Electric vehicles promise to help wean us off of fossil fuels, but they introduce a new problem: how to get enough of the lithium that EV batteries require (SN: 5/7/19).
Materials scientist Chong Liu of the University of Chicago has…
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A biogeochemist is tracking the movements of toxic mercury pollution
One of the world’s richest biodiversity hot spots is Peru’s Madre de Dios, a region of the Amazon nestled at the base of the Andes mountains. When biogeochemist Jacqueline Gerson first traveled there in 2017, she found herself on a…
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Demand-side actions could help construction sector deliver on net-zero targets
Using state-of-the-art energy efficiency technologies to renovate existing properties and construct new ones could enable Europe’s construction sector to almost eliminate its carbon emissions by 2060, a new study suggests.
Published in the…
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Language Models Reinforce Dialect Discrimination – The Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Blog
Sample language model responses to different varieties of English and native speaker reactions.ChatGPT does amazingly well at communicating with people in English. But whose English?
Only 15% of ChatGPT users are from…
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Stormy Findings and Hot Discoveries – Environment | Weizmann Wonder Wander
The summer of 2024 was the hottest on record and, unfortunately, this came as no surprise. Summers have been getting hotter and drier around the world, including in the Northern Hemisphere, leading to intense droughts and heatwaves in North…
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Artificial intelligence grunt work can be outsourced using a new blockchain-based framework
Tomorrow’s workplace will be run on mind-boggling amounts of data. To make sense of it all, businesses, developers and individuals will need better artificial intelligence (AI) systems, better trained AI workers and more efficient…
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Mitochondria can sneak DNA into the nuclei of brain cells
Scientists have found DNA in the nucleus of brain cells, where it shouldn’t be. Bits of genes that typically reside in mitochondria insert themselves at unexpectedly high rates into brain cells’ nuclear genomes.
What’s more,…
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Recent study reveals reduced maths performance of adults with Dyspraxia
Dyspraxia, also known as Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), can have a bigger impact on adult mathematical performance than previously thought, according to new research from the University of Surrey.
DCD is a prevalent neurodevelopmental…
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Reducing smartphone use increases work satisfaction
The findings of the study are of particular interest to employers, who sometimes invest a lot of money to improve the work satisfaction and motivation of their employees. “These factors are crucial for a company’s productivity,” explains Julia…
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