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Digital Twin Helps Us Use Wastewater More Efficiently
12+ hour, 30+ min ago (336+ words) Mirage News When you zoom in on the town of Kalundborg in Google Maps, the size of the joint industrial wastewater treatment plant operated by Novonesis and Novo Nordisk becomes clear. The facility is one of the largest of its…...
Light Transforms Greenhouse Gas Into Pharma Building Block
13+ hour, 12+ min ago (265+ words) The trifluoromethyl group, or CF₃, is widely used in pharmaceuticals. When added to organic molecules, it can improve metabolic stability and membrane permeability, making it highly valuable in drug development. One useful way to introduce CF₃ group is through the use of…...
New Method Enables AI For Safety-critical Situations
13+ hour, 48+ min ago (713+ words) MIT researchers have developed a new technique that helps generative artificial intelligence models find solutions to high-stakes problems. In these settings, a plausible answer is not enough: The output often must also satisfy nonnegotiable safety, physical, or task-specific requirements, known…...
MIT Spinout Transforms Plastic Waste into Building Materials
13+ hour, 48+ min ago (635+ words) The world needs more homes. The world also has too much plastic. Perhaps the only thing those two problems have in common is that they're hard to solve. Atlas Building Composites, a spinout of MIT, is on a mission to…...
Inquiry to Examine Tech's Role in Boosting Aussie Output
17+ hour, 56+ min ago (344+ words) Following a referral by Treasurer the Hon Dr Jim Chalmers MP, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics will open an inquiry into the use of technology to assist in improving Australian productivity. Like many advanced economies, Australia has…...
PM Urged: Digital Duty Laws Insufficient for Safety
18+ hour, 6+ min ago (327+ words) In an open letter published in newspapers today, organisations representing a broad cross-section of Australian society say the proposed laws should be strengthened to allow Australians harmed by illegal and dangerous online content to take action to enforce the Duty…...
UK, US Forge Fusion Pact to Boost Clean Energy
18+ hour, 34+ min ago (119+ words) Mirage News UK and US set to sign agreements at the Global Fusion Summit to combine expertise in AI, computing and fusion and to cooperate on regulating fusion energy. You might also like /benefits-of-creative-hobbies-exploring-arts-and-996380/Benefits of Creative Hobbies: Exploring Arts…...
Quantum Computer Powers New Microscope Development
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (608+ words) Electron microscopes can reveal structures far smaller than anything visible with ordinary light. But researchers in Austria say conventional electron microscopes may be leaving valuable information on the table. In a standard system, electrons are mainly counted to build an…...
Smartphones May Screen for Cataracts, Eye Issues
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (423+ words) London, UK: Researchers have found a high level of agreement between cataract referral decisions based on smartphone images reviewed remotely and those made by ophthalmologists examining patients in person at rural eye camps. The finding could make it possible for…...
Sediments' Electron Capacity Key to Groundwater Cleanup
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (657+ words) Wollongong-based online news outlet covering Australia and beyond. If you have anything newsworthy - a story, video or picture to share with us, please email us. Groundwater contamination is a growing global challenge, but predicting how pollutants behave underground remains difficult....