Embracing chatGPT in the financial technology classroom
ChatGPT has been a topic of great discussion in academia, particularly about how to prevent its unauthorized use in classes. However, students can benefit from understanding how to use generative artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool to save time and improve performance on writing assignments.
How the war in Sudan could exacerbate impacts of the climate crisis in the Horn of Africa
The tragic war underway in Sudan will soon start to impact neighboring countries, as refugees cross borders to flee the violence. Recurring civil conflicts have already displaced up to 3.2 million Sudanese internally. The latest violence—focused on Khartoum but flaring all around the country—is pushing more people to flee.
Active Brownian particles have four distinct states of motion, researchers find
Active Brownian motion describes particles that can propel themselves forward while still being subjected to random Brownian motions as they are jostled around by their neighboring particles. Through a new analysis published in The European Physical Journal E, Meng Su at Northwestern Polytechnical University in China, together with Benjamin Lindner at Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, have...
Predicting policy choices via network structure
Indonesia is the biggest palm oil producer in the world, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture crediting it with a nearly 60 percent share of global production. The versatility of palm oil—it is used in cosmetics, food products, detergents—is a key reason for its popularity, which translates to a global market worth some US$60 billion that is predicted to reach US$100 billion by 2030.
Recognizing unpaid environmental duties
A case study by SMU Assistant Professor Sayd Randle reveals how the maintenance of green infrastructure can place an extra burden on lower-income marginalized communities.
Examining networks in the dog brain provides further insights into mammalian evolution
A study on canine brain networks reveals that during mammalian brain evolution, the role of the cingulate cortex, a bilateral structure located deep in the cerebral cortex, was partly taken over by the lateral frontal lobes, which control problem-solving, task-switching, and goal-directed behavior. The study relies on a new canine resting state fMRI brain atlas, which can aid in the analysis of...
Nanorobotic system presents new options for targeting fungal infections
Infections caused by fungi, such as Candida albicans, pose a significant global health risk due to their resistance to existing treatments, so much so that the World Health Organization has highlighted this as a priority issue.
What's in a name? Sometimes, the climate
Climate leaves indelible marks on our lives—impacting where we live, what we eat, our work and our leisure. Two scientists recently documented one of climate's lesser-known impacts: our given names.
Experiments see first evidence of a rare Higgs boson decay
The discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2012 marked a significant milestone in particle physics. Since then, the ATLAS and CMS collaborations have been diligently investigating the properties of this unique particle and searching to establish the different ways in which it is produced and decays into other particles.
GPS tracking reveals how a female baboon stopped using urban space after giving birth
A new study from Swansea University and the University of Cape Town provides the first documented evidence of a cessation in urban space use by a female baboon after giving birth: another example of how wild animals are adaptively responding to urbanization.
Study reveals changes of lake area in permafrost regions of arctic and Tibetan Plateau from 1987 to 2017
As an important indicator of climate change in cold regions, changes in lake area are important for understanding hydrological and ecological processes in cold regions.
Tracking the accelerated melting of glaciers in Greenland
A study has found widespread mass loss of glaciers and ice caps in Greenland since the start of the 20th century.
Defense lawyers face challenges accessing and reviewing digital evidence, study shows
Defense lawyers face numerous challenges accessing and reviewing evidence from phones and computers, a new study shows.
Protein-based nano-computer evolves in its ability to influence cell behavior
The first protein-based nano-computing agent that functions as a circuit has been created by Penn State researchers. The milestone puts them one step closer to developing next-generation cell-based therapies to treat diseases like diabetes and cancer.
Death cap mushroom's invasion success may be linked to newly documented variability of toxin genes
It's a cold, wet day in 2015 and Anne Pringle is scouring the understory of a Northern California forest for the unassuming organism that has consumed her research for the last several years: the death cap mushroom, or Amanita phalloides.
Interdisciplinary study provides a detailed map of urban heat islands
Urban areas are where the majority of the world's population lives, and they are also usually most affected by climate change. Heat waves and extreme temperatures are more intense in heavily-built areas, intensifying existing weaknesses and inequalities among the urban population.
Researchers present an unsupervised learning-based optical fiber imaging system
Fiber-optic imaging methods enable in vivo imaging deep inside hollow organs or tissues that are otherwise inaccessible to free-space optical techniques, playing a vital role in clinical practice and fundamental research, such as endoscopic diagnosis and deep-brain imaging.
Carbon-based catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction: Mechanistic understanding and porous structure
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) have attracted much attention because of high conversion efficiency, low environmental pollution, and high specific energy, which can be widely used in vehicles such as automobiles, airplanes, and stationary power stations.
Warm and dry climate over China in 2022 with extreme heatwaves and droughts
Weather and climate are important factors affecting economic and social development. In China, the country's National Climate Center releases an annual climate report that comprehensively covers China's achievements and progress that year in climate system monitoring, climate impact assessment, and other aspects. This series of reports has been published in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters...
Crash of private Japanese moon lander blamed on software, last-minute location switch
A private Japanese moon lander went into free-fall while trying to land on the lunar surface last month, company officials said Friday, blaming a software issue and a last-minute switch in the touchdown location.
All-optical, near-infrared imaging via ultra-thin structured films
Near-Infrared (NIR) vision detectors and cameras play an essential role in today's high-tech tools for imaging, sensing and display technologies. Goggle- or binocular-based NIR cameras are particularly important for night vision, as well as medical and agriculture imaging. In conventional NIR cameras, the NIR light (700−2500 nm) is absorbed via a photocathode, leading to the discharge of...
Exploring 'compellingness' in mechanism design
Consider an auction. You have two types of main protagonists or agents: a seller (or auctioneer) and many potential buyers. There are, of course, certain ground rules. For instance, one objective may be to design the auction in such a way that the person buying the item(s) up for sale is the buyer "who values that good the most."
Examining the role of the Catholic church in shaping ideal societies
Since ancient times, religious beliefs and practices have been a powerful force in shaping morality, justice, values and the things that influence a society.
Killer whales damage boats in Spanish, Portuguese waters in puzzling new behavior
A pod of killer whales repeatedly rammed a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar this week, damaging it enough to require Spanish rescuers to come to the aid of its four crew members.
Barren habitat for sows leaves imprint on piglets' brains
In a new study, researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden, together with colleagues from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, have investigated the impact that a barren living environment for sows leaves on the next generation. The pigs in the study were bred in Brazil and kept according to breeding standards in that country. The sows' uncomfortable and unstimulating environment brought with...