Virtual Fences for Cows Show Benefits

VOA Learning English • voa
March 6, 2024 ~7 min

Deciphering the cellular mechanisms behind ALS

Professor Ernest Fraenkel has decoded fundamental aspects of Huntington’s disease and glioblastoma, and is now using computation to better understand amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Michaela Jarvis | School of Engineering • mit
March 6, 2024 ~8 min


Spacesuits need a major upgrade for the next phase of exploration

The next generation of spacesuit needs to do more than simply protect an astronaut from the vacuum of space.

Yang Gao, Professor of Robotics, Head of Centre for Robotics Research, King's College London • conversation
March 6, 2024 ~7 min

Bats may shed light on human speech evolution

The part of bats' brains that controls vocalizations has similarities to the part of the human brain that controls speech, researchers find.

Kara Manke-UC Berkeley • futurity
March 6, 2024 ~7 min

Why ‘living fossils’ haven’t changed for millions of years

Researchers have discovered why a fish group, considered "living fossils," has existed largely unchanged for tens of millions of years.

Mike Cummings-Yale • futurity
March 6, 2024 ~7 min

Emotion-tracking AI on the job: Workers fear being watched – and misunderstood

Loss of privacy is just the beginning. Workers are worried about biased AI and the need to perform the ‘right’ expressions and body language for the algorithms.

Nazanin Andalibi, Assistant Professor of Information, University of Michigan • conversation
March 6, 2024 ~9 min

Lithium-ion batteries don’t work well in the cold − a battery researcher explains the chemistry at low temperatures

Electric vehicles are catching on across the US, but they’re also catching on fire in colder regions like the Northeast and Midwest.

Wesley Chang, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel University • conversation
March 5, 2024 ~7 min

Why Is Elon Musk Bringing Legal Action Against OpenAI?

VOA Learning English • voa
March 4, 2024 ~6 min


Team unravels how brain chemicals shape social decisions

"The human brain is like a black box. We have developed one more way to look inside and understand how these systems work..."

John Pastor - Virginia Tech • futurity
March 4, 2024 ~11 min

Demand for computer chips fuelled by AI could reshape global politics and security

The effects of AI’s growth on global security could be difficult to predict.

Alina Vaduva, Director of the Business Advice Centre for Post Graduate Students at UEL, Ambassador of the Centre for Innovation, Management and Enterprise, University of East London • conversation
March 4, 2024 ~8 min

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