• Thu, December 12, 2024

by: The Irish Times

Meeting the talent challenge crucial for Ireland's economic transition

Ireland's highly educated, productive and agile workforce has been a key factor in its success in attracting investments. So the fact that talent gaps are emerging is a concern.

by: dailyguidenetwork

Trotro Kills KNUST Student

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) community is in shock and mourning after a third-year Geography student, Afia Dedaa Osae-Atuah, lost her life in a tragicRead

by: SciTech Daily

Unlocking Space Secrets: How ISS Research Is Transforming Health and Robotics

Researchers aboard the International Space Station (ISS) focused on three major areas of advanced research on Wednesday: disease detection, cellular immunity, and free-flying robotics. Meanwhile, the Expedition 72 crew prepared for the year's final spacewalk while awaiting the departure of a U.

by: UPI

White House hosts first-ever women's health research conference

The outgoing president and first lady on Wednesday hosted the first-ever conference on Women's Health Research, according to the White House.

by: Association for Psychological Science

Heart Rates and Step Counts: A Novel Approach to Eating Disorder Care

What potential do everyday devices, like smartwatches, have in transforming the management and treatment of eating disorders? In this episode, Under the Cortex explores how commonly used technology, such as heart rate monitors and step counters,

by: KGOU

The Geminids meteor shower peaks at the end of the week. Here's what to expect

by: Flightglobal

GE Aerospace, NASA flight tests accelerate contrails science

GE Aerospace and NASA recently partnered on flight tests to help further the aviation industry's understanding of contrails, using new test methods and technologies. Source: GE Aerospace In November 2024,

by: Nuclear Engineering International

Russia completes preliminary design for fusion reactor

The DV Efremov Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus (NIIEFA Nauchno Issledovatelskii Institut Elektrofizicheskoi Apparaturi), part of Rosatom has been completed

by: The Daily Star

Grand finale of VLSITHON 2.0 held at AUST

The grand finale of VLSITHON 2.0, a VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) competition, concluded with an award ceremony at the Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) auditorium in Dhaka on December 12.

by: Business Standard

Navanc Raises Seed Funding to Revolutionize Secured Lending with AI-powered Property Score

Navanc, a pioneering FinTech startup building India's first AI-powered property score and stack for secured lending and insurance practices, has successfully raised USD 1 million in a seed funding round.

by: Mint

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra launch: 5 features we're hoping to see in the next flagship

With December nearly halfway through, there are only a few weeks left until January—the month Samsung, as per reports, is expected to unveil its highly anticipated Galaxy S25 Ultra, and the standard Galaxy S25 range of smartphones.

by: moneycontrol.com

New Threat to Earth? MIT discovers 138 new asteroids similar to 2013 Russia meteor that injured thousands

Astronomers at MIT have detected the smallest asteroids ever, measuring just 10 metres across, using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and innovative imaging techniques.

by: Ghanaweb.com

CCTV footage of the tragic accident in Kumasi that killed two people

In Kumasi, two people were tragically killed when a speeding commercial truck collided with them, as seen in heartbreaking CCTV footage. The victims were spotted standing by the side of the road, presumably waiting for a car.

by: The Boston Globe

Massachusetts wants to revolutionize its waste stream. Sweden has some answers.

A handful of strategies used in Stockholm and across Europe could be adapted to Mass., experts say, if the Bay State is serious about being a national leader on waste reduction.

by: world-nuclear-news

Partnership aims to boost Canadian nuclear exports

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories has signed a letter of understanding with Canada's government-to-government contracting agency Canadian Commercial Corporation to collaborate on the pursuit of international commercial opportunities for Canada's nuclear sector.

by: Vanguard

Sokoto govt invests billions on Federal Road and State Dev projects

The Sokoto State Executive Council, at its 11th meeting, approved contracts worth billions of naira for several development projects, including the rehabilitation of a federal highway from Kajiji town to the Zamfara State boundary in Shagari Local Government Area.

by: briefly

ANC Minister Blade Nzimande Claims To Disagree With National Unity Government

ANC minister Blade Nzimande was critical of the Government of National Unity (GNU) during the SACP's 5th Special National Congress in Johannesburg.

by: Live Science

'Drones' swarm New Jersey and New York. How close are we to learning what these UAPs actually are?

