An international research team around Marcus Sperling, a researcher at the Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, has sparked interest in the scientific community with pioneering results in quantum physics: In their current study, the…
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Mouths Wide Shut: How Cellular Cleaning Out Is Kept in Check – Life Sciences | Weizmann Wonder Wander
Autophagy, which literally means “self-eating,” is a cellular cleaning-out process that maintains our bodies in good order, but excessive autophagy can be too much of a good thing. Now Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have revealed a…
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Why Should We Expose Mushrooms To Sunlight Before Cooking? » ScienceABC
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Just like our human skin, mushrooms can also produce vitamin D when exposed to UV rays. When exposed to the sun or artificial UV light, mushrooms increase their vitamin D content and…
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Study suggests Seahenge was built to control climate change
A recent study published in GeoJournal proposes that Seahenge was built to conduct rituals aimed at prolonging the summer during the extreme climatic changes of the 3rd millennium BC.
Seahenge, also known as Holme I, is a prehistoric timber circle…
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AI-controlled stations can charge electric cars at a personal price
As more and more people drive electric cars, congestion and queues can occur when many people need to charge at the same time. A new study from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden shows how AI-controlled charging stations, through smart…
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Why Do Some People Have Curly Hair While Others Have Straight Hair? » ScienceABC
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The cross-sectional shape of the hair follicle is what gives rise to different hair shapes. Curly hair has an elliptical hair follicle, whereas straight hair has a circular, symmetrical…
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Study uncovers new evidence supporting Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis
The Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis (YDIH) proposes that a cometary or meteoric body exploded over the North American area sometime around 12,900-years-ago.
Proponents of this theory suggest that the event triggered the Younger Dryas (YD) cooling…
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Warm water is sneaking underneath the Thwaites Glacier — and rapidly melting it
In Antarctica, the warm ocean is stealthily attacking a major glacier through a previously unknown route — undermining its foundation on a daily basis.
As each rising tide lifts the coastal terminus of the southern continent’s…
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Function Calling at the Edge – The Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Blog
The ability of LLMs to execute commands through plain language (e.g. English) has enabled agentic systems that can complete a user query by orchestrating the right set of tools (e.g. ToolFormer, Gorilla). This, along with…
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Why Do The Japanese Bow? » ScienceABC
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The ojigi traces its origins to religious and warrior customs and has evolved various types, reflecting different levels of nuance and etiquette.
In the varied interactions of global…
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