Red Onion Vs. White Onion: Which Is Healthier, According to Dietitians

Red onions are also a good source of potassium, which plays a key role in heart health, and phosphorus, which helps form ...
Smithsonian Magazine

These Beautiful Microscope Photos Capture Tiny Pests, Spores, Sensory Neurons and Sunflower Hairs

Zhang You of the Entomological Society of China took first place with an image of a rice weevil—an agricultural pest—on a ...
New Atlas

This chip uses light to supercharge AI and cut energy use

Convolutional neural networks, or CNNs, are the workhorses behind many of AI's greatest hits, like spotting faces in photos, reading handwriting, or translating languages. They're masters at pattern ...
Phys.org

AggreBots: Tiny living robots made from lung cells could one day deliver medicine inside the body

A brand-new engineering approach to generate "designer" biological robots using human lung cells is underway in Carnegie Mellon University's Ren lab. Referred to as AggreBots, these microscale living ...
pv magazine International

Copper-metalized heterojunction solar cells close to achieve same efficiency as silver-based counterparts

Researchers in Germany have shown that heterojunction solar cells screen printed with silver-copper on the front side and silver paste on the rear side can achieve a 0.13% efficiency gain over ...
The New York Times

11 N.Y. Officials Arrested Trying to Access ICE Detention Cells

Brad Lander, the city comptroller, was arrested again. Jumaane D. Williams, the public advocate, was among protesters detained outside. By Luis Ferré-Sadurní Wesley Parnell and Samantha Latson Federal ...
Live Science

Scientists create first-ever visible time crystals using light — and they could one day appear on $100 bills

Scientists have developed the first-ever time crystals that are visible to the human eye, and they could one day make their way onto $100 bills. The time crystals emerge from the kinks that appear ...
The Hechinger Report

A researcher’s view on using AI to become a better writer

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Of course, no one ...
The New York Times

A Zap of Blue Light Shows Promise Against Food and Sweat Stains

Researchers hope the technique could offer a more environmentally friendly approach to cleaning up messy clothing. By Jacey Fortin A crisp white shirt can be a dangerous thing. It seems to invite a ...
The Verge

Microsoft Excel adds Copilot AI to help fill in spreadsheet cells

The new ‘COPILOT’ function uses AI to generate summaries, tags, tables, and more based on a group of cells. The new ‘COPILOT’ function uses AI to generate summaries, tags, tables, and more based on a ...
San Francisco Fed

Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope?

With the advent of generative AI (genAI), the potential scope of artificial intelligence has increased dramatically, but the future effect of genAI on productivity remains uncertain. The effect of the ...