Quiet cables set to help reveal rare physics events

PNNL chemist Isaac Arnquist examines ultra-low radiation copper cables specially created for sensitive physics detection experiments. Credit: Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Imagine trying to tune a radio…

Brain’s Molecular Response to Psychological Loss

Summary: Psychological loss, be it from job loss or the death of a loved one, affects well-being immensely, yet its molecular mechanism in the brain remains enigmatic. Researchers utilized the…

Brain Region That Links Language to Social Cognition Identified

Summary: Researchers discovered that neural activity in the left ventral temporoparietal junction (vTPJ) and the lateral anterior temporal lobe (lATL) during sentence processing is tied to social-semantic working memory. Previously,…

Oracle Reinvents How Gen AI Makes CRM Work Better

Oracle announced three significant artificial intelligence (AI) overtures with a heightened focus on CRM and service this week at Oracle CloudWorld in Las Vegas. On Tuesday, Oracle released details of…

Firefoxes and whale spouts light up Earth’s shield

Credit: All-sky camera, Kiruna Atmospheric and Geophysical Observatory (KAGO) within the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF). Data provided as part of ESA’s Space Weather Service Network Did you know…

Study finds peer religious discrimination harms mental health more than exclusionary organizational policies

Means for summed religious discrimination and victimization experiences by religious tradition. Credit: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (2023). DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12871 Religious discrimination from one’s peers has a far…

China opposes ‘not realistic’ global fossil fuel phase-out

From Beijing, climate envoy Xie Zhenhua stood firm against stronger rhetoric against coal, oil and gas deployed at UN headquarters China’s climate envoy Xie Zhenhua said today that a global…

In the future, we’ll see fewer generic AI chatbots like ChatGPT and more specialized ones that are tailored to our needs

Credit: Alexander Supertramp / Shutterstock AI technology is developing rapidly. ChatGPT has become the fastest-growing online service in history. Google and Microsoft are integrating generative AI into their products. And…

In helium-three, superfluid particles pair ‘like a dance in space’

how farmers spurred India’s G20 biofuels alliance

Nineteen countries signed up to an India-led alliance this month to boost production of biofuels, but experts raise sustainability concerns Transforming farmers from annadatas to urjadatas, from food producers to…