Emissions controls are causing brick kilns to close, raising fears that migrant labourers – who lack social safety nets – will struggle to earn a living On the outskirts of…
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A Glimpse Into the Future of AI-Driven Electric Cars
Last week, I took part in a radio show on AI electric cars of the future. It was based on an article from the BBC’s TopGear, which used to be…
Study examines matter distribution and supports unknown influence or new particle
Artistic reconstruction of a photon’s path through intergalactic gas. Credit: UC Riverside The dense peaks in the wavelength distribution graph observed in a Lyman-Alpha forest indeed resemble many small trees.…
Optical fibers fit for the age of quantum computing
Bright light guided through an optical fiber manufactured at the University of Bath. Credit: Cameron McGarry, University of Bath A new generation of specialty optical fibers has been developed by…
One type of non-statin cholesterol-lowering drug linked to lower liver cancer risk
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Past studies have suggested that taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may lower individuals’ risk of developing liver cancer. In a new study of non-statin cholesterol-lowering medications, one…
Evidence-based information combats misleading and false claims about the anti-Mullerian hormone test
Credit: Nataliya Vaitkevich from Pexels Researchers in Australia have found that when women are given accurate information about a test that indicates the number of eggs in their ovaries, they…
Princely tomb with rich funerary objects found in Corinaldo Necropolis
Archaeologists from the University of Bologna have uncovered a princely tomb in the Corinaldo Necropolis, located in the province of Ancona, Italy. This follows on from a previous discovery in…
Apple has reached its first-ever union contract with store employees in Maryland
An Apple store employee stands inside the store in New York on Feb. 5, 2021. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ Coalition of Organized Retail Employees, which represents…
AI startups swap independence for Big Tech’s deep pockets
Big tech companies are increasingly in the spotlight for their appetite to eat up smaller firms, prompting some concerns in Silicon Valley. It’s the case of the vanishing startup: some…
Technology’s grip on modern life is pushing us down a dimly lit path of digital land mines
Tiffany McAllister and Andres Bernal try to rebook their flight to Iowa while at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Friday, July 19, 2024, as a major internet outage disrupts…
