Articles by Bob Yirka
Tech Xplore / Turning liquor waste into power: Baijiu sediment transformed into anode for sodium-ion batteries
A small team of materials engineers at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, working with Wuliangye, a manufacturer of baijiu, has developed a carbon-source anode using baijiu sediment for use in a ...
Tech Xplore / Chain of Draft approach allows AI models to carry out tasks using far fewer resources
A small team of AI engineers at Zoom Communications has developed a new approach to training AI systems that uses far fewer resources than the standard approach now in use. The team has published their results on the arXiv ...
Phys.org / Self-powered biosensor finds and kills bacteria in water samples
A small team of materials scientists and chemical engineers at Qingdao University, in China, has developed a self-powered, three-component biosensor that can kill bacteria in water samples. The study is published in the journal ...
Phys.org / Scientists highlight alarming rise in marine heat waves worldwide
A team of Earth scientists, marine biologists, oceanologists and climate change specialists affiliated with multiple institutions in Australia and the U.K. is warning of the dangers associated with an increase in the number ...
Phys.org / New species of tiger swallowtail butterfly identified in eastern North America
A research team has identified a new species of tiger swallowtail butterfly living in eastern parts of North America. In their study, published in the journal ZooKeys, Julian Dupuis, B. Christian Schmidt, Charles J. DeRoller ...
Phys.org / Physicists achieve record-breaking electron beam power and current
A team of physicists at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, in Menlo Park, California, generated the highest-current, highest-peak-power electron beams ever produced. The team has published their paper in Physical Review ...
Phys.org / New findings date Los Chocoyos supereruption to 79,500 years ago, and show Earth bounced back within decades
An international team of Earth and life scientists, hydrologists, chemists, and physicists, has found evidence showing that the Los Chocoyos supereruption occurred approximately 79,500 years ago and that the planet bounced ...
Phys.org / Study shows married men in the US are finally doing more of the housework
A group of sociologists from the University of Toronto, the University of Maryland, Bowling Green State University, and Louisiana State University has found that married men in the US are doing much more of the housework ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers find colonization and spread of C. auris on the skin of nursing home residents
A team of microbiologists, geneticists and internal medicine skin disease specialists affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. has found that antibiotic-resistant pathogens are borne on the skin of nursing home residents. ...
Phys.org / Utah dig site reveals increased diversity of fossilized eggshells
A team of biological, Earth and environmental scientists from North Carolina State University, Stellenbosch University and the University of Minnesota has found new types of ancient eggshells in the Mussentuchit Member in ...
Medical Xpress / Industrialized societies get more sleep but have less regular circadian rhythms than hunter–gatherers, new study finds
A pair of anthropologists with the University of Toronto Mississauga, in Canada, reports that, contrary to the belief of many that people in industrialized societies suffer from lack of sleep on a regular basis, the opposite ...
Tech Xplore / Two new ways to create bread-derived carbon electrodes with desired shapes
A trio of engineers from Saint Vincent College and the University of Pittsburgh has developed two unique ways to mold bread-derived carbon electrodes into desired shapes. In their study published in the journal Royal Society ...
Phys.org / Nvidia's CorrDiff uses AI to generate higher resolution local weather forecasting
A team of engineers and weather specialists at Nvidia, working with a colleague from Taiwan's Central Weather Administration, has developed a new AI app aimed specifically at generating higher resolution local weather forecasting. ...
Phys.org / Illegal cutting has led to deforestation in some parts of Brazil's coastal tropical forests
A team of Earth scientists, ecologists and space research specialists affiliated with several institutions in Brazil has found that despite efforts by the government to preserve the country's coastal tropical forests, much ...
Phys.org / Indian street dogs show strong preference for yellow bowls, even empty ones
A team of animal behaviorists at the Indian Institute of Science Education & Research in India has found that street dogs living in that country prefer eating from yellow bowls to those of other colors. Their paper is published ...
