Structural Sexism Tied to Faster Memory Decline in Older Women

Summary: Women born in states with higher structural sexism experience faster memory decline later in life, with effects equivalent to nine years of cognitive aging. Structural sexism encompasses societal inequities…

Automation of Nuclear Chemistry Processes Leads to

The Science Astatine-211 (At-211) is one of a handful of promising alpha emitting radioisotopes for cancer therapy. Its short 7.2-hour half-life means that it must be handled quickly to minimize losses due…

Open-source platform provides a virtual playground for human-AI teaming

The CREW platform helps human train AI agents to become better at tasks while working to understand how best to optimize this type of training and human-AI partnerships. Credit: Duke…

Early detection model for pancreatic necrosis improves patient outcomes

ROC comparison between the infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) model and other severity scores. Credit: eGastroenterology (2024). DOI: 10.1136/egastro-2024-100095 A new prediction model for infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) in patients with…

AI model achieves high accuracy in skin cancer detection

The proposed model architecture. Note: TTA: test-time augmentation. Credit: Data Science and Management (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.dsm.2024.10.002 Led by Aliyu Tetengi Ibrahim and his team at Ahmadu Bello University, a study…

Fake credentials offer novel solution to e-voting challenges

AI system reveals hidden drug dark jargon unknown even to police officers

Credit: Mikhail Nilov from Pexels Drug trafficking and other criminal activities on social media have become a growing social concern. To evade detection by law enforcement and automated monitoring systems,…

Report analyzes long history of NASA support for commercial space

The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov approaches the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above Ontario, Canada, near James…

These are the 5 most popular Science News stories of 2024

Science News drew millions of visitors to our website this year. Here’s a look back at the most-read and most-watched online news stories of 2024. Top news stories 5. Psilocybin…

Quantum walk computing unlocks new potential in quantum science and technology

Quantum walk applications are divided into 4 main categories: quantum computing, quantum simulation, quantum information processing, and graph-theoretic applications. Credit: Xiaogang Qiang, Shixin Ma and Haijing Song Quantum walks are…