The environmental impact of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is increasingly being scrutinised, due to the vast amounts of electricity they consume. Now it seems that water use is also a big problem ​The environmental impact of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is increasingly being scrutinised, due to the vast amounts of electricity they consume. Now it …

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  The research makes it clear that ensuring the sustained well-being of our planet requires a more serious commitment toward new carbon dioxide removal technologies, and a faster scale-up of their production. ​  The research makes it clear that ensuring the sustained well-being of our planet requires a more serious commitment toward new carbon dioxide …

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An engineering research team is pioneering a new method, based on percussion, to detect pipeline elbow erosion to prevent economic losses, environmental pollution and other safety issues.   ​An engineering research team is pioneering a new method, based on percussion, to detect pipeline elbow erosion to prevent economic losses, environmental pollution and other safety issues. …

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While artificial intelligence tools offer great potential for improving health care delivery, practitioners and scientists warn of their risk for perpetuating racial inequities. A new study evaluates fairness among these tools in connection to a women’s health issue. ​While artificial intelligence tools offer great potential for improving health care delivery, practitioners and scientists warn of …

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Treating cancer is becoming increasingly complex, but also offers more and more possibilities. After all, the better a tumor’s biology and genetic features are understood, the more treatment approaches there are. To be able to offer patients personalized therapies tailored to their disease, laborious and time-consuming analysis and interpretation of various data is required. Researchers …

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When researchers asked hundreds of people to watch other people shake boxes, it took just seconds for almost all of them to figure out what the shaking was for. The deceptively simple work by perception researchers is the first to demonstrate that people can tell what others are trying to learn just by watching their …

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Input from humans helps when deciding whether to trust the recommendations and decisions of a machine-learning system. ​Input from humans helps when deciding whether to trust the recommendations and decisions of a machine-learning system. Input from humans helps when deciding whether to trust the recommendations and decisions of a machine-learning system. 

Scientists have pioneered a novel approach to develop intelligent healthcare sensors using various gold nanowires.   ​Scientists have pioneered a novel approach to develop intelligent healthcare sensors using various gold nanowires.   Scientists have pioneered a novel approach to develop intelligent healthcare sensors using various gold nanowires.   

A new artificial intelligence (AI) software is now able to decipher difficult-to-read texts on cuneiform tablets. Instead of photos, the AI system uses 3D models of the tablets, delivering significantly more reliable results than previous methods. This makes it possible to search through the contents of multiple tablets to compare them with each other. It …

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Quantum scientists have discovered a rare phenomenon that could hold the key to creating a ‘perfect switch’ in quantum devices which flips between being an insulator and superconductor. ​Quantum scientists have discovered a rare phenomenon that could hold the key to creating a ‘perfect switch’ in quantum devices which flips between being an insulator and …

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