Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Before the end of its first full day of operations, the new Trump administration gutted all advisory panels for the Department of Homeland Security. Among these…
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Meta tests ads on Threads, its alternative to X
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Facebook parent Meta has begun testing ads on its newest social network Threads, an executive announced Friday, as the company continues to grow its alternative to…
Nepal explores paving with plastic
Vehicles riding over a road built using recycled plastic waste in Pokhara. Cars speeding along a smooth, black-colored street in Nepal’s Pokhara are also driving over heaps of discarded plastic,…
AI revolutionizes training for sensorimotor skills from surgery to tennis
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The new wave of powerful generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as ChatGPT and DALL-E has introduced powerful capabilities such as writing and image generation. In…
How good old mud can lower building costs
“What’s cool here is we’re able to make shape-optimized building elements for the same amount of time and energy it would take to make rectilinear building elements,” Sandy Curth says.…
New 2-liter ammonia-fueled engine developed, showing improved thermal efficiency and power output
Direct Injection Ammonia Engine. Credit: Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) A 2-liter engine utilizing ammonia, a renewable and zero-carbon energy source, has been developed. This groundbreaking technology is…
AI Mimics Toddler-Like Learning to Unlock Human Cognition
Summary: A new AI model, based on the PV-RNN framework, learns to generalize language and actions in a manner similar to toddlers by integrating vision, proprioception, and language instructions. Unlike…
Long COVID Impairs Exercise Capacity and Cognition for Years
Summary: A study of nearly 1,000 people with post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) revealed that two-thirds still experienced significant symptoms, including reduced exercise capacity and cognitive performance, two years after infection. Persistent…
Researcher discusses transportation insecurity in Detroit and beyond
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain More than a third of Detroit residents (36%) can’t get from place to place in a safe or timely manner. This is the main finding of…
