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Tech Xplore / AI is making life-changing decisions—researchers say we need a better way to keep it fair

Every day, algorithms make consequential decisions about millions of people's lives—who gets approved for a mortgage, who is called back for a job interview, who receives priority care in a hospital emergency room. Most ...

12 hours ago in Machine learning & AI
Medical Xpress / How AI could speed treatment for patients with this deadly cancer

Acute myeloid leukemia, or AML, is a rare and aggressive cancer that can affect people of all ages. Kiran Vanaja, an assistant research professor in bioengineering at Northeastern University, says that AML also has a high ...

12 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Emotions drive our eating choices

New research from Flinders University has revealed why many people struggle to stick to their dieting goals, particularly when their emotions fluctuate throughout the day. The study, published in the journal Food Quality ...

12 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Japan eyes remote Pacific island for nuclear waste

Japan is looking into using a remote deserted Pacific island nearly 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles) from Tokyo as a site for burying nuclear waste, officials said.

15 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / How estrogen helps protect women from high blood pressure

High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects more than one billion people worldwide and is a leading cause of heart disease and stroke. For decades, researchers have observed that premenopausal women are less likely to develop ...

12 hours ago in Cardiology
Medical Xpress / US maternal deaths fell in 2024 and may have dropped again last year, government data shows

Fewer U.S. women died around the time of childbirth in 2024, a government analysis shows, and provisional data suggests the trend may have continued last year.

15 hours ago in Obstetrics & gynaecology
Tech Xplore / Europe should focus on industrial AI, SAP says

Europe should focus on competing in industrial AI, a top executive at German software giant SAP said, as the continent plays catch-up in the race for the cutting-edge technology against the United States and China.

15 hours ago in Machine learning & AI
Phys.org / Hubble and Euclid zoom into cosmic eye

For this month's ESA/Hubble Picture of the Month, NASA/ESA's Hubble Space Telescope is joined by ESA's Euclid to create a new view of the most visually intricate remnants of a dying star: the Cat's Eye Nebula, also known ...

22 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Planting big native trees early can simplify forest restoration in Aotearoa

Native forest restoration usually starts with faster growing "nurse plants" that provide shelter under which to plant bigger trees—but new research suggests some big canopy trees can be planted early too. Scientists monitored ...

23 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Northern hemisphere snow cover is shrinking—new analysis tracks how fast

Faculty at Mississippi State University are continuing work at the intersection of mathematics, statistics, and climate science with the publication of a new study examining regional snow cover trends across the Northern ...

22 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / First field training officer may set use-of-force habits, study suggests

A field training officer is a special kind of cop. They have to be both patrol officer and mentor, as they teach recruits who are fresh out of the police academy how to put their lessons into practice. Much like mentors in ...

21 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Inclined sleeper-associated sudden unexpected infant deaths continued after recall

Sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUIDs) continued to occur in inclined sleepers even after manufacturer recalls in 2019, according to a study published online Feb. 23 in Pediatrics.