Wednesday - August 2 2023, 10:02 UTC - 1 year ago

Asia is currently experiencing a surge of mpox (formerlky known as monkeypox) infections, with China surpassing all other countries in the world. While mpox is less contagious than Covid-19, vaccinatio rates remain low in some Asian countries, creating an increased risk for outbreaks. Chinese authorities are being urged to take a more active stance against the virus.

Wednesday - August 2 2023, 04:54 UTC - 1 year ago

Our research, presented at the 2023 Nobel Prize Summit, has found that financial rewards for accuracy can encourage social media users to form habits to share high-quality content. We also found that social media platforms tend to promote the sharing of attention-grabbing, controversial content regardless of its accuracy. Our research has broad implications for changing user behaviour on social media by changing the reward structure.

Wednesday - August 2 2023, 00:07 UTC - 1 year ago

The Expedition 69 crew is preparing for the cargo delivery of Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station. The spacecraft is carrying more than 8,200 pounds of supplies and science experiments and the crew has been practising grapple procedures and robotics maneuvers. The capture is set to take place on Friday, August 4. The crew also conducted health investigations and spacesuit surveys in preparation for a Russian spacewalk on August 9.

Tuesday - August 1 2023, 19:01 UTC - 1 year ago

Direct Air Capture is a process by which carbon dioxide is captured from the atmosphere and used to produce fuel. A startup called Twelve is now using this process to make jet fuel, with the US Air Force testing the fuel for safety and Alaska Airlines already agreeing to buy it. There are many factors that suggest this is feasible in the long term, but challenges remain, such as its costly and energy-intensive nature.

Tuesday - August 1 2023, 14:23 UTC - 1 year ago

Thanks to the advent of ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs), social scientists are considering using these tools to rapidly construct diverse groups of 'simulated humans' and run experiments to probe their behavior and values as a proxy to their biological counterparts. AI could change the game for social science research, allowing researchers to collect data and test theories about human behavior with unprecedented speed. Social scientists use a variety of methods, such as questionnaires, to test their hypothesis. LLMs can assist in uncovering biases in data, discerning patterns of behaviors related to emotions and political opinion, and can understand languages like irony and sarcasm.

Tuesday - August 1 2023, 09:56 UTC - 1 year ago

Titanic Director James Cameron has completed over 75 deep sea dives and has been credited with discovering a new species of sea cucumber and squid worm. In July 2020, a deep sea accident killed all the five passengers on board its way to visit the Titanic ruins. The Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean has around 27 billion metric tons of polymetallic nodules, and 5,000 new species were discovered in the CCZ in May 2020. The International Seabed Authority has designated several areas as Areas of Particular Environment Interest and has protected them from mining activities.

Tuesday - August 1 2023, 04:59 UTC - 1 year ago

Today, CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, released research using AI to identify gaps between employers and Indigenous talent. The Indigenous Jobs Map was created to help employers match their recruitment strategies to the career paths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander job seekers. Although Identified and cultural capability required roles double, there is still an unequal demand between certain fields. To help address this imbalance, high-quality roles with opportunities for development and training are needed.

Tuesday - August 1 2023, 00:07 UTC - 1 year ago

The endoplasmic reticulum is a complex network of tubes, sacs, and membrane-bound compartments responsible for maintaining cellular homeostasis and producing and regulating proteins, lipids, and hormones. A process called ER-phagy, facilitated by signal-receiving proteins, is responsible for ER breakdown. A recent study identified ubiquitin as the key player in driving ER-phagy and a malfunction of ER-phagy was identified as the underlying cause of a rare hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy.

Monday - July 31 2023, 20:04 UTC - 1 year ago

Our new study has found that liberal-leaning CEOs are more likely to leave Russia following the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, while conservative-led businesses tend to maintain business as usual. We considered 18 other variables that may have had an impact on the decision, such as industry, size, and board composition, and found that, despite CEO ideology having the strongest impact on the decision, some other factors mattered more.

