Images of atomic and molecule Bose-Einstein condensates. Panel (a) shows the image of an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate of 60,000 cesium atoms at the temperature 10 nano-Kelvins. False colors are used…
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Pratt & Whitney engine issue adds to airline challenges
A visitor looks at a Pratt & Whitney engine during the Farnborough Airshow, in Britain in July 2018. Commercial airlines have faced a tricky balancing act this summer, ramping up…
Popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy may raise risk of complications under anesthesia
Instruments sit on a table in an operating room June 15, 2023, in Jackson, Tenn. Patients who take blockbuster drugs like Wegovy for weight loss may face life-threatening complications if…
Americans want weight loss drugs despite high cost
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Many Americans really want to lose weight—and a new poll shows nearly half of adults would be interested in taking a prescription drug to help them…
Recommendations developed for acetaminophen poisoning
In a consensus statement published online Aug. 8 in JAMA Network Open, recommendations are presented for the management of patients with acetaminophen poisoning. Richard C. Dart, M.D., Ph.D., from the…
Driverless taxis gain ground in San Francisco
Driverless taxis from Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving car division, can now operate at speeds as fast as 65 miles per hour (105 kilometers per hour) in San Francisco and the tech…
An origami-inspired universally deformable module for robotics applications
Credit: Chao Zhang Modular robots—robotic systems that can adapt their body configuration to change locomotion style or move on different terrains—can be highly advantageous for tackling missions in diverse environments.…
Elon Musk aims to turn Twitter into an ‘everything app.’ An expert explains what that is and why it’s not so easy to do
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Elon Musk’s recent rebranding of Twitter as X is a step toward the CEO’s goal of developing an “everything app.” Musk’s vision is for X to…
Attention is required for a popular brain signature of prediction error, researchers find
(A) Event-related potentials and (B) difference waves from various electrode clusters. The arrows highlight a possible alternative marker of pre-attentive error detection in the visual system—early deviant related positivity (EDRP).…
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried jailed after bail revoked
Former FTX chief Sam Bankman-Fried has seen his bail revoked and has been remanded into federal custody. A US federal judge on Friday ordered FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried back to…
