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Tech Xplore / Amazon expands 'sovereign cloud' in Europe

Amazon's cloud computing division said Thursday that it would expand its "sovereign cloud" across the European Union, hoping to cash in as EU governments seek to safeguard their citizens' data.

16 hours ago in Business
Tech Xplore / AI-based system enables real-time detection of whip sounds in horse racing

Regulations limit both the intensity and frequency of whip use during horse racing. Nevertheless, compliance is currently verified manually after each race. Researchers at University of Tsukuba have developed an innovative ...

17 hours ago in Hi Tech & Innovation
Medical Xpress / Vaccines are helping older people more than we knew

The primary reason to be vaccinated against shingles is that two shots provide at least 90% protection against a painful, blistering disease that a third of Americans will suffer in their lifetimes, one that can cause lingering ...

17 hours ago in Gerontology & Geriatrics
Medical Xpress / Ketamine is giving more young people bladder problems—an expert explains

Urology departments in England and Wales have reported seeing an increase in the number of 16- to 24-year-olds being admitted for bladder inflammation associated with ketamine use.

17 hours ago in Neuroscience
Tech Xplore / Wikipedia at 25: Can its original ideals survive in the age of AI?

Around the turn of the century, the internet underwent a transformation dubbed "web 2.0." The world wide web of the 1990s had largely been read-only: static pages, hand-built homepages, portal sites with content from a few ...

17 hours ago in Business
Tech Xplore / In a warming world, freshwater production is moving deep beneath the sea

Some four miles off the Southern California coast, a company is betting it can solve one of desalination's biggest problems by moving the technology deep below the ocean's surface.

17 hours ago in Engineering
Phys.org / Native pollinators need more support than honeybees in Australia—here's why

Late last year, the New South Wales government announced an additional A$9.5 million in funding to support honeybee keepers in the wake of the 2022 arrival and subsequent spread of the Varroa mite.

17 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Prioritizing protein? What the new US dietary guidelines get right—and wrong—according to nutrition experts

Last week, United States health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr released the government's revamped dietary guidelines for 2025 to 2030.

17 hours ago in Health
Tech Xplore / Does adding 'please' and 'thank you' to your ChatGPT prompts really waste energy?

Cut the words "please" and "thank you" from your next ChatGPT query and, if you believe some of the talk online, you might think you are helping save the planet.

17 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / Perth's dolphins eat what's in season and are loyal to their groups

Perth's two dolphin groups in the Swan-Canning Rivers and further south in Cockburn Sound have been studied for more than a decade by Murdoch University researcher Dr. Delphine Chabanne, who is a passionate champion of the ...

17 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Potential tumor-suppressing gene identified in pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the most common type of pancreatic cancer and begins in the cells lining the pancreatic duct. Accounting for more than 90% of all pancreatic cancers, PDAC is extremely difficult ...

17 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / What are the dangers of the 'lunchtime lipo' procedures marketed online?

Increasing social media ads for "lunchtime liposuction" and other quick cosmetic surgeries are flooding timelines, but increasing complications like the death of 37-year-old Lenia Watson-Burton in San Diego are raising alarms ...

16 hours ago in Surgery