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Tech Xplore / Google unveils Gemini 3, aiming to turn its search engine into a 'thought partner'

Google is unleashing its Gemini 3 artificial intelligence model on its dominant search engine and other popular online services in the high-stakes battle to create technology that people can trust to enlighten them and manage ...

15 hours ago in Business
Phys.org / Sharper MRI scans may be on horizon thanks to new physics-based model

Researchers at Rice University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have unveiled a physics-based model of magnetic resonance relaxation that bridges molecular-scale dynamics with macroscopic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...

18 hours ago in Physics
Phys.org / Low-fat vegan diet can reduce an individual's greenhouse gas emissions by 51%

A low-fat vegan diet is associated with a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) and cumulative energy demand (CED) compared to the Standard American Diet, according to research by the Physicians Committee ...

8 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Chronic lymphocytic leukemia: New origins and biomarkers revealed

Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland and their international collaborators have identified key developmental and molecular differences between the two main subtypes of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, CLL. The findings, ...

15 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Almost half of Oregon elk population carries advantageous genetic variant against chronic wasting disease, study shows

Chronic wasting disease, a prion protein disease that is fatal in elk, deer, and other cervids, has spread rapidly across the United States since it was first identified in 1967. CWD has now reached Idaho near the Oregon ...

9 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Mapping the future: AI deciphers alloy microstructures to enhance properties prediction and design

In a world of 8 billion people, there's one thing that makes each of us unique: our fingerprints. A variety of genetic and environmental factors create tiny variations in the skin's ridges and whorls, such that no two prints ...

15 hours ago in Chemistry
Phys.org / Extending yeast lifespan boosts biosynthetic output of valuable compounds

Metabolic engineering has enabled the construction of efficient microbial cell factories, but cellular aging and the accumulation of toxic metabolites during prolonged fed-batch fermentation induce metabolic stress, which ...

15 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / AI analyzes 300,000 hours of mammal calls to improve wildlife monitoring

A study published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution, used artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze over 300,000 hours of vocal recordings of mammal species from Far North Queensland to southern New South Wales and discovered ...

15 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Quantum imaging settles 20-year debate on gold surface electron spin direction

Researchers at the Institute for Molecular Science (IMS) have definitively resolved a two-decade-long controversy regarding the direction of electron spin on the surface of gold.

18 hours ago in Physics
Phys.org / Machine learning framework can scan for signs of extraterrestrial life

A machine learning framework can distinguish molecules made by biological processes from those formed through non-biological processes and could be used to analyze samples returned by current and future planetary missions. ...

17 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Bird flu cases are on the rise again, including 2 million turkeys: Will that affect Thanksgiving dinner?

Out on his farm in Dundee Township, Cliff McConville sees geese landing in the fields where his turkeys and chickens graze. It's a sight that often unnerves poultry producers, as migratory waterfowl carry and spread a highly ...

9 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Molecule: What's in this dangerous, illegal slimming pill?

It's the kind of promise that stops thumbs mid-scroll: "Take Molecule and forget food exists." Viral TikTok clips show influencers flaunting rapid weight-loss transformations, tapping into the body image concerns that leave ...

8 hours ago in Medications