedented rate, with melting five times greater than it was in the 80s and 90s. The study, published in Nature Climate Change, has effectively eliminated any lingering doubts about the impact of climate change on Greenland’s glaciers, with the whole of Greenland affected by the phenomenon.

Sunday - November 12 2023, 03:48 UTC - 1 year ago

Swedish telecom company Telia teamed up with various other providers to research the impact of 5G on onions. Through reducing pesticide use and increasing shelf life, Telia has been able to prove that 5G can be used to help improve commercial onion farming.

Saturday - November 11 2023, 23:11 UTC - 1 year ago

When landscaping a property, leaves should either be mulched or mown to be fine enough to sift down to the lawn. Adding leaves to a landscape bed is beneficial as it contains nutrients and organic matter, and allows insects and pollinators to live there. In the fall, fertilizer can be added to lawns, and mulch can be used for efficient landscaping. The use of perennial plants, shrubs, and trees is also helpful.

Saturday - November 11 2023, 18:08 UTC - 1 year ago

Now, a new study in Nature Communications marries intuition and AI, producing a machine learning system that captures a chemist’s intuition for drug development. By analyzing feedback from 35 chemists, the team developed an AI model to find chemicals that are compatible with human biology. Protein prediction AI such as AlphaFold, RoseTTAFold, and their offshoots make it easier to model structures of proteins, however, finding the drug that fits it is a difficult matter, which is where the chemists come in. They have used software to sort through databases of chemicals looking for a match for the target proteins.

Saturday - November 11 2023, 13:37 UTC - 1 year ago

This article analyses the role of multiple caregivers on child development. It argues that many modern societies privilege mothers as primary caregivers, while research indicates that attachment relationships with multiple caregivers benefit socioemotional and cognitive outcomes for children.

Saturday - November 11 2023, 08:52 UTC - 1 year ago

Patients with multiple sclerosis could benefit from early detection of a nerve damage marker in their blood tests, NfL, which suggests that a decline in physical abilities will occur within the next one to two years and enabling interventions to prevent worsening disability. This breakthrough study, published in JAMA Neurology, provides evidence that NfL levels could be a useful marker in predicting disability and capturing potential treatments.

Saturday - November 11 2023, 04:07 UTC - 1 year ago

Senescent cells are biochemical waste factories that leak into their local environment, increasing inflammation and damaging healthy cells. A new study suggests that an FDA-approved drug may inhibit the process, and when given to mice, had better kidney, liver, and lung function within two months. Senescent cells employ a 'factory' within the cell to package and ship their toxic payload, with high levels of SASP proteins releasing hormones that can further damage the body.

Friday - November 10 2023, 23:36 UTC - 1 year ago

MIT engineers have developed an automated sampling algorithm which can be used to quickly identify a range of potential failures in autonomous systems, and suggest repairs to avoid system breakdowns. The algorithm optimizes potential solutions to the system breakdowns by predicting accuracy based on a cost-utility score.

Friday - November 10 2023, 19:26 UTC - 1 year ago

Lyte Aviation is working on a 44-seater VTOL aircraft, the SkyBus, that could revolutionize regional flights without necessitating traditional runways. The SkyBus features a tilt-wing concept, 8 six-bladed props with medium-sized inner propellers and smaller outer ones, existing turboprop engines or renewable jet fuel options, and potential hydrogen fuel cell electric motors on the wingtips. Lyte anticipates a full-scale prototype by 2024, and a conditional pre-order deal with India's Vman Aviation Services for 10 aircraft.

Friday - November 10 2023, 14:36 UTC - 1 year ago

In February of 2022, Russian troops swept into Ukraine, leading to the destruction of hundreds of religious and historical buildings and dozens of public monuments, libraries, and museums. Backup Ukraine, a collaborative project between the Danish UNESCO National Commission and Polycam, uses 3D capturing technology to preserve Ukrainian heritage sites, allowing anyone with a phone to create high quality 3D models. Lidar scanners and neural radiance fields (NRF) are two technology trends driving this progress, as they are cheaper and require fewer scans than before.

