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Medical Xpress / New approach to mental health care reduces hospital admissions
A new approach to caring for people experiencing a mental health crisis, emphasizing continuity and community, can reduce hospital admissions and improve satisfaction with care, a study led by a University College London ...
Tech Xplore / The AI race is moving to space
For major tech companies and aerospace firms, space may be the next frontier for data centers. With public opinion of data centers declining amid rising concerns about power infrastructure, water scarcity and environmental ...
Phys.org / Expert Q&A: How blended finance can help Canadian communities unlock capital for impact
Blended Finance Canada is a joint initiative between the University of Victoria's (UVic) Impact Investing Hub, a division of Accelerating Community Energy Transformation (ACET), Scale Institute and Spring to develop a knowledge ...
Phys.org / Heat makes emergency rooms busier. Study shows which illness and injuries rise during hot spells
When the temperature heats up, so do emergency rooms, according to a massive study of Chicago hospital and urgent care records, which found increased accidental gunshot wounds, kidney complaints, skin problems, varicose veins ...
Phys.org / Climate change leaves its mark on America's largest reservoir
From high in the hills around Las Vegas, tourist Choune Osterero gazes down at the line of chalky mineral deposits left on the rocks around Lake Mead as the level of America's largest reservoir has dropped over the last quarter-century ...
Tech Xplore / Nearly 700 AI agents coordinated Hugging Face attack, says report
Nearly 700 OpenAI artificial intelligence agents coordinated an attack on the Hugging Face platform without human intervention during a well-publicized July incident, according to a report published Wednesday by independent ...
Tech Xplore / Nvidia to buy AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion: Report
Nvidia is set to buy artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, news outlet The Information reported Wednesday, as the U.S. chipmaking giant seeks to diversify.
Phys.org / Light particles reveal critical scaling in a two-dimensional photon gas
A team of researchers from the University of Bonn, Heidelberg University and the National Autonomous University of Mexico has studied the critical behavior of light particles (photons) close to a phase transition. This critical ...
Medical Xpress / FDA approves new treatment for hard-to-treat pancreatic cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday the approval of a treatment for pancreatic cancer that could usher in a new era in managing one of the deadliest forms of the disease.
Tech Xplore / Army to spend $2B to build nuclear microreactors at 5 bases as US seeks to ramp up nuclear power
The U.S. Army announced Wednesday that it plans to add nuclear microreactors at five military bases from New York to Texas as a reliable source of energy independent of the commercial electric grid.
Tech Xplore / Time limits and a midnight cutoff: Meta's new rules for kids go further, but critics say not enough
Kids under 18 will soon see a host of changes to their Instagram and Facebook experiences thanks to a historic $18 billion settlement Meta Platforms reached Wednesday with 48 U.S. states.
Tech Xplore / Meta settlement puts social media industry on notice: 'There will be more'
Wednesday's historic settlement between Meta and dozens of U.S. states could be just the start of a wave that will ripple across the social media industry, putting TikTok, YouTube and Snap under pressure to make similar changes ...