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Phys.org / Peacemaker program linked to 61% decline in gun violence deaths and injuries
A new study by researchers at UC Berkeley's Center for Global Healthy Cities, published in JAMA Network Open, found that the California city of Richmond's Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS) was responsible for a 61% reduction ...
Tech Xplore / Curiosity, frustration and antipathy: How kids play with AI toys
Claims of "smart" toys go back decades. See Chatty Cathy and Furby. But generative artificial intelligence is increasing the capabilities of interactive toys. The company Curio, for instance, markets itself as a "magical ...
Tech Xplore / AI optimizes energy production and cuts carbon emissions in seconds
A new AI model for predicting energy consumption could help managers plan ahead and open up opportunities for cutting carbon emissions, according to research published in the International Journal of Information and Communication ...
Dialog / Faint far-infrared radiation drives a correlated insulator-to-metal transition in magic-angle graphene
One of the central ideas in modern physics is the phase transition—a sudden transformation of the state of a material. We encounter phase transitions throughout everyday life: water freezes into ice, wax melts in the warmth ...
Medical Xpress / Mini-tumors reveal new drug combinations for liver cancer
Liver cancer is difficult to treat because tumors vary greatly from patient to patient. Researchers at the University of Basel have captured this diversity by creating a collection of mini-tumors, which they use to systematically ...
Medical Xpress / How melanoma silences the skin's natural antitumor defense
Cancers actively remodel their surrounding cells and tissues to create a microenvironment that favors their growth, survival and spread. Melanoma, a cancer of the pigment-producing melanocytes of the skin, is one of the most ...
Phys.org / Precise giants: New research reveals how blue whales find food in a vast ocean
Despite protections, blue whales remain endangered, primarily because of the risk of collisions with ships. MBARI's Blue Whale Observatory uses a suite of technologies to study these animals and their primary food source, ...
Phys.org / Whether you're an introvert or extravert may decide how you should use AI
More than a century ago, the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung made introversion and extraversion central to his theory of psychological types.
Dialog / A Permian fossil may reveal the oldest known flowering-plant structure
Despite the importance and dominance of angiosperms ("flowering plants") in the current ecosystem, it is rather surprising that we know so little about their origin and early evolution. Paleobotanists have been making efforts ...
Tech Xplore / Potential material for safer Li-ion batteries achieves record-high conductivity
Two years ago, a new material was reported to have an unusually large lithium-ion conductivity. Now, Nagoya University researchers have uncovered why it works so well and attained its record-high room temperature conductivity ...
Tech Xplore / Explainable AI could help turn hidden data patterns into testable scientific hypotheses
Artificial intelligence (AI) may have more to offer science than accurate predictions. The patterns it learns could point researchers toward new, testable explanations of how complex systems function.
Tech Xplore / US judge rejects bid to break up Google's ad business
A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday refused to force Google to sell a division of its digital advertising business, rejecting the government's push to break up part of the company's ad empire.