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AI Simulation Says Neonics May Make Bees Stressed Out

AI Simulation Says Neonics May Make Bees Stressed Out

May 01 2025 | comment(s)

Honeybees are important pollinators for agriculture like the sweetener and almond industries but are also invoked by environmentalists targeting pesticides.

It's hard to separate marketing hype from reality but scholars believe simulations and a monitoring system could see if activists who target seed treatments like neonicotinoid pesticides have science or just-so stories.
Cover Plants Can Remove Toxic Pesticides Like Copper Sulfate From Soil

Cover Plants Can Remove Toxic Pesticides Like Copper Sulfate From Soil

Apr 30 2025 | comment(s)

For farmers, land is their most valuable asset so they protect it in ways environmentalists do not understand. By using science whenever possible, to reduce water, energy, and environmental strain.

Even organic farmers use toxic pesticides but because they are older and less effective they must use a lot more. A new literature review posits that organic farmers, and conventional as well, can reduce effects on soil using cover plants. Most farmers grow cover plants, animal feed or just plants to lay there and decompose, between main crops to supply the soil with nutrients before the next planting. They also protect against erosion and may increase biodiversity above and below ground. 
Earth-Like Exoplanets Are Common

Earth-Like Exoplanets Are Common

Apr 27 2025 | comment(s)

A new study of light anomalies combined with results from a Korea Microlensing Telescope Network microlensing survey show that super-Earths exist as far from their host star as our gas giants are from the sun. Which means that Earth-like exoplanets are a lot more common NASA press releases over every new statistical wobble suggest.
Bioprinting Pancreatic Tissues

Bioprinting Pancreatic Tissues

Apr 26 2025 | comment(s)

Trial lawyers hate when scientists note that animals are not tiny people, so their claims PFAS which harms animals in high doses does not mean it impacts humans at all. That animals are not little people are why drugs and medical devices must survive human clinical trials. There would be 10,000 cures for cancer being sold if effectiveness in a mouse was enough.

Animal activists also hate animal trials. They will be happy about bioprinting organic tissue models that function like living organs. 
Using AI To Find Neural Traits In Social Interaction

Using AI To Find Neural Traits In Social Interaction

Apr 25 2025 | comment(s)

An algorithm that maps individual brain activity can reveal a “neural fingerprint” of  transient brain states during social interactions. 

The authors of the new paper believe their work demonstrates that individuals whose neural fingerprints are more aligned tend to more readily enter a shared state of deep focus—commonly known as team flow—which has profound implications for enhancing teamwork and performance across various high-stakes environments.
Prosthetic Hearing: Soft Brainstem Implant One Step Closer To Human Trials

Prosthetic Hearing: Soft Brainstem Implant One Step Closer To Human Trials

Apr 18 2025 | comment(s)

The cochlear implant has helped many regain hearing functionality and a new study shows a potential roadmap for those whose cochlear nerve is too damaged; the auditory brainstem implant.

The current auditory brainstem implant and its rigid structure does not allow for good tissue contact, which means a majority of the electrodes must be switched off due to unwanted side effects such as dizziness or facial twitching. A soft, thin-film version with electrodes embedded in silicone leads to a pliable array less than a millimeter thick.

Superior conformity means patients will no longer get vague sounds and little speech intelligibility - and fewer side effects.