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Jan 01 2025CRIME

Man Threatens with Knives After Crashing Car into Store

Late on December 27, 2024, a man named Brian Steele caused a commotion at a Warren convenience store. The 46-year-old drove his car into the 7-Eleven at the intersection of 12 Mile and Schoenherr roads. This wasn't just an accident, though. Steele then entered the store armed with knives, scaring cu

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Jan 01 2025TECHNOLOGY

A Fresh Spin on Rolling Bearing Fault Diagnosis

Rolling bearings play a crucial role in the safety and performance of rotating machines. While recent years have seen advances in intelligent fault diagnosis, noise in vibration signals remains a challenge. This is where GMSCNN comes in—a method that combines Gram Matrix (GM) and Multi-Scale Convolu

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Jan 01 2025ENTERTAINMENT

Welcoming 2025: Auckland Kicks Off New Year's Celebrations

As the clock struck midnight in Auckland, New Zealand, the world's first major city to enter 2025, thousands of people celebrated with colorful fireworks from the Sky Tower and a dazzling downtown light show. The festivities highlighted Indigenous tribes' contributions amid ongoing Māori rights prot

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Dec 31 2024TECHNOLOGY

Better Machining: Real-Time State Tracking for Multi-Part Systems

Ever wondered how to make machine tools work better? Researchers are using a special self-healing model to do just that. They're focusing on how the parts of a machine tool move together. By using something called the Lagrange method, they can create a model that shows how these parts interact. This

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Dec 31 2024SCIENCE

Improving Structures: A New Way to Optimize Trusses

You know how sometimes you need to find the best of two things at once, like the strongest but lightest bridge? Well, researchers have come up with a cool algorithm that does just that. It's called the 2-Archive Multi-Objective Cuckoo Search (MOCS2arc) and it helps find the best balance between two

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Dec 31 2024HEALTH

How Exercise Lowers Stroke Risk: Lessons from Middle-Aged and Older Adults in China

Stroke remains a major health issue in many countries, and China is particularly affected. A study explored the ties between different types of physical activity and stroke risk in middle-aged and older Chinese adults. Using data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) 2020,

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Dec 31 2024ENVIRONMENT

Greening China's Farms: A Network Analysis of Agricultural Carbon Efficiency

With China aiming for a greener future, the spotlight is on making farming cleaner. This study looked at 268 cities in China, checking how well they cut carbon emissions in agriculture from 2001 to 2022. By using social network analysis and tweaking a gravity model, researchers found interesting pat

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Dec 31 2024HEALTH

Internet Use by Seniors: Brain Benefits?

Did you know that using the internet can potentially boost the brains of older adults? A big study dived into this topic, exploring how seniors interact with the web. They checked out what devices they use and how frequently they log in. The aim was to understand if there's a connection between inte

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Dec 31 2024SCIENCE

Boosting Sugar Beet Harvest: The Power of Slow-Release Boron

In the northeastern part of China, sugar beets are a staple crop, but the soil there lacks a key nutrient: boron. This is where slow-release boron fertilizers come in. Researchers tested these fertilizers on two sugar beet varieties, KWS1197 and KWS0143, in both black and albic soils. The results we

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Dec 31 2024ENVIRONMENT

Transforming Fish Waste into a Green Gold Treasure

Ever wondered what happens to the skin of yellowfin tuna after it's caught? Turns out, this seemingly useless waste could be a goldmine for gelatin production. Gelatin is a widely used ingredient in food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics, and fishes like tuna are packed with collagen, the main protein

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