The mountain section whose collapse triggered deadly floods in Nepal and China on August 26 experienced exceptionally high temperatures in the days before the disaster, according to meteorological data reconstructed and analysed
Regulatory efforts to eliminate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) from drinking water have triggered a surge in the development of technologies aimed at capturing and destroying these persistent pollutants. As highlighted by
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Scientists have developed a groundbreaking artificial intelligence model that significantly improves the ability to predict when and where wildfires will ignite, Financial Times reports. The new Probability of Fire (PoF) model, developed
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San Francisco-based artificial intelligence leader OpenAI has secured a staggering $300 billion valuation following a $40 billion investment round led by SoftBank, making it one of the world’s best-funded private start-ups. The
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Intel’s newly appointed chief executive, Lip-Bu Tan, has vowed to implement a sweeping cultural shift at the semiconductor giant, likening the transformation to a “day-one start-up” mentality. Speaking at a company conference
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Reaching net zero by 2050 is one of humanity’s most ambitious and urgent challenges. The concept is simple: every tonne of carbon dioxide emitted must be offset by an equal amount removed.
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A groundbreaking brain–computer interface (BCI) has allowed a woman with paralysis to hear her intended speech almost instantly, marking a major leap forward in neurotechnology. As reported in The Nature, the latest
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In the world of birds, mating is more than just reproduction—it is a spectacular display of beauty, endurance, and evolutionary strategy. As detailed in The Nature, science writer Matt Ridley’s book Birds,
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Microsoft has closed its IoT & AI Insider Lab in Shanghai’s Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Zone, marking another step in the tech giant’s gradual retreat from China as geopolitical tensions between the US and
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In a major financial scandal that has sent shockwaves through the UK’s higher education sector, students at six universities have fraudulently secured more than £7 million in student loans over the past
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk has announced that his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, has acquired the social media platform X in an all-stock transaction. The acquisition was confirmed in a post on X,
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