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Credit: CC0 Public Domain How someone feels about their personal appearance or attractiveness can significantly affect their level of life satisfaction, according to a new study out of York University, which looked at a broad range of factors and their contribution to happiness. The importance physical appearance plays in determining someone's level…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Amid continued debate over how to advance diversity and equity in higher education following the Supreme Court's decision striking down affirmative action, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and Northeastern University have issued a "roadmap" of strategies to help academic health institutions maintain their commitments to racial and ethnic diversity among their students, staff, and faculty…

Nvidia identified Huawei as a top competitor in several categories, including artificial intelligence chips, for the first time in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Wednesday.The Santa Clara, California-based company said that China's Huawei competes in supplying chips designed for artificial intelligence such as graphics processing units (GPUs), central processing units (CPUs) and networking chips. The company also identified Huawei as a cloud service company designing its own hardware and…

Back when the Pokémon anime first premiered in the ‘90s, nearly every kid had a Pokédex—the renowned red device that identified the delightful creatures—on their wish list. Nearly three decades later, a YouTuber has created a real-life version of the Pokédex using ChatGPT—and it looks like it actually works. Watch Chris Pratt and the Guardians of the Galaxy Cast Open Their Own ToysEngineering hobbyist Abe’s Projects posted a video about their quest to build a working Pokédex on YouTube earlier this month. The YouTuber had…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new qualitative study of families experiencing homelessness suggests public service systems need to do a better job of working with parents to support homeless children. The study also identifies key barriers limiting children's access to support programs, such as unrealistic eligibility requirements and a failure to make parents aware of existing programs. …

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research has identified a complex interplay of child, parental, and contextual factors associated with the maltreatment of children by their families. The comprehensive findings by researchers from Australian Catholic University (ACU) identify key areas that could be targeted with support and parental education…

While dementia is much more common in older adults, hundreds of thousands of people are diagnosed with young-onset dementia (YOD) each year – and an extensive new study sheds some considerable new light on why.Most previous research in this area has looked at genetics passed down through generations, but here, the team was able to identify 15 different lifestyle and health factors that are associated with YOD risk."This is the largest and most robust study of its kind ever conducted," says epidemiologist David Llewellyn…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research from a group including a University of Massachusetts Amherst engineer has helped identify the most important characteristics to increase adoption of ride-splitting platforms like UberX Share.…

Researchers have identified an efficient and cost-effective two-step screening strategy that, compared to the current one-step approach, more accurately identifies which type 2 diabetics need treatment to prevent life-threatening heart failure, even those considered low-risk following only a clinical assessment.Diabetes is a well-established risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Compared to people without diabetes, type 2 diabetics have a considerably higher risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and have…

Overview of field-to-1,4-dimethylcyclooctane (DMCO) production system. DMCO is a cyclic alkane with a volumetric net heat of combustion up to 9.2% higher than Jet A. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2023). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2312667120 Every year, airplanes crisscrossing U.S. skies burn 23 billion gallons of fuel, leaving contrails and 8% of the nation's transportation-related greenhouse gas (GHG)…