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Autistic Adults Have Become Increasingly Visible In Media, Books, Television, And More In The Past Decade, But Challenges With Representation Persist

New research from UC Santa Cruz shows incremental improvements in the representation of autistic adults in film, television, books, media coverage, and advocacy organization websites.

Study Finds Chaos Is More Common In Ecological Systems Than Previously Thought

The idea that chaos is rare in natural populations may be due to methodological and data limitations, rather than the inherent stability of ecosystems

Wiggling Toward Bio-Inspired Machine Intelligence

Inspired by jellyfish and octopuses, PhD candidate Juncal Arbelaiz investigates the theoretical underpinnings that will enable systems to more efficiently adapt to their environments.

Learning On The Edge

A new technique enables AI models to continually learn from new data on intelligent edge devices like smartphones and sensors, reducing energy costs and privacy risks.

Scientists Chart How Exercise Affects The Body

A new study maps the genes and cellular pathways that contribute to exercise-induced weight loss.

New Process Could Enable More Efficient Plastics Recycling

Cobalt-based catalysts could be used to turn mixed plastic waste into fuel, new plastics, and other products.

MIT System “Sees” The Inner Structure Of The Body During Physical Rehab

A system for monitoring motion and muscle engagement could aid the elderly and athletes during unsupervised physical rehabilitation for injuries or impaired mobility.

Reprogrammable Materials Selectively Self-Assemble

Researchers create a method for magnetically programming materials to make cubes that are very picky about what they connect with, enabling more-scalable self-assembly.

Deep Learning With Light

A new method uses optics to accelerate machine-learning computations on smart speakers and other low-power connected devices.

Risk of Heart Problems Makes Danes Get Flu Vaccination

More Danes got vaccinated for the seasonal flu if they received a nudging letter from the health authorities, which linked the flu and the risk of subsequent heart problems, study concludes. The study is published in The Lancet and is the largest of its kind.

A Faster Experiment To Find And Study Topological Materials

Using machine learning and simple X-ray spectra, researchers can uncover compounds that might enable next-generation computer chips or quantum devices.

Study Shows Mangrove And Reef Restoration Yield Positive Returns On Investment For Flood Protection

A robust analysis demonstrates that nature-based solutions to reduce the damage caused by coastal flooding are cost-effective

Building With Nanoparticles, From The Bottom Up

Researchers develop a technique for precisely arranging nanoscale particles on a surface, such as a silicon chip, that doesn’t damage the material.

100,000-Year-Old Polar Bear Genome Reveals Ancient Hybridization With Brown Bears

Study finds all brown bears today have some polar bear ancestry due to genetic admixture that occurred during a warm interglacial period more than 100,000 years ago

Hunting In Darkness, Elephant Seals Use Sensitive Whiskers To Find Prey

Researchers used miniature video cameras to study how free-ranging elephant seals use their whiskers to track down prey in the darkness of the deep ocean

Using Sound To Model The World

This machine-learning system can simulate how a listener would hear a sound from any point in a room.

New Findings Enable Monitoring For Harmful Toxin In Freshwater Environments

Researchers have identified the genes involved in biosynthesis of guanitoxin, a potent neurotoxin produced by some freshwater harmful algal blooms

As Climate Shifts, Species Will Need To Relocate, And People May Have To Help Them

A new survey summarizes scientific recommendations for conservationists and land managers tasked with managing biodiversity in a changing climate

Machine Learning Facilitates “Turbulence Tracking” In Fusion Reactors

A new approach sheds light on the behavior of turbulent structures that can affect the energy generated during fusion reactions, with implications for reactor design.

Do rules at folk high schools make sense for young people - What we learned from COVID-19

In June 2020, the University of Copenhagen's Global Health Section, Statens Serum Institut and Folkehøjskolernes Forening collaborated on a study that investigated how staff and students reacted when folk high schools reopened under new COVID-19 guidelines.