When unethical behavior is criticized, demands are often met with defensiveness and denial. How can we overcome this reaction? New research from the University of Zurich demonstrates that criticism is more persuasive when it is expressed with concern for the welfare of those being criticized.
UC Riverside and Rutgers University scientists explore this question in a study on mice
The tabletop diagnostic yields results in an hour and can be programmed to detect variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Compared to humans, artificial intelligence (AI) language models produce accurate tweets that are easier to understand and tweets containing disinformation that are harder to detect, according to a recent study from the University of Zurich. While these results can be leveraged to create more effective information campaigns, they also highlight the need to mitigate the risks connected to AI.
UC Riverside-led study shows maternal transfer of PBDEs causes brain changes in female mice offspring
The previously elusive methanediol molecule of importance to the organic, atmospheric science and astrochemistry communities has been synthetically produced for the first time by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers.
Puakō, on the west side of Hawaiʻi Island, is in great need of a wastewater treatment plant, according to a team of researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo studying the impact of local sewage systems on coastal water quality.
Groundwater is a vital resource for humans and ecosystems. Submarine groundwater discharge is a process by which water exits coastal aquifers and enters the ocean
Sophisticated analysis of a rock sample taken from the Moon during the Apollo 17 mission nearly 50 years ago revealed new information about the complex cooling and evolutionary history of the Moon.
There is growing public awareness that climate change will impact society not only through changes in mean temperatures and rainfall over the 21st century, but also in the occurrence of more pronounced extreme events, and more generally in natural variability in the Earth system
Remote ocean wilderness areas are located more than four hours from people and more than nine hours of travel distance from urban markets
A study identifying new ways to detect skin cancer using artificial intelligence (AI) has been conducted by researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center.
A key mystery about the origins of Earth’s water may have been solved after an international team of scientists uncovered persuasive new evidence pointing to an unlikely culprit—the Sun.
A near-Earth asteroid about the size of a Ferris wheel first detected in 2016 by the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA)-operated Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) may shed some light on the early Solar System.
A new adhesive that mimics the sticky substance barnacles use to cling to rocks may offer a better way to treat traumatic injuries.
Study: large asteroids prevented oxygen buildup in our atmosphere
Adenoviruses have a linchpin protein that stabilizes their DNA until it reaches the infected cell’s nucleus. The protein then detaches from the viral genome, and the virus uncoats. Only then are the genes released into the nucleus, which is necessary for the production of new viruses. This process, discovered by researchers at the University of Zurich, is a key for effective functioning of various Covid-19 vaccines.
Blocking a key enzyme could kill parasites that have evolved resistance to existing drugs.
Let there be light – or not
New algorithm could enable fast, nimble drones for time-critical operations such as search and rescue.