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Scientists discover methods to regulate carbon storage in humus layer of forest in north China
Relationship between exchangeable Mn concentrations and soil C stocks in humus layers of boreal forests. (A) Area of boreal forest and location of study sites in the…
Scientific drilling unravels historical mystery surrounding Santorini volcanic archipelago
Generalized lithostratigraphy of the intra-caldera deposits. Depth of seismic units S1–S3 with the corresponding core names, recovery, lithologic units and…
Astronomers unveil strong magnetic fields spiraling at the edge of Milky Way’s central black…
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, who produced the first ever image of our Milky Way black hole released in 2022, has captured a new view of the massive…
New technique for predicting protein dynamics may prove big breakthrough for drug discovery
In the same way that multiple snapshots of a galloping horse provide information about how the horse moves, multiple snapshots of a protein changing shape can improve…
A retrodirective array enabled by CMOS chips for two-way wireless communication with automatic beam…
A retrodirective array (RDA) enabled by specifically designed CMOS chips for two-way wireless communication demonstration, featuring automatic beam tracking and…
Food safety: Two-stage process of extraction and classification to identify ingredients in photos of…
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Research published in the International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems discusses a new…
Vulnerability in virtual reality systems identified
Inception Attacks: A user thinks they are interacting directly with a VR app launched from the VR home screen, when they are in fact running a simulated VR app…
Future robots to stay one step ahead of bushfires
Robots could be used to scout areas ahead of bushfires where fire fighters cannot safely go. Credit: CSIRO
Bushfires can move at…
California looks to Europe to rein in AI
Legislators in the California state capitol are working on a flurry of laws aiming to crack down on abusive uses of artificial intelligence on the home turf of some…
Big tech told to identify AI deepfakes ahead of EU vote
EU parliamentary elections are taking place in the bloc's 27 member states on June 6-9.
The EU called on Facebook, TikTok and other tech…
Robots replicate reality: High-tech pitching machine mimics every pitcher
The Trajekt Arc pitching machine is demonstrated during the Major League Baseball winter meetings Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Trajekt uses data to…
Taming the beast: Researcher controls voltage response for safer electric grid
V–I characteristics of a voltage source. Credit: Scientific Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-53452-y
When FAMU-FSU College of…
Building energy management platform uses AI and statistical methods to optimize operations
Researchers checking fault characteristics of direct current distribution for distributed energy resources. Credit: Korea Institute of Energy Research…
Transport of the future? Europe’s longest hyperloop center opens
Credit: The European Hyperloop Center
Europe's longest tunnel for testing hyperloop technology opens Wednesday in the Netherlands, with…
Researchers send data 4.5 million times faster than average broadband
Dr. Ian Phillips with the wavelength management device. Credit: Dr. Ian Phillips
Aston University researchers have sent data at a speed…
Researchers send data 4.5 million times faster than average broadband
Dr. Ian Phillips with the wavelength management device. Credit: Dr. Ian Phillips
Aston University researchers have sent data at a speed…
Gender employment gap narrows among people with disabilities post-COVID
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The shifting landscape of post-COVID-19 employment highlights a reduction in the gender employment gap among…
Manila confronts its plastic problem through a community-guided protocol
Location of the three study sites in The Philippines in which the Circularity Assessment Protocol was applied with a focus on plastic pollution. Credit: Community…
New study reveals influencers of global biogenic volatile organic compound emission trends over the…
Spatial distribution of isoprene emission trends from 2001 to 2020. Credit: Wang Hao et al.
Biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs)…
New computational technique enhances accuracy of measurements in nuclear geoscience
(Color online) two-dimensional detection volume schematic. Credit: Nuclear Science and Techniques (2024). DOI: 10.1007/s41365-024-01393-6…
Elephant hunting by early humans may explain proximity between extensive Paleolithic stone quarries…
Illustration of elephant hunting using spears. Credit: Dana Ackerfeld
Archaeologists from Tel Aviv University have uncovered the mystery…
Unseen travelers: Dust storms may spread bacteria and fungi around the world
The Saharan air layer shown at elevation during its journey to North America. Credit: Dr. Jason Dunion
When allergy season hits, many blame…
How much difference can one degree of warming make?
The pronounced difference between virtually 100% fractional snow cover in a control plot (b) and—at the same time, 12 noon on Jan. 1, 2020—almost 0% fractional snow…
Extreme weather forecasts: Algorithm ‘nudges’ existing climate simulations closer to…
Description of the method that learns a map between the attractor of the coarsely-resolved equations and the attractor of the reference trajectory. Left: the red…
Researchers show that introduced tardigrade proteins can slow metabolism in human cells
CAHS D forms a gel that immobilizes and stabilizes biological material in vitro. Credit: Protein Science (2024). DOI: 10.1002/pro.4941…
New genetic analysis tool tracks risks tied to CRISPR edits
The new Integrated Classifier Pipeline system uses genetic fingerprints to identify unintended bystander CRISPR edits. A confocal microscope image of an early…
A Voyage on Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Seascapes | The Art Institute of Chicago
Interpreting the Collection
Beneath the still waters of Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Seascapes lie stories of movement, migration, and homeland.
By <a…
Incident Responses for February 2024
On February 9, the USCG contacted the NOAA scientific support coordinator (SSC) for Alaska, regarding a spill of diesel from a bulk fuel site in the southwest Alaska community of Kwigillingok.Preliminary reports showed that 2,000 gallons…
Instacart Settles with Seattle Office of Labor Standards for Alleged Violations of Gig Worker Paid…
For Immediate Release
Contact InformationCynthia SantanaPhone: 206-256-5219Email:cynthia.santana@seattle.gov
Seattle, WA (March 26, 2024) – The Seattle Office of Labor Standards (OLS) investigated Instacart for alleged…
Population Numbers Allow Ukrainian Military to Call Up 500,000, But Can It Afford to Keep Them?
