Bioinformatician presents the first map of the microverse
What defines the habitat—the ecological niche—of a microorganism? It is a combination of environmental factors such as temperature, moisture, and nutrient content. But the exact contribution of each of these factors is difficult to predict. A Ger.....»»
Developing a 3D liquefaction hazard map
Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology has successfully developed a "three-dimensional liquefaction hazard map" that visually presents ground liquefaction forecasts in the event of an earthquake......»»
Boring Report is an AI app that revolutionized how I read the news
Boring Report removes sensationalism and clickbait from news articles by passing them through an AI model, and then presents a boring, more readable summary......»»
Make creativity part of study programs for scientists-in-training, say researchers
The bioinformatician Professor Dr. Martin Lercher from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and his colleague Professor Dr. Itai Yanai from New York University (NYU) are focusing on the topic of creativity in research. In the latest editorial.....»»
Australia bans TikTok on federal government devices
Australia has joined other Western countries in banning the use of TikTok on government devices as the Chinese-owned video app comes under increasing pressure over claims it presents a security concern......»»
Bioinformatician presents the first map of the microverse
What defines the habitat—the ecological niche—of a microorganism? It is a combination of environmental factors such as temperature, moisture, and nutrient content. But the exact contribution of each of these factors is difficult to predict. A Ger.....»»
Pictures inside a cell: Researchers develop new tool to provide greater insight into biological processes
A groundbreaking technique developed by researchers affiliated with the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience presents a new way of gathering and organizing highly detailed information about organic tissues in record time......»»
Advancing drug discovery through multitask learning techniques
A team of researchers from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, the University of Vienna, and Sirius University of Science and Technology has published a study in the Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design that presents guidelines fo.....»»
Audi seeks to catch up in China in test of Germany"s automotive grit
Audi CEO Markus Duesmann says the automaker's transition to EVs in China is "a challenge" for the VW Group subsidiary. The shift to cleaner technologies presents more than one dilemma for Germany's largest automakers......»»
NSA chief warns TikTok could censor videos as part of Chinese influence operations
The head of the National Security Agency and US Cyber Command told lawmakers Tuesday that TikTok presents a national security concern for two main reasons: It collects data on people who use the social media app, and it censors information for its va.....»»
First synthesis of a compound with aromatic nitrogen rings
An international team with researchers from the University of Bayreuth presents a potentially groundbreaking discovery for nitrogen chemistry in Nature Chemistry: For the first time, a compound containing aromatic rings of nitrogen atoms has been syn.....»»
Pokémon Presents February 2023: how to watch and what to expect
Get ready for 20 minutes of Pokémon news next week via a new digital presentation. Here's what we might see at the show and when it airs......»»
Twitter will soon be a bit less irritating for many people
Twitter is about to make yet another change to the way it presents its content, though we think it'll please most folks on the platform......»»
Pixelblaze Pillows: Light Up Your Upholstery With LEDs
It is a profoundly human compulsion to change our environment to suit ourselves, and the quarter-trillion-dollar US home décor industry presents a playful (and profitable) example: We bedeck our living spaces to express ourselves and illustrat.....»»
9to5Mac Happy Hour 417: HomePod returns, M2 Mac mini and new MacBook Pro announced
Benjamin and Zac discuss Apple’s hardware announcements this week including the new lineup of MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and the return of the original big HomePod. Plus, there’s more rumors about the AR headset roadmap and Apple TV+ presents its sp.....»»
New study presents novel behavioral barrier-based framework for sustainable plastic management
Plastics are quite commonplace in today's world. Consequently, plastic waste is an environmental menace that is increasing at an exponential rate. The negative impact of plastic waste on global social-ecological systems is far-reaching and seems irre.....»»
Spending law presents challenges for environmental regulators
The new year brings challenges to Biden administration regulators: how to handle environmentally unfriendly riders inserted by lawmakers into the fiscal 2023 spending bill......»»
Fortnite: how to throw holiday presents for Winterfest
Struggling to throw holiday presents at named locations in Fortnite? Our guide is here to help! Here's how to complete this Winterfest quest......»»
CERN presents new measurements of rare decays that provide a high-precision test of lepton flavor universality
Today the international LHCb collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) presented new measurements of rare particle transformations, or decays, that provide one of the highest-precision tests yet of a key property of the Standard Model of parti.....»»
Are prices real? How ghosts of calculus and physics influenced what we pay for things today
With inflation in the UK and around the world threatening to spiral out of control, prices of everything from milk to oil, energy and Christmas presents are a concern for most of us. Most people understand prices as simply the result of supply and de.....»»
Paris Agreement temperature targets may worsen climate injustice for many island states
While the world focuses on limiting the rise in global temperature to 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius over the preindustrial average, increasing meltwater from ice sheets presents an existential threat to the viability of island and coastal nations througho.....»»