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Weakened EPA rules for coal power plants raise risk of poisonous mercury getting into fish you eat
1+ hour, 7+ min ago (1181+ words) For years, people fishing along the banks of the White River that winds through Indianapolis were met by ominous signs warning about eating the fish they catch. One of those risks was mercury poisoning. Mercury is a neurotoxic metal that…...
Common lab design inflates 2D transistor performance by up to six times
1+ hour, 7+ min ago (35+ words) Common lab design inflates 2D transistor performance by up to six times'Nanowerk Lab architecture used to test 2D semiconductors artificially boosts performance metrics, making it harder to assess whether these materials can truly replace silicon....
AI toolkit turns microscopy images into quantitative microstructure data
1+ hour, 7+ min ago (38+ words) AI toolkit turns microscopy images into quantitative microstructure data'Nanowerk AI toolkit turns microscopy images into quantitative microstructure data An AI-powered toolkit automatically extracts and quantifies microstructural features from microscopy images, accelerating data-driven materials discovery and optimization....
Nvidia plans new chip to speed AI processing, WSJ reports
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (102+ words) Feb "27 (Reuters) - Nvidia "plans to "launch a new processor designed "to help "OpenAI "and other customers "build "faster, "more efficient AI systems, "the "Wall Street "Journal "reported on Friday, "citing people "familiar with the matter. Read full story Nvidia plans…...
Unregulated greenhouse gases harm fish and ocean habitats | Opinion
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (119+ words) Unregulated greenhouse gases harm fish and ocean habitats | Opinion'The Providence Journal Anglers like the idea of catching fish we have not had in our waters before.But we do not want to damage the fishery.Fish such as mahi, wahoo,…...
RAG Explained for SQL Developers: Think of It as SELECT, But for Meaning
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (747+ words) If you've spent years writing SELECT statements, tuning execution plans, and building B-Tree indexes, you already understand 80% of what RAG does " you just don't know it yet. RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) is essentially a retrieval pipeline, just like SQL. The difference?...
Elon Musk's xAI Secures Pentagon Win with Grok Amidst Trump's Controversial AI Shift
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (222+ words) Elon Musk's xAI Secures Pentagon Win with Grok Amidst Trump's Controversial AI Shift'OpenTools Musk's Grok Goes Classified! Elon Musk's xAI Secures Pentagon Win with Grok Amidst Trump's Controversial AI Shift Elon Musk's xAI triumphs with the Pentagon's approval of Grok…...
Specific iPhone settings to capture rare six-planet parade in night sky this weekend
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (550+ words) Every now and then we Earthlings get treated to the sort of planetary displays that astronauts and other space folks get to see on a regular basis. There's a rush to grab our phones every time we see something like…...
The Map Is Not the Territory: How Mental Models Both Help and Hinder Decisions
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (328+ words) Alfred Korzybski's famous dictum -- the map is not the territory -- is perhaps the most important meta-principle in decision-making. Every model, framework, and theory you use is a simplification of reality. Understanding this changes how you use them. Reality is infinitely…...
Ohio's rare climbing fern stays green all winter
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (660+ words) For the botanically inclined, winter in Ohio is a bleak time. Greenery is scarce. And flowers? Forget about it. Enter the climbing fern (Lygodium palmatum). This odd vining fern stays green throughout winter, and I had the good fortune to…...