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Twenty-year study confirms California forests are healthier when burned — or thinned

Andrew McCollum Dec 13, 2023

A 20-year experiment in the Sierra Nevada confirms that different forest management techniques -- prescribed burning, restoration thinning or a combination of both -- are effective at…

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Integrated wastewater treatment plants and public transport are a win-win, says simulation study

Andrew McCollum Dec 11, 2023

Credit: Journal of Environmental Management (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118485 What…

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Apple-backed study says data breaches in US surge 20% this year

Andrew McCollum Dec 8, 2023

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Social robots could be an effective tool to combat loneliness, according to study

Andrew McCollum Dec 5, 2023

The lab settings, including the robot Pepper (SoftBank Robotics) in front of a web camera, while the experimenter in…

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Study tests firefighter turnout gear with and without PFAS

Andrew McCollum Dec 4, 2023

Researchers expose firefighter turnout gear to heat in equipment similar to a pizza oven. Credit: Bryan Ormond, NC…

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Racist AI: Image Generator Stable Diffusion tainted with racial, gendered stereotypes, finds study

Andrew McCollum Dec 1, 2023

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Study found consumers are more prepared for automated vehicle delivery than drones or robots

Andrew McCollum Nov 13, 2023

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain With Amazon aiming to make 10,000 deliveries with drones…

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Study explores the scaling of deep learning models for chemistry research

Andrew McCollum Nov 12, 2023

Discovery of neural-scaling relations for deep chemical models. a,b, Over a domain of model candidates (a), final,…

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New Study Details Pennsylvania’s Most Popular Games – Entertainment Focus

Dustin Moskovitz Nov 10, 2023

A new survey from Play Minesweeper, conducted in honour of National Video Game Day, has uncovered the five most popular video games enjoyed by the people of Pennsylvania. Using average…

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