Pinpointing weaknesses in hot water bottle design

Credit: Applied Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.3390/app14114427 The team then simulated the forces acting on the hot water bottles under pressure using advanced finite-element modeling. In addition, tensile test strips were…

Gaming’s best friend or worst enemy?

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain YouTube influencers are shaping the gaming industry in unexpected ways, and a new study in the journal Marketing Science uncovers the surprising truth: Although influencers can…

Optimizing agrivoltaic systems for crops and clean energy

System delivers early prediction of wind turbine failure

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A researcher from VUB has developed a system that can predict wind turbine failures caused by early component malfunctions. He specializes in condition monitoring, a technique…

Heat-based stabilization of a conductive polymer simplifies bioelectronics fabrication

A new programming language for high-performance computing, with much less code

Wasting too much time on social media apps? Tips and tricks to curb smartphone use

Women look at a phone while sitting on the pedestal of statue on International Women’s Day in downtown Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, March 8, 2025. Credit: AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda If you’ve…

DeepSeek dims shine of AI stars

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain China-based DeepSeek shook up the world of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) early this year with a low-cost but high-performance model that challenges the hegemony of OpenAI…

Boost Brain Health by Following Your Heart: Simple Steps for Longevity

Summary: New research highlights that optimal brain health, crucial for maintaining cognitive function as we age, is strongly linked to cardiovascular wellness. The study underscores that dementia and cognitive decline…

Researchers develop new feature selection method for limited-sample industrial data

Framework of the proposed robust feature selection method. Credit: NIMTE A research team from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has introduced…