PseudoAugment principal scheme. Credit: Sergey Nesteruk and coauthors A research team from Skoltech and other institutions have pioneered a new fast way to distinguish weighted goods at a supermarket. Unlike…
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UAE pitches itself as Africa’s carbon credits leader
An Emirati coalition has announced a $450 million commitment to buy carbon credits generated in Africa but critics called offsets a “risky diversion” The United Arab Emirates is positioning itself…
Researchers design machine learning models to better predict adolescent suicide and self-harm risk
Receiver operating characteristic curves for self-harm prediction models. ^full-feature set derived model, *20-feature model. Credit: Psychiatry Research (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115446 Artificial intelligence can help to identify risk factors for suicide…
Exploring the effects of hardware implementation on the exploration space of evolvable robots
The ARE Robot Fabricator (RoboFab). Evolved robot skeletons (green) are 3D printed, the robot arm equips them with a central ‘head’ (red) and then attaches modular ‘organs’ (dark blue) to…
Better cybersecurity with quantum random number generation based on a perovskite light emitting diode
Quantum random number generation based on a perovskite light emitting diode. Credit: Magnus Johansson Digital information exchange can be safer, cheaper and more environmentally friendly with the help of a…
What are green debt swaps?
Debt-for-nature and debt-for-climate swaps are becoming more common, with Ecuador’s recent $1.6bn deal the biggest yet. How do they work? Government debts are rocketing to untenable levels while the need…
Unprecedented Gamma-Ray Burst Explained By Long-Lived Jet
First large-scale numerical simulation of black hole-neutron star merger and resulting gamma-ray burst matches puzzling observations. Last year, Northwestern University researchers reported new observational evidence that long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) can result…
Newly Discovered Exoplanet Has Longest Orbit Yet Detected by the TESS Mission
The frosty gas giant exoplanet was discovered in a system that also hosts a warm Jupiter. Of the more than 5,000 planets that exist beyond our solar system, most orbit…
People with lung conditions face extra risks from climate change, experts say
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People living with lung conditions, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), face even greater risks from climate change, according to an expert report…
Study reveals new insights into Siberia’s Por-Bazhyn |
A new study by the Russian Geographical Society has revealed that Por-Bazhyn was a Manichean monastery. Por-Bazhyn, meaning “Clay House” in the Tuvan language is located in the Sengelen mountains…
