Male leopard seals in Antarctica sing underwater “songs” that are surprisingly similar to human nursery rhymes.
A recent study found that these songs are highly structured and repetitive, with a predictability that resembles the simple,…
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‘Safety cage’ for AIs might help make electric cars more efficient
AI has been used across multiple industries for predictive purposes, and the possibility of using it for electric vehicles is no exception. Although AI promises a bunch of positives, it also has drawbacks that could result in life-threatening…
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After 50 years, scientists finally catch elusive neutrinos near a reactor
Neutrinos are extremely elusive elementary particles. Day and night, 60 billion of them stream from the Sun through every square centimeter of the Earth every second, which is transparent to them. After the first theoretical prediction of their…
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IVF baby born in 2025 from embryo frozen in 1994 stuns the world
A baby boy has been born in the U.S. from an embryo frozen for over three decades, setting a new record for the longest-stored embryo to result in a successful live birth.
Thaddeus Daniel Pierce, a baby boy born on July 26, 2025, to parents…
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Neuralink brain chip trials launch in Britain for paralyzed patients
Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink is expanding its human trials to the United Kingdom. The company announced on Thursday that it is launching a clinical study in collaboration with University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation…
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Ratcheting fatigue behaviour of advanced structural materials at their service temperatures
Ogedengbe, T. S. et al. Evaluating the efficacy of agro-waste derived flux for enhancing the weldability of steel—A review. Int. J. Des. Nat. Ecodyn. 20 (2), 227–239. https://doi.org/10.18280/ijdne.200202 (2025).
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Deformation mechanism of surrounding rock in weakly cemented thick coal seam roadways and research on graded anchor composite support technology
Model construction
To investigate the deformation and failure characteristics of the surrounding rock during the excavation of the 11,703 transportation roadway, a numerical model was developed using FLAC3D based on the borehole columnar section….
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Study on an interpretable prediction model for pile bearing capacity based on SHAP and BP neural networks
BP neural network
The Backpropagation (BP) neural network model is a multilayer feed-forward architecture that comprises an input layer, one or more hidden layers, and an output layer. This computational algorithm employs error backpropagation as…
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The optimal mix proportion design method of similar transparent materials in soft soil foundation
The Raw materials
The transparency principle of transparent soil is to uphold a consistent refractive index between the liquid and the particles19. According to the available literature19 fused quartz particles (coarse aggregate), nanoscale…
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The analysis of the progressive local failure process of the Longquan Reservoir dam based on the global-local dynamic strength reduction method
The safety stability factor of slopes (dams) is determined using the finite element strength reduction method. The basic principle involves iteratively reducing strength parameters, such as cohesion c and φ, until the slope (dam) reaches a…
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