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New Study demonstrates AI can Detect Child Malnutrition and Boost Preventative Efforts

New Study demonstrates AI can Detect Child Malnutrition and Boost Preventative Efforts

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the USC School of Advanced Computing and the Keck School of Medicine, working alongside experts from the Microsoft AI…
How Homes can Reduce Energy Expenditures

How Homes can Reduce Energy Expenditures

Many people around the globe are living in energy poverty, meaning they spend at least 8 percent of their annual household income on energy. Addressing…
Emotional Responses are Critical to Attitudes toward Self-driving Automobiles

Emotional Responses are Critical to Attitudes toward Self-driving Automobiles

When it comes to public attitudes toward using self-driving cars, understanding how the vehicles work is important – but so are less obvious characteristics like…
Experts Advise Pupils to embrace AI since it is here to Stay

Experts Advise Pupils to embrace AI since it is here to Stay

A new study from UBC Okanagan says students appear to be using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) responsibly, and as a way to speed up tasks,…
Drone Technology reveals 1,000-year-old Native American Crops in Michigan

Drone Technology reveals 1,000-year-old Native American Crops in Michigan

In the dense forests of Michigan s Upper Peninsula, archaeologists have uncovered a massive ancient agricultural system that rewrites what we thought we knew about…
Smart Sponge Device Absorbs Water from Thin Air

Smart Sponge Device Absorbs Water from Thin Air

Engineers from Australia and China have invented a sponge-like device that captures water from thin air and then releases it in a cup using the…
Carbon Capture is powered by a Device that uses Sunlight to Simulate Plants

Carbon Capture is powered by a Device that uses Sunlight to Simulate Plants

Current methods of capturing and releasing carbon are expensive and so energy-intensive they often require, counterproductively, the use of fossil fuels. Taking inspiration from plants,…
Could the Signs of a Subterranean Explosion be confused with Seismic Signals from Earthquakes?

Could the Signs of a Subterranean Explosion be confused with Seismic Signals from Earthquakes?

Could the seismic signal of an underground nuclear test explosion be “hidden” by the signal generated by a natural earthquake? It’s possible, according to a…
Blue Light is Used to Combat Drug-resistant Diseases

Blue Light is Used to Combat Drug-resistant Diseases

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma have made a breakthrough discovery that could potentially revolutionize treatments for antibiotic-resistant infections, cancer and other challenging gram-negative pathogens…
A New Method makes AI adaptable for Computer Vision in Agricultural Breeding

A New Method makes AI adaptable for Computer Vision in Agricultural Breeding

Scientists developed a machine-learning tool that can teach itself, with minimal external guidance, to differentiate between aerial images of flowering and nonflowering grasses – an…
Pesticides are Made to Attach to Plant Leaves using Technology

Pesticides are Made to Attach to Plant Leaves using Technology

Reducing the amount of agricultural sprays used by farmers – including fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides – could cut down the amount of polluting runoff that…
Without Touching a Leaf, an AI system known as “Plant Doctor” keeps an eye on City Trees

Without Touching a Leaf, an AI system known as “Plant Doctor” keeps an eye on City Trees

Urban trees and plants do more than just beautify city landscapes. They purify the air, reduce urban heat islands, provide recreational spaces, and even boost…
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