Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks on stage during the Google I/O keynote session at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, on May 10, 2023. Google on Wednesday said it is…
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Detecting Neutrinos from Nuclear Reactors with Water
The Science Neutrinos are subatomic particles that interact with matter extremely weakly. They are produced in many types of radioactive decays, including in the core of the Sun and in nuclear reactors. Neutrinos…
What does ending the emergency status of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US mean in practice? 4 questions answered
The COVID-19 pandemic’s public health emergency status in the U.S. expires on May 11, 2023. And on May 5, the World Health Organization declared an end to the COVID-19 public…
Empathy Unleashed: AI’s Personal Disclosures Boost User Acceptance
Summary: When artificial intelligence (AI) agents disclose personal information, it can boost users’ empathy towards them, thus increasing acceptance of AI technologies. The study involved online experiments where participants engaged…
Research reveals longstanding cultural continuity at oldest occupied site in West Africa |
Although knowledge of human evolution in West Africa is limited, recent findings suggest that the region exhibits distinct cultural developments when compared to other parts of the continent. Shedding further…
Wendy’s turns to AI-powered chatbots for drive-thru orders
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Wendy’s Co. will begin testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot next month that will talk to customers and take drive-thru orders, becoming the latest fast-food chain to…
Ecuador gets cheap debt write-off with promise to protect Galapagos’s nature
Ecuador will get $12 million a year to spend protecting the wildlife and habitats of the Galapagos islands, in the largest “debt for nature” deal yet Ecuador sealed the world’s…
Modeling of energetic neutral atoms to study solar flares and coronal mass ejections
This schematic diagram illustrates the two acceleration sites of ions in large solar energetic particle (SEP) events: flares and CME-driven shocks. Once produced, energetic ions can propagate along open interplanetary…
Quantum electrodynamics verified with exotic atoms
Conceptual diagram showing muonic atoms and quantum electrodynamic (QED) effects Credit: RIKEN An international collaboration of researchers, including the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli…
