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The centennial of the planetarium
The first planetarium projector was completed 100 years ago, providing the public with an unparalleled view of the night sky. The International Planetarium Society is marking this major anniversary with celebratory events across the globe. The history of planetariums starts with the desire of humankind to reproduce the unique beauty of the night sky. Marvellous…
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How to share data — not just equally, but equitably
Mexico City’s people have trusted researchers with their medical histories.Credit: Cristopher Rogel Blanquet/Getty Two decades ago, scientists asked more than 150,000 people living in Mexico City to provide medical data for research. Each participant gave time, blood and details of their medical history. For the researchers, who were based at the National Autonomous University of…
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Scientists propose sweeping new law of nature, expanding on evolution
WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) – When British naturalist Charles Darwin sketched out his theory of evolution in the 1859 book “On the Origin of Species” – proposing that biological species change over time through the acquisition of traits that favor survival and reproduction – it provoked a revolution in scientific thought. Now 164 years later,…
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Scientists propose sweeping new law of nature, expanding on evolution
WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) – When British naturalist Charles Darwin sketched out his theory of evolution in the 1859 book “On the Origin of Species” – proposing that biological species change over time through the acquisition of traits that favor survival and reproduction – it provoked a revolution in scientific thought. Now 164 years later,…
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Adding charge to neural network potentials
Large-scale and long-time molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are important for investigating materials properties of technological relevance. One of the core elements in MD simulations is the force field model or the inter-atomic potentials, which determine the prediction accuracy, the simulation size, and the simulation duration. The recent development of machine-learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs), such as…
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The waiting game
Pedestrian dynamics, a field that studies pedestrian movement and behavior, is gaining much importance as passenger numbers increase in many areas. Previous studies on passenger waiting behavior at railway platforms have revealed that the distribution of passengers in a space is not uniform but influenced by entryways and train stops. While these studies have been…
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Alerting for imminent earthquakes
Forecasting the occurrence of earthquakes, particularly of high magnitude (≥5), is a notoriously difficult problem (Nat. Comput. Sci. 3, 115; 2023). Often, scholars devote their efforts to detect and make use of possible signals that may warn of an impending earthquake — such as surface deformations prior to a shock — but observing and collecting…
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Daily briefing: ChatGPT use makes a mockery of grant applications
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. The Psyche spacecraft launched successfully from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 13 October.Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Psyche mission will visit huge metal asteroid On Friday, a NASA spacecraft successfully began its journey to…
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Daily briefing: ChatGPT use makes a mockery of grant applications
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. The Psyche spacecraft launched successfully from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 13 October.Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Psyche mission will visit huge metal asteroid On Friday, a NASA spacecraft successfully began its journey to…
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Drug discovery with limited resources
Recent estimates have indicated that the median cost of researching and developing a drug is over US$1 billion per drug, with research and development taking an average of ten years. Thus, using machine learning (ML) to accelerate research timelines and reduce development costs is an appealing avenue, particularly for drug discovery centers in lower-to-middle-income countries…