Friday - November 10 2023, 09:46 UTC - 1 year ago

Researchers from the University of Washington have developed a Semantic Hearing system which, when applied to noise canceling headphones, would allow wearers to select which sounds they would like to hear and blocks out others. The system has potential application to those with hearing loss, as well as those who require focused listening for their career, such as military or engineering professionals.

Friday - November 10 2023, 04:54 UTC - 1 year ago

After receiving approval from the FDA, thousands of prospective patients have expressed interest in being guinea pigs for Neuralink's clinical trial of their implantable, wireless brain-computer interface (BCI). The safety of their chip and robotic surgical procedure is a major concern, and many have raised objections over their monkey trials. Elon Musk envisions a future of humans merging with artificial intelligence and has shown a "maniacal" sense of urgency. Recruiting for the human trials began in September and the company aims to perform 11 surgeries in 2024 and increase this to 22,204 by 2030.

Friday - November 10 2023, 00:48 UTC - 1 year ago

Black workers continue to face significant hiring discrimination and remain underrepresented in American workplaces despite companies' stated commitments to diversity and inclusion. Three professionals share their stories on how the way we work perpetuates racism and what we can do to fix it. Internal processes of organizations often ignore or disadvantage Black workers, with gender often taking precedence over race in workplace initiatives. Even in the film industry, Black works are less frequently given a green light due to a market-driven Culturists agenda.

Thursday - November 9 2023, 20:22 UTC - 1 year ago

This article will examine how AI has been tested in the Israel-Hamas war and discuss the potential use of artificial intelligence by the military-industrial complex. It will also explore the current state of the war in Ukraine, and how AI is being applied to it. After discussing the China's increasing reliance on AI, the article will consider the implications of AI in terms of the more spiritual and philosophical aspects of life, examine the possibility of creating a 'God' with the help of an AI system, and discuss the Diablo 4 video game. The second part of the article will delve into the specific technical considerations of AI development, explore global efforts to regulate and deploy AI technology, and consider the issues of trust as it relates to public-private partnerships in the world of AI. The article will finish by exploring potential hardships that may arise from the increasing presence of AI technology.

Thursday - November 9 2023, 15:53 UTC - 1 year ago

The conversation in Hong Kong last week was about changing the city into a Web3 technology hub to leapfrog advanced economies in Europe. The local government released its own NFTs and a tokenized bond, leading global Web3 projects to visit and explore investment opportunities. Of course, with China’s ban on cryptocurrencies, a big risk factor is Beijing potentially changing their mind and stopping Hong Kong’s exploration. A social experiment currently involves a group of Chinese women using AI tools to generate 4 female characters and facilitating conversations between users and these figures through WeChat.

Thursday - November 9 2023, 10:54 UTC - 1 year ago

The provision of bottled water in response to natural or human-made emergencies is a growing phenomenon in the U.S. The default response to these crises disproportionately affects lower-income communities that have an increased distrust of public tap water and has led to long-term reliance on bottled water, particularly in Flint, Michigan, where hundreds of millions of bottles have been consumed in a seven-year period.

Thursday - November 9 2023, 06:42 UTC - 1 year ago

The Robust Mouse Rejuvenation Study is a complex experiment funded by LEVF at Ichor Life Sciences, Syracuse and is expected to produce results in 2024. It is an effort to fully characterize the combined interventions required to dramatically extend mouse lifespan in a manner that meets LEVF’s criteria for success. 800 mice have been selected, 400 of which are controls and 400 are subjects for intervention, with the goal of producing preventive and curative applications for species other than mice.

Thursday - November 9 2023, 02:26 UTC - 1 year ago

A collaborative study from Osaka University, the University of Tokyo, and the Queensland University of Technology has recently revealed a structure in the circadian mRNA Period2 that affects the sleep-wake cycle, particularly during the early morning and late evening. The research concerned the role of post-transcriptional processes in the body’s internal clock and sleep patterns, showing how the 5' untranslated region of mRNA can affect total sleep duration.

Wednesday - November 8 2023, 21:32 UTC - 1 year ago

A cosmic catastrophe was predicted to occur thousands of years from now when a white dwarf star approaches our solar system. However, thanks to modern technology, new calculations now show that the white dwarf is unlikely to enter our solar system at all, rendering the danger obsolete.