Scanning electron microscope image of Vibrio cholerae. Credit: Wikipedia Ivory Coast announced a cholera outbreak on Thursday, confirming seven deaths from the disease. Daniel Kouadio Ekra, head of the National…
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Private lunar lander from Japan falls silent while attempting a moon touchdown
This image taken from video shows flight controllers at ispace Mission Control in Tokyo awaiting confirmation of their private lunar lander touching down on the moon Friday, June 6, 2025.…
Can algorithms judge fairness as well as accuracy?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Earlier this year, Facebook rolled back rules against some hate speech and abuse. Along with changes at X (formerly Twitter) that followed its purchase by Elon…
Polarized Target a Perfect Fit for Measuring Spinning Particles
BYLINE: Chris Patrick Newswise — In this International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, physicists worldwide are celebrating a century since the establishment of quantum mechanics. The celebration has brought to…
MIT Researchers Use Frontier to Model the Density, Pressure Inside Neutron Stars
Newswise — For astrophysicists, neutron stars stand out as objects of irresistible fascination — perhaps, in part, because of how difficult they are to decipher. But calculations conducted on the…
Preemptively cutting rhinos’ horns cuts poaching
Rhino poaching may be substantially reduced by removing the reason so many rhinos are poached in the first place: their highly valued horns. Dehorning rhinos dramatically drops the poaching rate…
Quantum state lifetimes extended by laser-triggered electron tunneling in cuprate ladders
Laser pulses trigger electronic changes in a cuprate ladder, creating long-lived quantum states that persist for about a thousand times longer than usual. Credit: Brad Baxley/Part to Whole Quantum materials…
Treaty to protect seas short on support ahead of UN ocean summit
As governments head to a major UN ocean conference next week, the race is on to get enough countries to ratify an international treaty seen as crucial to meeting a…
Can AI Be Funny? Yes, But Not Funnier Than a Human
Summary: A new study shows that AI can create internet memes rated as funny and shareable as those made by humans, but the best jokes still come from people. Researchers…
Study shows how obesity can affect care provision
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study has found that older adults living with obesity can feel judged or dismissed by care providers due to their weight, leading to a…