Reports of unidentified flying objects in the northeast U.S. are on the rise, but so far officials have few answers for alarmed residents.

by: The Diplomat

Chinese Universities Are on the Rise

Both institutions have held the top positions in Asian university rankings for five years, underscoring China's growing dominance in the region, with two-thirds of Asia's top universities now based in Mainland China and Hong Kong.

by: Odessa American

Harmony School of Innovation Odessa expands its curriculum with the addition of grade levels 3-5

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

by: CoinTelegraph

PoSciDonDAO unveils a decentralized future for personalized medicine research

PoSciDonDAO, an emerging organization in the Decentralized Science (DeSci) domain, has announced the launch of a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) dedicated to funding personalized medicine

by: The Center Square

Chicago aldermen approve quantum park, but environmental concerns remain

The Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park is a step closer to being developed, but residents have questions about the project's impact on Lake Michigan.

by: MIT Technology Review

Why materials science is key to unlocking the next frontier of AI development

Materials are playing a hidden, but increasingly crucial role in keeping pace, producing next-generation semiconductors and enabling the new computing paradigms that will deliver tomorrow's technology. But materials science's most important role is yet ...

by: Daily Express

Apple's newest upgrade may convince you to ditch your old iPhone

It's a neat little upgrade to the previous AI features we had on Apple devices (because Siri was really starting to show its age) - but only the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max and all the iPhone 16 models can get the new features which is a bit of a bummer.

by: Impacts

Intelligent Automation: Reshaping the Future of Business Operations

In a groundbreaking research paper published in the International Journal of Science and Research Archive, Abhay Dalsaniya and Kishan Patel provide comprehensive insights into how the convergence of artificial intelligence and robotic process automation is fundamentally transforming business operations across sectors.

by: Popular Science

How body heat could replace batteries in wearables of the future

"Flexible thermoelectric devices can be worn comfortably on the skin where they effectively turn the temperature difference between the human body and surrounding air into electricity," Queensland University Zhi-Gang Chen and paper lead author said in a statement.

by: syracuse.com

JMA Wireless wins $44 million CHIPS Act grant for Syracuse expansion, Schumer says

All told, JMA Wireless officials said the CHIPS Act grant will allow the company to invest $75 million to open a new production line and expand testing capabilities at its plant on Syracuse's South Side, which opened in 2022.

by: Express & Star

Thousands of UK social media users experiencing ongoing Meta blackout

Thousands of social media users in parts of the UK are reporting an outage with Meta's apps. On Wednesday, the social media giant reported that a "technical issue" had left users in various areas of Britain unable to access Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

by: Ars Technica

Generating power with a thin, flexible thermoelectric film

Flexible thermoelectric devices, or F-TEDs, can convert thermal energy into electric power. The problem is that F-TEDs weren't actually flexible enough to comfortably wear or efficient enough to power even a smartwatch. They were also very expensive to make.

by: Executive Gov

Pentagon Launches SciTechCONNECT for National Security Tech Ease

Learn more about the program, which aims to advance collaboration with DOD on new technologies designed to strengthen national security.

by: The New York Times

A 'Second Tree of Life' Could Wreak Havoc, Scientists Warn

Research on so-called mirror cells, which defy fundamental properties of living organisms, should be prohibited as too dangerous, biologists said.

by: Ars Technica

Thermoelectric material gets flexible, efficient

TEDs, can convert thermal energy into electric power. The problem is that F-TEDs weren't actually flexible enough to comfortably wear or efficient enough to power even a smartwatch. They were also very expensive to make.

by: Ghanaweb.com

Sadly, a KNUST student lost their life in Kumasi after being struck by a speeding "trotro."

Atuah, a third-year geography student at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), in a traffic accident. She was reportedly traveling to town to fix her laptop when she

by: Science Daily

Milestone 10-GeV experiment shines light on laser-plasma interactions

With dual lasers, researchers have accelerated a high-quality beam of electrons to 10 billion electronvolts in just 30 centimeters. The experiment gives scientists a 'frame-by-frame' look at how a petawatt laser interacts with a long plasma channel,

by: KGOU

The Game Awards 2024: Key nominees and what to expect

by: Daily Express

Apple fans can bag a free Nintendo Switch and Animal Crossing in huge Xmas deal

We reviewed both the iPhone 16 and almost gave it a full five stars. David Snelling, our tech editor said: "We remain pretty miffed about that 60Hz screen technology (please Apple, fix it on the iPhone 17) but that really is our only gripe this year.

