A) SHUG is adaptively grasping a hazardous object (cactus) and B) the highlights of the integrated system. Credit: Advanced Intelligent Systems (2023). DOI:…
The meeting brought together representatives from 19 Arab countries, along with DRR stakeholders and regional UN agencies, to discuss progress and challenges in implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in the…
"This first World Sustainable Transport Day reminds us that the road to a better future depends on cleaner and greener transportation systems," Antonio Guterres explained, spotlighting the relationship between transportation and global…
Australia is readying itself for a scorcher of a summer – expected to be hit by bushfires, floods, heatwaves, and drought. Disaster mitigation and preparation, and response and recovery were once distinctly separate phases. We’re now …
Mars Mound From Ingenuity Helicopter's Perspective in 3D: This 3D view of a rock mound called "Faillefeu" was created from data collected by NASA's Ingenuity Mars…
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In a new psychology paper titled “Present generation’s negotiators realize their interests at the cost of future generations,” researchers from Leuphana…
When Cyclone Freddy walloped southern Africa last March, Malawi’s farmers — mostly women — lost their land, livestock, and livelihoods.It takes Ellen Sinoya, 43, two days to walk to work. She leaves her three children with their…
According to IOM, in the past two months alone, nearly 375,000 Afghans left Pakistan, primarily utilizing the Torkham and Spin Boldak border crossings, near Kabul and Kandahar, respectively.The number of daily border crossings has…
1. IntroductionCOVID-19 hit Canada in Toronto on 25 January 2020, and it continued to spread and claim many lives. To slow down the spread of the virus, the Canadian government implemented several measures, such as mask mandates,…
Colorado is slated for a future with less water, shrinking snowpack, more disastrous wildfires and an unpredictable agricultural economy as climate change continues to drive warming and aridification across the state and region,…
1. IntroductionDue to its many positive effects on individual, public, and environmental health , cycling has become a common form of urban transportation in many cities around the globe . However, cycling can also be risky, especially…
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Usability testing has provided our organization many important insights to improve our Web presence. Since the early 2000s, the National Library of Medicine (NLM)’s Web teams have actively sought and used usability testing tools; we…
Oklahoma City (OKC) might not be famous for its public transportation – yet – but two OKC communities are gearing up for major transformation thanks to investments in public transportation. The City of Oklahoma City’s transit department…
1. IntroductionThe advent of autonomous vehicles (AVs) represents an important progression toward the development of intelligent transportation systems. This development prepares the way for the emergence of brand-new opportunities to…
Caption: GPT-Vision sometimes appeared to use context clues to describe some elements of the images, such as the Amazon Alexa Echo Dot circled in the right. Credit:…
The brain is the perfect place to look for inspiration to develop more efficient neural networks. Spiking neural networks are pervading many streams of deep…
Open AI CEO Sam Altman participates in a discussion entitled "Charting the Path Forward: The Future of Artificial Intelligence" during the Asia-Pacific Economic…
Psychedelics have long been used around the world for various religious and medical reasons or just by people trying to have fun. However, psychedelics have been shown to help in a therapeutic setting as well. …
Scatterplots and fitted regression lines with number of non-native species as independent variables and number of families as dependent variables for all habitats per…
The human capacity for oxymoronic optimism will literally take your breath away if you’re among the millions living downwind from the dumps. Actual repair is messy, difficult, and expensive. It’s inherently incomplete and utterly…
15 November 2023 Berlin, Germany, 15 November 2023: Leading experts have issued a rallying cry that greater international cooperation is urgently required to safeguard food security in the wake of global crises. This call to action…
The human capacity for oxymoronic optimism will literally take your breath away if you’re among the millions living downwind from the dumps. Actual repair is messy, difficult, and expensive. It’s inherently incomplete and utterly…
To the members of the MIT community,
I write to share important news about the future of edX, the nonprofit that MIT and Harvard launched together in 2012 to offer the world an open-source online learning platform for university-level…
MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro) recently hosted the 2023 Future Leaders in Aerospace Symposium, inviting women and underrepresented minorities in aerospace fields to campus for a…
1. IntroductionNew vaccine introductions (NVIs) into recommended immunization schedules have increased in recent years due to advances in vaccinology, further expanding the scope of vaccine-preventable diseases and, in turn, decreasing…
In this Perspective, space researchers at the RAND Corporation identify space sustainability, security, and governance concepts that they believe are worthy of future research. Each concept reflects a topic that RAND has not researched…
RIYADH, Arab Saudi, Nov. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Future Minerals Forum (FMF) hari ini mengumumkan kembalinya Ma’aden sebagai Mitra Pendiri ke acara ini untuk tiga tahun berturut-turut. Ma’aden, perusahaan sumber daya alam…
1 IntroductionThe Arctic, subarctic, and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) zones are facing severe transformations as a result of climate change (Immerzeel et al., 2010; Rowland et al., 2010; Wu et al., 2013; Luo et al., 2019; Doloisio and…
Detroit Future City, 2019 | ArticleThis is a Detroit Future City comprehensive data report supporting attraction, retention and growth strategies to restore a demographic that once defined the city.Detroit Future City, 2021 | ArticleThis…
Michael G. Kapteyn and Karen E. Willcox | SIAM News, 2021 | ArticleWhat are the mathematical concepts needed to make a digital twin a reality?Michael G. Kapteyn, Jacob V. R. Pretorius and Karen E. Willcox | Nature Computational Science,…
BARCELONA, Spain, Nov. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Curitiba has been awarded as Smart City of 2023 this afternoon at the World Smart City Awards gala held at Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC), event organized by Fira de…
GEN Paul M. Nakasone, Commander of U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM), Director of NSA, and Chief of the Central Security Service (CSS), offered insight into what the…
The current explosion of exciting commercial and open-source AI is likely to be followed, within a few years, by creepily superintelligent AI – which top researchers and experts fear could disempower or wipe out humanity. Scientist Max…
BARCELONA, Spain, Nov. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Is a shared mobility data space the ultimate enabler of a revolution in global transportation? How can zero-emission vehicles spearhead the fight against climate change? Will…
AI won't kill us all — but that doesn't make it trustworthy. Instead of getting distracted by future existential risks, AI ethics researcher Sasha Luccioni thinks we need to focus on the technology's current negative impacts, like…
From exoskeletons and robotic arms to the mass adoption of remote work, economist Piyachart Phiromswad explores what seniors need to overcome the physical, mental and societal barriers to employment, a necessary shift in our rapidly…
Max Roser | Our World in Data, 2023 | Article"Mortality in the past: every second child died"Max Roser, founder of Our World in Data, looks at the research on rates of child mortality in the past. Best estimates suggests that around half…
With some of the highest energy bills in Southeast Asia and extreme weather to match, the Philippines experiences the climate crisis -- and climate activism -- as a part of daily life. Clean energy advocate Kala Constantino highlights…
Advances in both visual displays and information sharing technology mean we can more rapidly let other agencies and the public know what we know.
With a major oil spill or other disaster, responders,…
By Elizabeth Moore
October 2017
In nautical terms, brightwork is the upkeep of the metal and sometimes wood parts of a boat and is synonymous with demanding labor. The only certain…