Earth May Soon Get Early Solar Flare Warnings Flickering loops in the sun’s corona may appear before dangerous solar activity By Chris Simms edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Analyzing huge loops in the sun’s corona (its atmosphere) can predict potentially dangerous solar flares. DETLEV VAN RAVENSWAAY/Science Source Solar flares are bursts of radiation from the […]
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Parafarmacia & Beauty in Milan city centre is the business’ first physical beauty retail store in Europe. The space features an “enhanced selection”, which the company said would be “progressively available throughout the year to online stores in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the UK.” Brands featured on the shelves include Eucerin, La Roche-Posay, Vichy,
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Measles Misinformation Sparks Concern, Supreme Court Weakens EPA, and Scientists Engineer Woolly Mice In this week’s news roundup, we dig into measles misinformation, ozone recovery and new findings on using nasal cartilage to treat knee injuries. By Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi & Alex Sugiura Anaissa Ruiz Tejada/Scientific American Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific
Human factors and human performance are crucial for workplace safety in most industries, but few are more dire than in the construction industry. These concepts focus on how certain factors correlate with individual behaviors and interactions in the workplace. Understanding these elements can help leaders improve productivity, safety and decision-making, and create a supportive environment
For years, construction professionals have relied on instinct and tradition, often working with limited visibility into risks and inefficiencies. Artificial Intelligence (AI) flips the switch, suddenly illuminating patterns and insights that once took months— or longer— to uncover, if at all. But visibility alone changes nothing; what matters is how we adjust our behavior to
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Contractors can predict the potential outcome of a concrete casting process by using the maturity method, but it can be difficult to apply this technique in the field. This is why Heidelberg Materials, one of the world’s largest suppliers of cement, aggregates, and precast and ready-mixed concrete, provides its customers with HETT22, a compiled simulation
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The US-based skin care brand announced the launch of the Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dewy Flush, a tinted cheek serum, at their Glow Conference in January. This marked the brand’s further expansion into skin care-infused makeup category, which it calls its Glow Hues range. Speaking to CosmeticsDesign-Asia, Sarah Lee, co-founder and co-CEO, said the development was
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From listening devices that detect falls to “patient sitter” systems in hospitals and robots helping with exercise in care homes, Singapore is looking to artificial intelligence to help manage the health of its elderly population. By 2030, a quarter of Singaporeans will be 65 or older — in 2010, the figure was one in 10
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The nation’s new top health official could further erode already falling U.S. vaccination rates against once-common childhood diseases, a development that comes as a growing measles outbreak has led to the first U.S. death from the disease in a decade. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent vaccine skeptic, now leads the Department of Health and
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The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The crater formed more than 3.5 billion years ago, making it the oldest known by more than
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