
Retraction Watch - 1 day 14 hours ago
Martin Tram r was editor-in-chief of the European Journal of Anaesthesiology during what he once called in print "The Boldt debacle." The misconduct scandal involving hundreds of papers by Joachim Boldt broke to the surface in 2010, but journals continue to retract papers by the disgraced German anesthesiologist and researchers have continued to cite the … Continue reading Now, 240: More than a decade later, journals are still retracting Joachim Boldt's papers...

IEEE Spectrum - 1 day 18 hours ago
On the nights after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico's power grid in 2017, former Puerto Rican energy regulator Javier R a-Jovet remembers watching the sky warp along the horizon as thousands of fossil fuel-powered generators spewed emissions into the atmosphere. The "whole society" was running on this carbon-intensive backup power at the time, says R a-Jovet. Now, nearly a decade later, at least one of Puerto Rico's microgrids is getting a clean upgrade. On the small island of...

IEEE Spectrum - 1 day 19 hours ago
Shaped like dogs, stars, and the Mona Lisa, you could mistake these DNA structures for fun-shaped macaroni if they weren't only nanometers wide. South Korean scientists made the constructions using a technique called DNA origami that can bend genetic material into any form. Designing DNA strands so they'll fold into a specific shape typically requires tedious manual work, but the researchers behind the playful fabrications have developed a shortcut using generative AI. The AI model, called...

The Conversation - 1 day 19 hours ago
Particles' properties at the quantum level could one day enable faster computing and better cybersecurity.

Ars Technica - 1 day 21 hours ago
Private buyers are increasingly outbidding museums for fossils.

Last Word On Nothing - 2 days 9 min ago
The best acronym, in this our golden age of acronyms, is TIL, for Today I Learned. I love it. People use #TIL as a hashtag on social media, but not to show off. It doesn't mean "I know something you don't know, nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah." It means here's something I just learned, and it's delightful, and I'd […] The post TIL, for Today I Learned, Is the Best Acronym. What Have You Learned Lately? appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .