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Tech Xplore / Powerful AI is making facial recognition better at identifying you
If you are fortunate enough to have a ticket to an event at Madison Square Garden in New York—say, an NBA Finals game—one aspect of your visit will be having your face scanned by a facial recognition system.
Phys.org / First-of-its-kind AI tool for translating life-saving weather warnings across the US advanced
Nearly 69 million people in the United States speak a language other than English at home, yet weather warnings have long been issued almost exclusively in English. A new study documents how the National Weather Service is ...
Phys.org / Distant climate patterns determine how cold Japan's winters become
Researchers have uncovered a key mechanism behind Japan's extreme winter weather, revealing how distant climate patterns interact to intensify cold waves and heavy snowfall.
Tech Xplore / Researchers develop adaptive electric vehicle charging method to reduce battery degradation
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) have developed an adaptive charging strategy for lithium-ion batteries that could help electric vehicles (EVs) charge efficiently while reducing a major ...
Phys.org / Centuries‑old logbooks reveal how bowhead whales are recovering from near extinction
Bowhead whales have the greatest life span of any mammal on Earth. They can reach over 200 years in age thanks in part to their slow metabolism and cancer-suppressing genes.
Phys.org / Blue Origin says rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and key launch pad parts
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin said Tuesday that last week's rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and some other critical parts of the launch pad.
Phys.org / Budget-friendly, lab-grown steak with realistic texture
A team of Israeli scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has developed a novel method to significantly lower the production costs of cultivated meat. The new study demonstrates that preloading plant-derived cellulose ...
Medical Xpress / Should FIFA be doing more to protect soccer players from the World Cup heat?
The most watched sporting event in the world kicks off on June 11, co-hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States. With 2026 already expected to be one of the hottest years on record, experts and players have warned that ...
Medical Xpress / New theranostic approach effectively detects and treats neuroendocrine prostate cancer
A novel theranostic approach that targets RET—a newly identified biomarker for neuroendocrine prostate cancer—enables high-contrast PET imaging and effective, safe treatment for this highly aggressive malignancy. Because ...
Medical Xpress / GLP‑1 drugs like Ozempic show promise for more than weight loss, but what's science vs. hype?
You've probably heard of Ozempic or Wegovy. These are the injectable drugs that have become household names for weight loss and diabetes.
Medical Xpress / Predicting the financial strain of cancer
Researchers at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center have developed a machine learning tool to identify cancer patients who may be at high risk for financial toxicity—the financial stress and hardship that can accompany a cancer diagnosis ...
Phys.org / Modeling life beneath our feet: A step towards realistic soil ecology at the landscape scale
As soil health becomes a defining goal of the EU Soil Strategy for 2030, researchers at Aarhus University are rethinking how we model what lives beneath our feet. Their new spatially explicit population model for the soil ...