Tympanostomy tube placement improves hearing for children with cleft palate: Study

For children with cleft palate, tympanostomy tube placement improves hearing outcomes, according to a study published online Sept. 25 in the Ear, Nose & Throat Journal. Nina Wijnants, M.D., from…

AI-based method can optimize photovoltaic-battery storage systems

Kenji Suetsugu | Deadwood is not dead: a carbon gateway for orchid seedlings on dark forest floors  – Functional Ecologists

In our new post, Kenji Suetsugu, professor at Kobe University (Japan), discusses his research article ‘The nexus of decay and birth: Ecological and evolutionary significance of wood-decaying fungi in green…

Multimode quantum entanglement achieved via dissipation engineering

Austria finds Microsoft ‘illegally’ tracked students: Privacy campaign group

Austria-based privacy group Noyb said Microsoft 365 Education installed cookies that collect browser data and are used for advertising purposes. Austria’s data protection authority has determined that Microsoft “illegally” tracked…

UK watchdog targets Google’s ‘strategic’ role in search ads and a competitive market

A Google sign is displayed at the company’s office in San Francisco, April 12, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File Britain’s antitrust watchdog on Friday labeled Google a “strategic” player…

Controlling atomic interactions in ultracold gas ‘at the push of a button’

Rules for creating quasiparticles that can power optical computers, quantum devices

The research team tested materials ranging, from films with randomly arranged molecules to more organized molecular crystals to the fixed lattices of different 2D materials to identify three guiding rules…

‘Is there something emerging from my head?’ ‘Solar Opposites’ season 6 clip reveals the horror of Beta Nuts (exclusive)

Our favorite Schlorpian family is back for the sixth and final season of “Solar Opposites”, as Korvo, Terry, Jessie, Yumyulack, and the Pupa continue to try to adapt to Earth’s…

Event Horizon Telescope images reveal new dark matter detection method

Simulated images of the supermassive black hole M87*. Left panel shows radiation from astrophysical plasma and right panel illustrates potential emission from dark matter annihilation. Credit: Yifan Chen. According to…