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Despite its portrayal as a network that “champions free speech,” users of the social media platform Gab display more extreme social hierarchy and elitism when compared to Twitter users, according to a new study published in the September edition of the online journal “First Monday.” Researchers found a small number of Gab users hold a … Read more
New research from The Australian National University (ANU) shows Twitter data can be used to give more accurate profit forecasts for companies in the consumer sector. The findings challenge the traditional view from experts that social media chatter is just ‘noise’ that is of no value to financial analysts. The study used positive and negative … Read more
Researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) have broken new ground in solar cell energy efficiency and in the process provided a glimpse of the technology’s future. The researchers have a set a new record of 21.6 per cent efficiency, the highest ever achieved for perovskite cells above a certain size. This means 21.6 per cent … Read more
Consumption of sugary drinks is common among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants and toddlers, and it could be down to water quality, according to a study from The Australian National University (ANU). Lead author, Dr Katie Thurber, says there are clear opportunities to improve nutrition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, as well … Read more
Artificial intelligence has been used to analyse high-resolution digital x-ray images of the world famous Ghent Altarpiece, as part of an investigative project led by UCL. The finding is expected to improve our understanding of art masterpieces and provide new opportunities for art investigation, conservation and presentation. Researchers from the National Gallery, Duke University and … Read more
A day is the time for Earth to make one complete rotation on its axis, a year is the time for Earth to make one revolution around the Sun – reminders that basic units of time and periods on Earth are intimately linked to our planet’s motion in space relative to the Sun. In fact, … Read more
Stone tools and other artifacts unearthed from an archeological dig at the Cooper’s Ferry site in western Idaho suggest that people lived in the area 16,000 years ago, more than a thousand years earlier than scientists previously thought. The artifacts would be considered among the earliest evidence of people in North America. The findings, published … Read more
One of the most common brain cancers in children, Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) medulloblastoma, also is one of the more survivable for most kids. Unfortunately, for a subset of patients the cancer resists treatment and relapses with a vengeance to then turn deadly. Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center used a powerful new computer-assisted technology called single-cell … Read more
A new species of prehistoric murine – the group of mammals that includes mice, rats, and their relatives – has been identified from fossils discovered in Lebanon. The findings, presented in Scientific Reports, represent the first known physical evidence that the initial dispersal of mice from Asia to Africa took place through the Levant. Murinae, the … Read more
Even the most powerful computers are still no match for the human brain when it comes to pattern recognition, risk management, and other similarly complex tasks. Recent advances in optical neural networks, however, are closing that gap by simulating the way neurons respond in the human brain. In a key step toward making large-scale optical … Read more