Like something out of science fiction, small colonies of mature corals have been safely frozen and revived for the first time, though more work will be needed to ensure their…
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Exploring the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department use in British Columbia
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study showing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigation strategies used to manage the virus on emergency department (ED) visits in British Columbia…
Atypical antipsychotics not safer than haloperidol for older adults with postoperative delirium: Study
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study of more than 17,000 older adults prescribed an antipsychotic medication after major surgery found that atypical antipsychotics are not less harmful than haloperidol. The…
Archaeologists discover chacmool statue in Pátzcuaro |
Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have discovered a chacmool statue in the city of Pátzcuaro, Mexico. A chacmool is a distinctive form of Mesoamerican sculpture…
Next major X-ray mission set to launch
XRISM spacecraft. Credit: JAXA The X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) is ready to launch on 7 September 2023 to observe the most energetic objects and events in the cosmos.…
Researchers are on a quest to make hydrogen from solar rays and heat
Spain hosts the largest test center in Europe for concentrated solar technologies. Credit: © PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA / CIEMAT As Europe turns increasingly to clean sources of energy, EU…
Scales and self-checkouts to identify weighted goods faster
PseudoAugment principal scheme. Credit: Sergey Nesteruk and coauthors A research team from Skoltech and other institutions have pioneered a new fast way to distinguish weighted goods at a supermarket. Unlike…
UAE pitches itself as Africa’s carbon credits leader
An Emirati coalition has announced a $450 million commitment to buy carbon credits generated in Africa but critics called offsets a “risky diversion” The United Arab Emirates is positioning itself…
Researchers design machine learning models to better predict adolescent suicide and self-harm risk
Receiver operating characteristic curves for self-harm prediction models. ^full-feature set derived model, *20-feature model. Credit: Psychiatry Research (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115446 Artificial intelligence can help to identify risk factors for suicide…
Exploring the effects of hardware implementation on the exploration space of evolvable robots
The ARE Robot Fabricator (RoboFab). Evolved robot skeletons (green) are 3D printed, the robot arm equips them with a central ‘head’ (red) and then attaches modular ‘organs’ (dark blue) to…