by: Science Daily

Mapping the nanoscale architecture of functional materials

Researchers have pioneered a new technique called X-ray linear dichroic orientation tomography, which probes the orientation of a material's building blocks at the nanoscale in three-dimensions. First applied to study a polycrystalline catalyst,

by: Ghanaweb.com

Breaking News: Level 300 KNUST student killed by a trotro

A Level 300 student from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Afia Dedaa Osae, tragically lost her life after being struck by a speeding trotro in Accra. The incident occurred on December 11,

by: Science Daily

AI thought knee X-rays show if you drink beer -- they don't

A new study highlights a hidden challenge of using AI in medical imaging research -- the phenomenon of highly accurate yet potentially misleading results known as 'shortcut learning.' The researchers analyzed thousands of knee X-rays and found that AI models can 'predict' unrelated and implausible traits such as whether patients abstained from eating refried beans or beer.

by: MSN

Scientists find 'forever chemical' byproduct in mineral water across Europe

An extremely persistent and highly mobile "forever chemical" byproduct is contaminating many mineral water brands sold across Europe, researchers have found. Evaluating the contents of 19 brands of mineral water,

by: MSN

What bone scans reveal about a tiny crocodilian from the Jurassic era

Journeying back to the Jurassic era, scientists used cutting-edge tech to uncover the secrets about Orthosuchus stormbergi, a small, early crocodile ancestor. Their results are published in the Journal of Anatomy.

by: MSN

Scientists develop material with almost perfect water repellency

Scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) have developed a surface material that repels water droplets almost completely. Using an entirely innovative process,

by: MSN

AI mirrors human biases: Study reveals 'us vs. them' tendencies in large language models

Research has long shown that humans are susceptible to "social identity bias"—favoring their group, whether that be a political party, a religion, or an ethnicity, and disparaging "outgroups." A new study by a team of scientists finds that AI systems are also prone to the same type of biases,

by: MSN

How diversity and inclusion drive innovation in robotics

The field of robotics is highly interdisciplinary, encompassing disciplines such as mechanical and electrical engineering, materials science, computer science, neuroscience and biology. The robotics community in itself is a champion of academic diversity.

by: MSN

How publishers are minting million-dollar deals as AI faces data drought

AI systems, particularly large language models (LLMs), require extensive and diverse information to train, function, and naturally grow. However, these ever-hungry systems also require a constant influx of data to satisfy their insatiable appetite,

by: MSN

British Army zaps drones out of the sky with laser trucks

High-energy weapon proves its mettle in testing The British Army has successfully destroyed flying drones for the first time using a high-energy laser mounted on an armored vehicle. If perfected, the technology could form an effective counter-measure against drone attacks.

by: MSN

On a Longevity Quest, LVMH's R&D Division Teams With Integrated Biosciences

Their multiyear partnership has the aim of discovering new chemical entities targeting aging on a molecular level.

by: MSN

India to launch deep ocean mission by end of next year: Minister Jitendra Singh

India aims to launch its deep-sea mission and send its first citizen to space by late 2024 or 2026. A crewed submersible, Matsya 6000, will explore the seabed at 6,000 meters, while Gaganyaan's uncrewed mission is slated for early next year.

AI thought knee X-rays show if you drink beer -- they don't

A new study highlights a hidden challenge of using AI in medical imaging research -- the phenomenon of highly accurate yet potentially misleading results known as 'shortcut learning.' The researchers analyzed thousands of knee X-rays and found that AI models can 'predict' unrelated and implausible traits such as whether patients abstained from eating refried beans or beer.
The article from ScienceDaily discusses a study published in the journal *Nature Communications* that explores the potential of using a common food additive, trehalose, to enhance the effectiveness of the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis (TB). Researchers found that trehalose, a sugar naturally present in some foods and used as a food additive, can improve the immune response when combined with the BCG vaccine. This enhancement occurs because trehalose helps in the better presentation of mycobacterial antigens to the immune system, potentially leading to a more robust and long-lasting immunity against TB. The study suggests that this approach could be a cost-effective way to boost vaccine efficacy, particularly in regions where TB is prevalent.

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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241211143855.htm