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Medical Xpress / Innovative care system aims to save severed limbs
The number of traumatic amputations is rising worldwide—caused by road traffic accidents, accidents at work or during leisure activities, but also as a result of terrorist attacks or war. Only a few specialist clinics are ...
Phys.org / Why being in the 'right place' isn't enough for life
A planet's habitability is determined by a confluence of many factors. So far, our explorations of potentially habitable worlds beyond our solar system have focused exclusively on their position in the "Goldilocks Zone" of ...
Phys.org / What seven decades of hunting for aliens tells us
Since the 1950s, humanity has been searching for extraterrestrial life with increasingly sophisticated tools. But after decades of space probes, meteorite analysis, radio telescopes, and UFO investigations, what have we actually ...
Phys.org / New review highlights the pathway to ecological success
A new study has revealed that successful environmental restoration is dependent on bridging the gap between ecological science and understanding the social and economic forces that drive change.
Phys.org / H5N1 variant has made its way to an Australian subantarctic island
On Heard Island, a remote Australian subantarctic island some 4,000 km southwest of Perth, scientists were concerned after observing high mortality rates in the elephant seal population.
Tech Xplore / Airlines adopt software fix for Airbus A320 after plane has sudden altitude drop
Airlines around the world canceled and delayed flights heading into the weekend to fix software on a widely used commercial aircraft after an analysis found the computer code may have contributed to a sudden drop in the altitude ...
Tech Xplore / Can bigger-is-better 'scaling laws' keep AI improving forever? History says we can't be too sure
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman—perhaps the most prominent face of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom that accelerated with the launch of ChatGPT in 2022—loves scaling laws.
Medical Xpress / 8 ways to drink less during the silly season
"We must have a drink before the end of the year!"
Phys.org / Men earn nearly $10,000 more than women in bonuses and overtime pay, fueling the gender pay gap
Men are earning on average A$9,753 more than women each year in the form of performance bonuses, allowances and overtime pay.
Tech Xplore / Selfie-based age checks boom as govts push for online controls
As governments crack down on online platforms from social networks to porn sites, business is booming for one sector offering AI age checks based on selfies.
Tech Xplore / Researchers develop new algorithms for the efficient design of motorcycles in the digital environment
Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have developed a set of innovative methods and algorithms that improve the performance and precision of vehicle design through topological optimization, a mathematical ...
Phys.org / After nearly 100 years, scientists may have detected dark matter
In the early 1930s, Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky observed galaxies in space moving faster than their mass should allow, prompting him to infer the presence of some invisible scaffolding—dark matter—holding the galaxies ...
