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DeepMind Has Taught an AI to Control Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear fusion. Credit: The Conversation.The reinforcement learning algorithm, which controls the scorching plasma within a tokamak nuclear fusion reactor, was developed by an AI company backed by Google.The interior of a tokamak– the doughnut-shaped vessel created to include a nuclear fusion reaction– presents a unique type of chaos. Hydrogen atoms are shattered together at...

Why Do Women Feel the Cold more than Men?

A woman feeling the cold inside a house. Credit: iStock.We all have distinct preferences for when it is the correct time to draw out winter blankets. And the thermostat's setup frequently forms the basis of office debates between women and men concerning the "appropriate" temperature for it to be configured.Between the sexes, there is...

New Project Investigates How to Improve Mother’s Psychological Health

Credit: iStock/sutlafkNew mothers can access free online self-care resources to assist them in dealing with the challenges of motherhood. They gave the courses as part of an ongoing research trial by The University of Queensland.The program is examining better ways to tend to the psychological well-being of the mothers, specifically in supporting them in...

Imprisoned Zolpidem Pharmacist Struck off the Register

Credit: Hull Live.SOLIHULL - A pharmacist imprisoned last year for steering large quantities of resting pills to the black market was struck off the register, after a recent GPhC hearing.The remote fitness to a practice committee hearing on May 24-25 heard that Dean Dookhan, who worked as a pharmacist in Northbrook Pharmacy in Solihull,...

The Earth’s Turns Far Under Our Feet: A New Research Reveals the Inner Core Oscillates

Scientists have discovered evidence that the Earth’s inner core oscillates, contradicting previously held beliefs that it consistently rotates at a faster rate than the planet’s surface.A groundbreaking study by USC researchers challenges the previous model that the Earth's inner core rotates continuously faster than the planet's surface.According to their research, published in Science Advances,...

Scent Dogs Detect Coronavirus Accurately from Skin Swabs

Dogs to detect COVID-19. Credit: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.A current research by the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital affirmed that scent detection dogs can be taught to recognize people with a coronavirus infection from skin swabs. In the experimental set-up at Finland's Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport, the dogs' accuracy in...

Exercise and Lengthy COVID Syntoms

Research study: Signs and symptom variant, connections, and relationship to physical activity in Long Covid: an intensive longitudinal study. Credit: The Science Advisory board.In a recent study posted to the medRxiv preprint web server. Researchers reviewed associations between physical activity as well as long coronavirus disease (COVID) signs.History Post-acute sequelae of COVID 2019 (COVID-19)...

Three Reasons an Amazing Patient Experience Commences in the Waiting Room

Credit: The Symphony Agence.All of us know that the healthcare market is continuously altering and advancing. Patients frequently expect nothing less than the best possible care and experience when they get into a dental practice. What the majority of us do not realize is that a great patient experience begins even before the patient...

Old Zircons provide Insights into Earthquakes of the Past

These rocks at the Devil’s Punchbowl geologic formation near Los Angeles were uplifted by movement along the Punchbowl Fault, a now-inactive portion of the larger San Andreas FaultNew study might develop understanding of how today's tremors release energyEarthquakes have rocked the planet for ages. Studying the quakes of old could aid scientists in better...

How The Universe Acquired Its Magnetic Fields

Hidden magnetic field lines stretch millions of light years across the universe. Credit:  Quanta Magazine.When we look into space, all of the astrophysical objects seen are enclosed in magnetic fields. This holds not only in the neighborhood of stars and planets but likewise in the deep space between galaxies and galactic clusters.These fields are...