The Israel National Drone Initiative aims to build air taxis in a bid to ease persistent traffic woes. An air taxi flew over Jerusalem on Wednesday as part of an…
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Tobacco and Cannabis Combo Ups Anxiety and Depression Risk
Summary: A new study indicates a link between the co-use of tobacco and cannabis and heightened rates of anxiety and depression. Analyzing data from the COVID-19 Citizens Health Study, researchers…
Healthy Habits Are Key to Curbing Depression’s Hold
Summary: A new study delves into the role of lifestyle choices in mitigating depression risks. Drawing from the UK Biobank, researchers analyzed data from nearly 290,000 participants, determining that seven…
EU to probe China electric car subsidies
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has called on the bloc to define its own approach to Beijing. Brussels will investigate Chinese state subsidies for electric cars, EU chief Ursula…
Apple’s new iPhones get faster chips, better cameras and new charging ports
The iPhone 15 Pro is displayed during an announcement of new products on the Apple campus, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, in Cupertino, Calif. Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Apple on Tuesday…
Researchers say chatbot exhibits self-awareness
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Are large language models sentient? If they are, how would we know? As a new generation of AI models have rendered the decades-old measure of a…
New methodology reveals health, climate impacts of reducing buildings’ energy use
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Increasing energy efficiency in buildings can save money—and it can also decrease the carbon emissions and air pollution that lead to climate change and health harms.…
A strategy to fabricate highly performing tin perovskite-based transistors
Tin halide perovskite enabling low-temperature poly-silicon level transistor performance and the logic circuits integration. Credit: Zhu et al. Metal halide perovskites are semiconducting materials with advantageous optoelectronic properties, low defects…
entrepreneur seeks to improve S. Korea’s favorite food
Kang’s robot, composed of a simple, flexible mechanical arm, is capable of frying 100 chickens in two hours. In fried-chicken-obsessed South Korea, restaurants serving the nation’s favorite fast-food dish dot every…