Since December, my colleagues at Russia Matters and I have been monitoring1 how Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and its commander-in-chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi have sparred over who should assume prime responsibility for the plan to…
Central Texans Urged to Prepare for Severe Weather Season
Wildflowers blooming may be an indicator Spring is in the air, but they should also serve as a reminder of that Spring in Central Texas is also severe weather season. Severe weather includes thunderstorms, high winds, hail, tornadoes,…
With a new experimental technique, MIT engineers probe the mechanisms of landslides and earthquakes
Granular materials, those made up of individual pieces, whether grains of sand or coffee beans or pebbles, are the most abundant form of solid matter on Earth. The way these materials move and react to external…
Putin’s Latest Nuclear Messaging: Softer Tone or Threat of Use?
On March 13, President Vladimir Putin granted an interview, in which he again delved into the conditions under which he says he would initiate the use of nuclear weapons. His remarks were so ambiguous that it caused mainstream Western…
“I was Determined to Fulfill This Image of Myself That I Wanted of a ‘Good Asian Student’”: A…
1. IntroductionAsian American (AsA) youth and emerging adults are the fastest-growing racial and ethnic population in the United States (U.S.) . In 2019, the immediate college enrollment rate for AsA high school graduates was 82% ,…
Engineering household robots to have a little common sense
From wiping up spills to serving up food, robots are being taught to carry out increasingly complicated household tasks. Many such home-bot trainees are learning through imitation; they are programmed to copy the…
APD Robbery Detectives Announce the Arrest of Three Suspects in Connection to a 2023 Armed Home…
Case: 23-3020481 Date: Sunday, October 29, 2023Time: 4:44 a.m. Location: 12330 Metric Boulevard, Austin, Texas On Sunday, October 29, 2023, at approximately 4:44 a.m., Austin Police Department (APD) officers responded to a 9-1-1…
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport adds Viva Aerobus, celebrates new non-stop to Monterrey
AUSTIN, Texas -- Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) is proud to announce a new partnership with Viva Aerobus, introducing nonstop service to Monterrey, Mexico. The inaugural flight departed on March 22, 2024, marking a…
Study: Movement disorder ALS and cognitive disorder FTLD show strong molecular overlaps
On the surface, the movement disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, and the cognitive disorder frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), which underlies frontotemporal…
A new way to quantify climate change impacts: “Outdoor days”
For most people, reading about the difference between a global average temperature rise of 1.5 C versus 2 C doesn’t conjure up a clear image of how their daily lives will actually be affected. So, researchers at…
Case Study: Monitoring Coastal Change via Satellite Imagery at Regional Scale in the Pacific…
Coastal environments are dynamic and ever-changing, presenting a challenge for scientists, managers, and policymakers who seek to understand and mitigate the impact of these changes. Traditionally, the scarcity of shoreline position…
Snowstorm Coats the Rockies
As winter turned to spring, a mid-March storm dropped several feet of snow on Colorado.…
Under new partnership, NSF and the Army offer unique research internship opportunity
The U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) have initiated a joint research training opportunity through the NSF INTERN program. Two DEVCOM organizations are participating: the…
NSF announcement on JASON report: Safeguarding the Research Enterprise
Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation released the latest report by JASON, an independent science advisory group, Safeguarding the Research Enterprise. Building on the Fundamental Research Security report released in 2019, NSF…
Lessons from Fukushima: Prepare for the unlikely
When a devastating earthquake and tsunami overwhelmed the protective systems at the Fukushima Dai’ichi nuclear power plant complex in Japan in March 2011, it triggered a sequence of events leading to one of the…
Should the Biden Administration Provide Ukraine with any Weapons (Short of Nuclear, Chemical, or…
Enhanced Ukrainian Defense and Offensive Capability: The Biden Administration can broaden Ukraine’s military arsenal to drastically improve its defensive operations and offensive capabilities to reclaim territories. In doing so, the U.S.…
Should the United States, Together with its Partners, Confiscate Sovereign Russian Assets and Hand…
Secure Vital Financial Support for Ukraine: By seizing Russian assets, Ukraine can receive direct financial aid for its immediate military needs and longer-term reconstruction needs, circumventing the need for political approval in the…
Associations between Household Food Insecurity and Depressive Symptomology among Adolescent Girls…
1. IntroductionThe global prevalence of clinical depression among young people (≤18 years) during COVID-19 (25.2%) almost doubled the pre-COVID-19 estimate of 12.9% . COVID-19-related lockdowns disrupted daily routines, restricted…
Violent Raiding, Systematic Slaving, and Sweeping Depopulation? Re-Evaluating the Scythian Impact on…
3. The Site of the HoardIt is a remarkable fact that while so much has been published about the content of the Witaszkowo hoard, very little has been written about its exact find spot and position in the landscape. In the immediate…
It’s Not Too Late for Restrained U.S. Foreign Policy
During the Cold War, proposals that the United States adopt a more modest or restrained foreign policy never attracted much support within the foreign-policy establishment. To be sure, prominent realists such as Hans Morgenthau, George…
Arts Education is a Student Right!
Arts Education is a Student Right! Poster design by Ernesto Yerena.
March is Arts Education Month and we’re inspired by CreateCA’s campaign demanding that every student has access to arts education. The Creative Advantage was founded…