At first glance, the tiny plastic pellets appear relatively harmless. No bigger than a lentil, these “nurdles” are destined to be melted down to make everything from car bumpers to salad bowls.
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EU takes aim at plastic pellets to prevent their nightmare cleanup
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Massive Amazon cloud outage has been resolved after disrupting internet use worldwide
Amazon says a massive outage of its cloud computing service has been resolved as of Monday evening, after a problem disrupted internet use around the world, taking down a broad range of online services, including social media, gaming, food…
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'Do I have to wear mud pants?' Finnish researchers ask what really happens in the preschool cloakroom
What exactly are mud pants? Rows of mud pants are a familiar sight in Finnish preschool cloakrooms. Since the 1950s, they have kept children dry, but children rarely like wearing them, and educators find them cumbersome.
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Pair of ‘holy’ islands in eerily green African lake hold centuries-old relics and mummified emperors — Earth from space
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Where is it? Dek and Daga, Ethiopia [11.907552854, 37.285011102]
What’s in the photo? A pair of islands in the middle of the green-colored Lake Tana
Who took the photo? An unnamed astronaut onboard the International Space Station
When…
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Google AI Research Releases DeepSomatic: A New AI Model that Identifies Cancer Cell Genetic Variants
A team of researchers from Google Research and UC Santa Cruz released DeepSomatic, an AI model that identifies cancer cell genetic variants. In research with Children’s Mercy, it found 10 variants in pediatric leukemia cells…
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United jet’s cracked windshield at 36,000 feet blamed on balloon
A United Airlines flight from Denver to Los Angeles was forced to make an emergency landing in Salt Lake City last week after an object hit its windshield at 36,000 feet.
The impact cracked the glass and injured one of the pilots, according…
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50-Year-Old Theory on Schizophrenia’s ‘Voices’ Confirmed by Recent Study : ScienceAlert
New evidence confirms a long-held theory that people with schizophrenia hear ‘voices’ in their heads by misattributing inner speech as external.
“This idea’s been around for 50 years, but it’s been very difficult to test because inner speech…
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Control-oriented model paves the way for efficient hydrogen production from ammonia
Researchers have developed a novel computational framework to monitor and optimize proton ceramic electrochemical reactors for green hydrogen generation.
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One-shot federated learning AI technique combines privacy protection and efficiency
A research team has developed a new one-shot federated learning artificial intelligence (AI) technique that enables efficient training of large-scale models without sharing personal information. This research outcome is extremely significant, as…
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