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Tech Xplore / Engineers develop autonomous artificial intelligence that transforms resilience and discovery in manufacturing

Research led by Rutgers engineers has shown how artificial intelligence (AI) can solve two of the biggest challenges in manufacturing.

6 hours ago in Engineering
Phys.org / Preparing to study abroad requires knowing what might go wrong during and after the trip

After spending two college semesters in northern Thailand, Sarah Jongsma found herself back home in the rural Nevada town where she grew up, surrounded by everything familiar yet feeling strangely out of place.

3 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / CDC website is changed to raise suspicions of a vaccines-autism link

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website has been changed to contradict the longtime scientific conclusion that vaccines do not cause autism, spurring outrage among a number of public health and autism experts.

3 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / HHS proposes new CDC programs, including hepatitis B screening

The Health and Human Services Department is proposing new initiatives for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including a program to increase hepatitis B screening for pregnant women, as part of a broader push ...

Medical Xpress / Cholera cases in Africa surge to 3 times higher than reported in 2022

Cholera remains a "major battle" in Africa, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which warned Thursday of more cases as the rainy season begins in most affected countries.

Phys.org / Broad support for lethal control of wild deer among nature organization subscribers

There is broad support for regulated lethal control of wild deer to reduce their numbers and impacts among subscribers of nature organizations in England and Wales, a new study has found.

15 hours ago in Biology
Tech Xplore / Future LED light could both illuminate and communicate

In the visions of researchers at the University of Oulu, light does far more than illuminate. It provides, among others, a new way to transmit data securely and efficiently, while also offering a sustainable energy source ...

14 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / Deadly horse virus threatens North Texas herds after outbreak south of Fort Worth

The Texas Department of Agriculture is warning horse owners to take precautions with their herds after an outbreak of a deadly virus after an event in Waco last week.

8 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Breaking the cycle of vulnerability: Modifiable elements to build community resilience and improve health

A novel study empirically linking a standardized measure of community resilience in more than 3,100 U.S. counties to cognitive, mental, and physical health outcomes shows that counties with fewer health care resources, limited ...

15 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Minnesota has one of the nation's lowest kindergarten measles vaccination rates

Minnesota has seen one of the nation's sharpest drops in measles herd immunity among kindergartners, falling well below the threshold needed to prevent outbreaks. A rise in nonmedical exemptions, especially at private schools, ...

8 hours ago in Pediatrics
Medical Xpress / The future of insulin delivery for diabetes could be through a patch

A compound that enables the delivery of insulin through the skin has been demonstrated in mice and minipigs. The findings, reported in a paper published in Nature, suggest a potential alternative to injection for diabetes ...

17 hours ago in Diabetes
Phys.org / Improved mapping system ends farm mislabeling, protecting coffee and cacao trade

A new system could overhaul maps that misclassify hundreds of thousands of smallholder coffee and cacao farmers as working in forests. Without better maps, deforestation regulations could ripple through markets from remote ...

17 hours ago in Biology