Credit: Ketut Subiyanto from Pexels The Paris 2024 Olympics have inspired you to take up running again this year. Your shoes are all laced up, your headphones plugged in, and…
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New medications for early Alzheimer’s draw praise, controversy
by Kris B. Mamula, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Comparison of the efficacy slopes and absolute changes for donepezil and lecanemab versus placebo. Credit: eneuro (2024). DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0319-23.2024 Independence Health System has introduced…
Researcher designs robot to help children cross streets safely
by Kristin J. Bender, The Orange County Register Hovannes Kulhandjian, an associate professor in electrical and computer engineering at Cal State Fresno, who also works with the Mineta Transportation Institute…
How can we build landing and launch pads on the moon?
If the future unfolds like some experts forecast, the moon is going to be one bustling spaceport. Vehicles will routinely blast in and rocket off the lunar surface, part of…
Neighborhood socioeconomic status linked to premature mortality
Low neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with premature mortality, according to a study published online Aug. 8 in JAMA Network Open. Wayne R. Lawrence, Dr.P.H., from the National Institutes…
Quantum computers can accelerate the transition to net zero power grids
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Power grid operators, such as National Grid in the UK, rely on high-performance computers to plan grid expansions and to schedule when energy should be produced…
California partners with Nvidia to bring artificial intelligence resources to colleges
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain California is partnering with tech giant Nvidia to help train the state’s students, college faculty, developers and data scientists in artificial intelligence, officials announced Friday. The…
OpenAI worries its AI voice may charm users
Actors Scarlett Johansson (R) and Joaquin Phoenix starred in the 2013 fiction film ‘Her’, in which a man falls in love with a human sounding AI assistant. OpenAI says it…
New temple discovery at Selinunte
Archaeologists have discovered a small temple complex adjacent to the monumental Temple C at Selinunte, Sicily. Selinunte was a major city centre in the Greek-speaking areas of Southern Italy known…
