Articles by Bob Yirka
Phys.org / Galls found to shield Boheman weevil larvae from wildfire heat in Brazil
A team of ecologists and entomologists affiliated with several institutions in Brazil, working with a colleague from Mexico, has observed the first instance of galls providing protection against fire to gall-inducing Boheman ...
Tech Xplore / Dark LLMs: It's still easy to trick most AI chatbots into providing harmful information, study finds
A group of AI researchers at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, in Israel, has found that despite efforts by large language model (LLM) makers, most commonly available chatbots are still easily tricked into generating harmful ...
Tech Xplore / AI may soon account for half of data center power use if trends persist
Alex de Vries-Gao, a PhD candidate at VU Amsterdam Institute for Environmental Studies, has published an opinion piece about the results of a simple study he conducted involving the possible amount of electricity used by ...
Phys.org / Binary star system with millisecond pulsar and a helium star companion discovered
A large team of astronomers and astrophysicists affiliated with several institutions in China has discovered a binary star system, where one of the stars is a millisecond pulsar and the other is made mostly of helium. In ...
Phys.org / Odd binary star system has a huge planetary companion
A small international team of astronomers has confirmed that a binary star system with an odd signal has a companion—a planet roughly twice the size of Jupiter, which may have emerged from a circumbinary orbit or from a second-generation ...
Phys.org / Humpback whale eyesight weaker than previously believed, study finds
A team of marine biologists at the University of North Carolina and Duke University has found humpback whales have poorer eyesight than previously assumed. In their study, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal ...
Phys.org / Atmospheric scientists suggest that AI could be used to make 30-day weather forecasts
A team of atmospheric scientists at the University of Washington has found evidence that weather forecasters may be able to look ahead for up to 30 days when making predictions. In their study, posted on the arXiv preprint ...
Phys.org / Using artificial insemination to save an endangered parrot in New Zealand
A team of conservationists, zoologists and veterinary medicine specialists from Justus Liebig University Giessen, in Germany, the Department of Conservation, Kākāpō Recovery and the University of Otago, both in New Zealand, ...
Phys.org / Tattoos of rare shape and composition found on 800-year-old Andean mummy
An international team of anthropologists, cultural heritage specialists and lab analysts has found tattoos of a type never seen before on the face and arm of an 800-year-old Andean mummy. Their paper is published in the Journal ...
Phys.org / Model suggests impact of global warming on AMOC has led to increased flooding along US Northeast Coast
A team of geophysicists and atmospheric scientists at Princeton's NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science has found evidence that a warming planet over the ...
Phys.org / Physicists determine how to cut onions with fewer tears
A team of physicists, biologists and engineers at Cornell University, in the U.S., has discovered some of the factors that lead to more or less spray when cutting onions and found a couple of ways to reduce the amount of ...
Phys.org / Ancient cemeteries and rock art discovered on Morocco's Tangier Peninsula
A trio of archaeologists from the University of Barcelona and the University of Castilla-La Mancha, both in Spain, and the National Institute of Archaeology and Heritage in Morocco have discovered three ancient cemeteries ...
Phys.org / Low-emission zones linked to improved air quality in Belgian cities
A team of health and environmental researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in Belgium, working together due to a request from health insurer Mutualités Libres, has found that converting parts of cities to low-emission ...
Tech Xplore / Alibaba's ZeroSearch method uses simulated search results to slash LLM training costs
A team of AI researchers at the Alibaba Group's Tongyi Lab, has debuted a new approach to training LLMs; one that costs much less than those now currently in use. Their paper is posted on the arXiv preprint server.
Phys.org / Wildfire smoke infiltrates homes: More than 1 billion people faced high indoor exposure from 2003 to 2022, study finds
A small team of architects and environmental scientists from Tsinghua University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, both in China, has estimated that more than 1 billion people worldwide were exposed to wildfire particulate ...
