Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Damian Stefaniuk is a postdoc at the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub). He works with MIT professors Franz-Josef Ulm and Admir Masic of the MIT Department…
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Computer security experts offer advice to freeze out risk of thermal attacks
Thermal camera. Credit: University of Glasgow A team of computer security experts have developed a set of recommendations to help defend against “thermal attacks” which can steal personal information. Thermal…
Rio Tinto to build largest solar plant in Canada’s north
Rio Tinto plans to install 6,600 solar panels at Diavik, a major diamond production center in northern Canada. Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto announced on Thursday that it will begin…
Generative artificial intelligence in the hospitality and tourism industry
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Between the boundless potential and the grim peril of artificial intelligence is an ocean of possibilities so vast that its enormity alone can douse research. In…
How sure is sure? Incorporating human error into machine learning
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers are developing a way to incorporate one of the most human of characteristics—uncertainty—into machine learning systems. Human error and uncertainty are concepts that many artificial…
Researchers improve environmental monitoring applications
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A research team from Wayne State University’s National Institutes of Health-funded Superfund Research Program, the Center for Leadership in Environmental Awareness and Research (CLEAR), recently published…
World’s largest cruise ship to set sail as industry rebounds
Royal Caribbean’s luxurious new vessel Icon of the Seas will be the world’s largest cruise ship. With cruise bookings seeing a resurgence after the COVID pandemic caused luxury liners to…
Wheat Gluten Spurs Brain Inflammation
Summary: Researchers found that wheat gluten induces brain inflammation in mice, a finding that could have implications for human health. The study revealed that when mice consumed gluten, inflammation occurred…
Psychedelics Sync Neurons: A Glimpse into Consciousness & Psychosis
Summary: Researchers have pioneered a method to simultaneously measure electrical signals from 128 brain regions in conscious rats. Using this technique, they observed the effects of psychedelic drugs, LSD and…
Why Do We Like Certain Scents?
Summary: Researchers delved into understanding why certain smells appeal to us and others don’t by studying locusts. Through a series of experiments, they analyzed how locusts’ brains reacted to various…
