"Magnet training" at the LHC
When the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) begins Run 3 next year, operators aim to increase the energy of the proton beams to an unprecedented 6.8 TeV. This means the thousands of superconducting magnets, whose fields direct the beams around their traject.....»»
Google is giving websites a choice if they want to be used for Bard AI training
Google is now giving web publishers the choice as to whether or not they will allow data from their websites to be used for AI training. The post Google is giving websites a choice if they want to be used for Bard AI training appeared first on Phandr.....»»
American Climate Corps: Biden"s new green jobs initiative delivers more promises than details, says researcher
When President Joe Biden created the American Climate Corps by executive order on Sept. 20, 2023, it marked a step toward keeping a pledge he made nearly three years earlier: to create a new workforce training and service program to deal with global.....»»
Juries that don"t understand forensic science can send innocent people to prison. A short training video could help
Ledura Watkins was 19 years old when he was accused of murdering a public school teacher. At trial, a forensic expert testified that a single hair found at the scene was similar to Watkins' and stated his conclusion was based on "reasonable scientifi.....»»
Study finds that on-the-job training can lead to higher employee satisfaction
The value of on-the-job training should not be underestimated, according to a University of Auckland study, which found that overeducated and over-skilled employees are less likely to quit if training is available......»»
NASA spacecraft returns to Earth with pieces of an asteroid
Breathe easy, there's a bounty from Bennu inside. Enlarge / Dante Lauretta (right), OSIRIS-REx principal investigator, approaches the sample return capsule Sunday at the Utah Test and Training Range. (credit: NASA/Keegan Barber).....»»
Concerns over the quality and effectiveness of counter-terrorism training for UK public places
There is little evidence that counter-terrorism training for staff in crowded places in Britain is effective with the current approach seeming to be "quantity over quality," a new study finds......»»
Guest commentary: Apprenticeship providers are one-stop shop for auto tech talent
An apprenticeship provider brings a turnkey approach — including apprentice recruitment, candidate interviews and orientation, soft skills training, hands-on education and training — to solving a growing crisis......»»
Generating biskyrmions in a rare earth magnet
Magnetic skyrmions have received much attention as promising, topologically protected quasiparticles with applications in spintronics. Skyrmions are small, swirling topological magnetic excitations with particle-like properties. Nevertheless, the low.....»»
ATLAS experiment places some of the tightest limits yet on magnetic monopoles
Magnets, those everyday objects we stick to our fridges, all share a unique characteristic: they always have both a north and a south pole. Even if you tried breaking a magnet in half, the poles would not separate—you would only get two smaller dip.....»»
Google hid evidence by training workers to avoid words monopolists use, DOJ says
"We don't 'lock up'... our customers," and "we do not 'leverage' anything." Enlarge / Kenneth Dintzer, litigator for the US Department of Justice, exits federal court in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. (credit: Bloomb.....»»
3 dramas on Prime Video you need to watch in September
Immerse yourself in the story of Nike and Michael Jordan, join some young supes in training, and dance away with Elvis this month on Prime Video......»»
New set of equations predicts hydrodynamic behavior of magnons in a magnet
The term "quantum transport" may conjure images of a fantastic futuristic commuting option. In condensed matter physics, however, this is a fundamental concept in the hydrodynamics of electrons in solid and fluid materials......»»
‘Books3’ Takedown: Anti-Piracy Group Calls for More AI Training Transparency
With AI initiatives developing at a rapid pace, copyright holders are on high alert. Of particular concern is technology companies using their content as training data, without any form of compensation. Last month, Danish anti-piracy group Rights All.....»»
HL-LHC magnet alignment system passes crucial tests
The many CERN-developed sensors and software programs of the FRAS (Full Remote Alignment System) have been successfully tested on a prototype magnet in preparation for the HL-LHC......»»
Why Today’s Chatbots Are Weird, Argumentative, and Wrong
Long before most people began playing around with generative AI models like ChatGPT and DALL-E, Janelle Shane started documenting AI oddities. An optics researcher by training, she’s also held a long fascination in testing AIs’ ability to be, we.....»»
Managers need menopause training to protect profits and retain women in senior jobs, say researchers
Women leaving work prematurely due to the effects of menopause costs Australian companies more than $10 billion a year. Macquarie Business School researchers say workplace training for managers is urgently needed to support women's well-being and pro.....»»
Apple launches third "Impact Accelerator" for training minority-owned businesses
Leaders from 12 Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and Indigenous-owned firms all working on green technology and clean energy, have been selected for an intensive training on working with Apple's supply chain.New Impact Accelerator cohort (Source: Apple)Origin.....»»
Apple wants to extend AR into the real world with image projectors
Apple could be planning for a future where we no longer need screens or an Apple Vision Pro to do our work, or to interact with AR.A future Apple lamp apparently projecting an AR sail boatRight back at the start of the Mac, an issue was training user.....»»
Gender disparities limit chances for women PhD students training to be new inventors, says new research
In the innovation economy, individuals with STEM Ph.D.s are a critical source of human capital, with nearly 60% of Ph.D.s in STEM fields—such as engineering, chemistry and biology—being employed outside of universities. These students are increas.....»»
"The risk is real": UK fire service preps for wildfires
At a military training site in Surrey, southeast England, a small team of firefighters blast the surrounding heathland with water as they practice tackling a different kind of enemy: climate change......»»