Medical students often struggle with learning from images that only show a few skin colors. Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help by creating tailored images, but there's a problem: most AI training data comes from books that ignore darker skin tones. This means AI-generated images might not show di
Despite decades of UN climate and biodiversity conferences, greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss keep rising. Recent summits, like COP29, fell short, offering developing countries mere fractions of the needed funds to tackle climate change. Delegates criticized the agreements as "outrageou
Ever wondered what's the best way to catch bees for research? Well, scientists compared different traps to see which ones capture the most bee diversity. They found that blue pan traps are kings at catching bees, especially a group called Halictidae. These blue traps also brought in the widest range
Cancer is a tough fight, especially for people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds in Australia. Spiritual, religious, or personal beliefs can help them cope with the physical and mental struggles. This study looked into how cancer patients from culturally and linguistically diverse (CA
Imagine a world where nursing students can practice their skills anytime, anywhere. That's the reality brought by serious games (SGs), especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. These games allow students to train at their own pace, making learning more flexible. Recently, there's been a shift from dis
Imagine your phone or electric car battery lasting way longer and being much lighter. That's the promise of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries, which a U. K. startup called Molyon is working on. Founded by scientists from Cambridge University, Molyon is using a special material called molybdenum disulf
Have you ever thought about how nurses make tough decisions? An important study aimed to create a special tool for this purpose. The idea is to ensure that all patients, no matter their background, get fair and ethical care. The researchers worked on developing an assessment tool to evaluate how nur
In Germany, about one in three people over 64 who need care live in nursing homes. But this number isn't the same everywhere. Some areas have less than 15% of elderly folks in nursing homes, while others have more than 50%. A recent study set out to find out why these differences exist. Researchers
Ever wondered if celebrating differences or similarities makes us friendlier towards others? Science says that when it comes to different groups like ethnic, religious, or political ones, people just love having something in common. Research has shown that the more alike we feel, the more we want to
Have you ever thought about how people feel connected to their community? Scientists recently checked this out by using a special scale called the Sense of Community Coherence Scale. They wanted to see if it could measure how understandable, manageable, and meaningful people find their community liv
