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Medical Xpress / Flu is hitting California early—doctors worry this year will be especially hard on kids
Fueled by a new viral strain, flu is hitting California early—and doctors are warning that they expect the season may be particularly tough on young children.
Phys.org / Diversifying US Midwest farming for stability and resilience
Researchers find that diversifying crops and integrating livestock improves farm efficiencies and ecosystem services in the US Midwest. The work is published in PNAS Nexus.
Tech Xplore / Shrinking AI memory boosts accuracy, study finds
Researchers have developed a new way to compress the memory used by AI models to increase their accuracy in complex tasks or help save significant amounts of energy.
Phys.org / The 'pawprint economy' is booming—and it offers huge opportunities for tourism
Luxury pet pampering packages at hotels, menus with dog-friendly roast dinners and £6,000 animal-friendly charter flights. Pet travel isn't just a trend, it's something of a transformation. This is the "pawprint economy"—and ...
Phys.org / How healthy are Brazil nuts? New study elucidates trace elements in the seeds
Brazil nuts are an especially nutrient-rich source of food: They contain important minerals like calcium and magnesium, essential amino acids and unsaturated fatty acids. Brazil nuts are characterized by very high selenium ...
Medical Xpress / New study estimates NHS England spends 3% of its primary and secondary care budget on the health impacts of temperature
A new University of Oxford-led study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, is the first to link daily temperature data to health-care use and costs across primary and secondary care in England. Analysis of 4.37 million ...
Phys.org / How can Canada become a global AI powerhouse? By investing in mathematics
Artificial intelligence is everywhere. In fact, each reader of this article could have multiple AI apps operating on the very device displaying this piece.
Phys.org / Should kids at least do a little bit of school work over the holidays?
As the summer holidays begin in Australia, parents may feel concerned their children will "forget how to spell their own names" during the long school break.
Tech Xplore / Who should get paid when AI learns from creative work?
As generative AI systems become more deeply woven into the fabric of modern life—drafting text, generating images, summarizing news—debates over who should profit from the technology are intensifying.
Medical Xpress / Why there's always room for dessert—an anatomist explains
You push back from the table after Christmas lunch, full from an excellent feast. You really couldn't manage another bite—except, perhaps, a little bit of pudding. Somehow, no matter how much you've eaten, there always ...
Phys.org / Scientists and data explain why Kenya's lakes are rising as thousands face an uncertain future
When Dickson Ngome first leased his farm at Lake Naivasha in Kenya's Rift Valley in 2008, it was over 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from shore. The farm was on 1.5 acres (0.6 hectares) of fertile land where he grew vegetables ...
Medical Xpress / Testing AI logic in biomedical research
Manchester researchers have developed a systematic methodology to test whether AI can think logically in biomedical research, helping to ensure safer, more reliable applications in health care innovation.