Monday - July 31 2023, 15:03 UTC - 1 year ago

The White House and soon the EU will be requiring tech platforms to label their AI-generated images, audio, and video with "prominent markings" disclosing their synthetic origins. To achieve this, the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) have developed a protocol called C2PA which encodes details about the origins of the content. Major tech companies such as Microsoft, Intel, Adobe and Shutterstock are supporting the project and integrating C2PA into their products. Labels can be attached to content with C2PA in a similar way to nutrition labels, providing users with information about where the content came from and who or what created it.

Monday - July 31 2023, 10:04 UTC - 1 year ago

Recent research into a new material, LK-99, has produced promising results, hinting at the possibility that it may be a superconductor. To determine this conclusively, further investigation must be conducted and the data replicated.

Monday - July 31 2023, 05:27 UTC - 1 year ago

Greek researchers have successfully synthesized lead-apatite structure (LK-99) to create a room temperature superconductor. This major discovery could pave the way for high-current-density superconductors at room temperature and ambient pressure.

Monday - July 31 2023, 00:36 UTC - 1 year ago

Patients in the US are increasingly facing limited or nonexistent supplies of drugs. The reason is that the profit margins for producing generics are too low, so production is outsourced to lower-cost countries. This creates issues with monitoring quality and supplies, leading to increasing drug shortages in the US.

Sunday - July 30 2023, 20:15 UTC - 1 year ago

The European Space Agency's successful wind mission Aeolus reentered Earth's atmosphere safely on Sunday, July 28, with the help of ESA's mission control team. Prior to Aeolus, wind measurement was done from aircrafts and balloons. This is part of ESA's wider Zero Debris approach to ensure safe and environmentally responsible operations in Earth's orbit.

Sunday - July 30 2023, 15:21 UTC - 1 year ago

Researchers have discovered a usual brain circuit that might connect diverse lesion locations leading to epilepsy. They used a technique called lesion network mapping to identify this brain circuit with findings that point to potential targets for brain stimulation. These findings may have clinical implications for predicting the risk of epilepsy after brain damage.

Sunday - July 30 2023, 11:15 UTC - 1 year ago

Astronomers made a discovery of two long-period radio signals in space that switched on and off every 18 minutes and 22 minutes respectively. After scanning the Milky Way galaxy for several months, they found a source in a different part of the sky which was repeating every 22 minutes. The source has been observed continuously since 1988 and produces pulses like clockwork. The source lies 'below the death line', which is the theoretical limit of how neutron stars generate radio waves. Therefore, it is very likely that the source is a magnetar, withcomplex and powerful magnetic fields. This has created a new mystery as to what these mysterious repeating radio signals are.Many astronomers prefer a more natural explanation, rather than extraterrestrials.

Sunday - July 30 2023, 07:02 UTC - 1 year ago

This study finds that when companies talk about their supposed virtue, but then act unethically, their share prices decline more than if they had simply not talked about it. This 'Hypocrisy Penalty' is especially prevalent in companies that investors do not expect will perform well in the future. The study encourages companies to be more conscious about walking the talk in regards to their ethical behaviors.

Sunday - July 30 2023, 01:56 UTC - 1 year ago

Yael Tauman Kalai is a pioneering theoretical computer scientist who's won impressive awards and changed the way people think about the internet. She was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel, and has worked in the fields of cryptography, distributed computing, and computational game theory. Kalai's work has been foundational to how we protect and verify computation and data in the digital age, and she is currently researching potential applications of quantum computing for building more secure systems.

Saturday - July 29 2023, 21:56 UTC - 1 year ago

When you plan to camp in summer, investing in a good portable air conditioner is necessary, and before purchasing one, you should always check for its durability, cooling capacity, energy efficiency, design, noise level, air flow rate, and cost. Make sure that the device is lightweight and has a robust construction so that it can easily withstand outdoor conditions.