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Artificial intelligence could help wastewater plants track and manage microplastics
Half Of Americans Should Be On Statins According To New Guidelines
The good news for Americans is that wages have outpaced costs since the Clinton years.
Hank Campbell Tue, 07/21/2026 - 12:53 Categories Public HealthMore than half of U.S. adults now eligible for statins under new guidelines, Pitt Study finds
Toward Mode Collapse of Natural Language
Regression toward the mean is a simple phenomenon commonly described in Statistics 101 courses. If you measure a parameter describing some phenomenon, you will find that extreme measured values tend to be followed by less extreme ones.
Tommaso Dorigo Mon, 07/20/2026 - 09:07 Categories Science & SocietyBiochar X: Helping Earthworms Navigate Organic Copper Sulfate Contamination
After President Bill Clinton ordered his US Department of Agriculture to make a government "organic" marketing designation for products that used older pesticides and genetic engineering, the industry took off and is now $150 Big Food segment in its own right.
Hank Campbell Mon, 07/20/2026 - 09:01 Categories EnvironmentQuantum Sampling Opens a New Route Through Peptide Space
A hybrid quantum-classical workflow suggests a new way to generate peptide candidates, particularly when biological training data is scarce.
Mark Pierce Mon, 07/20/2026 - 01:17 Categories PharmacologyFriendship Can Be Found In All Human Cultures, That May Be Why Chatbots Have A Place
One of the greatest pains a human can endure is to have no friends. What if we could build machines that replicated the experience of friendship?
The Conversation Sun, 07/19/2026 - 04:29 Categories TechnologyThe New Impact Factor of Journal Cyborg and Bionic Systems 20.9, ranking 2nd in “Robotics”; ranking 4th in “Engineering, Biomedi...
More than skin deep: NUS researchers develop electronic skin that senses, heals and thrives even under water
AI could help identify which environmental chemicals pose the greatest health risks
UVA Engineering’s Geoff Geise earns NAMS’ Permeance Prize for Mid-Career Excellence
PM10 In Wildfire Smoke Is A Killer - Here Is How To Protect Yourself
Wildfire smoke has been pouring across the U.S. border from fires in Canada again, turning skies an eerie shade of orange in several states in July 2026. In the West, smoke has also been spreading into communities in Colorado and neighboring states as more wildfires burn in hot, dry conditions.
The Conversation Fri, 07/17/2026 - 14:29 Categories Atmospheric