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Medical Xpress / Early immune clues that determine who develops TB may lead to new ways to intervene earlier and stop the disease
A quarter of the global population is estimated to have been infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, yet only 5%–10% of those infected go on to develop active tuberculosis (TB). "The big question has always been what distinguishes ...
Phys.org / ALMA spots a nine-member stellar family in the act of formation
Massive stars much bigger than our sun always come in pairs or groups, not alone. But astronomers don't fully understand how these groupings form. In a new study, astronomers using ALMA have serendipitously discovered a young ...
Tech Xplore / Chinese supercomputer displaces US machines as world's fastest for first time since 2017
A supercomputer in China now outranks its U.S. counterparts as the world's most powerful, marking the first time since 2017 that a Chinese computer has topped a list sometimes viewed as a measure of a nation's technological ...
Phys.org / Heat waves threaten health of both young and old
A brutal heat wave blanketing much of Europe has prompted reminders that extreme heat poses a particular threat to the health of children and the elderly.
Tech Xplore / Airbus to inspect 16 A380s after cracks found on plane wings
Airbus on Tuesday said it would inspect 16 A380 planes, five of them immediately, after cracks were found in a key wing component on aircraft used by Emirates and Qantas.
Tech Xplore / All the world's a robot-staging ground for tech entrepreneurs building 'physical AI'
Computer scientist Louis Castricato was in his eighth year studying large language models—the artificial intelligence technology behind chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude—when he started to feel like he was hitting a dead end.
Phys.org / H5 bird flu detected in second Australia state
Scientists have detected the highly contagious H5 bird flu strain in a second Australian state, the nation's agriculture minister said Wednesday.
Phys.org / Lavatory shaft reveals the cost of 17th‑century vanity in Germany
Four goose skulls were pulled from a former toilet shaft in Brandenburg, Germany, each of them riddled with strange holes. As it turns out, these holes were the telltale signs of fancy feathered crests, making them the first ...
Tech Xplore / Meta offers lower cost glasses as wearables competition heats up
Meta on Tuesday launched a new line of smart glasses priced slightly lower than its Ray-Ban-branded glasses, as competition heats up in the AI-powered wearable tech space.
Phys.org / Major power outage in France as Europe wilts under record heat
Europe braced Wednesday for another day of a sweltering heat wave that has smashed records, left tens of thousands of people without power and sent air conditioner sales zooming on a continent unused to and ill-equipped to ...
Medical Xpress / COVID-19 vaccine study that was blocked from CDC journal is published elsewhere
A study on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness has finally been published after being blocked from a government health journal.
Tech Xplore / Brain-inspired AI architecture could compute faster while using far less power
Spiking neural networks (SNNs) are artificial intelligence (AI) models inspired by how biological neurons communicate with each other. While biological neurons exchange information in the form of electrical impulses, SNNs ...
