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On a farm in St. Peters Bay, Prince Edward Island, a black four-wheeled rover with arms outstretched rolls through a row of thigh-high green leaves, its giant tires pressing against the red dirt of a potato field. It feels like it belongs more at home in the dusty red Martian landscape than on a farm.“Right now, there were a few people stopping on the road to see what was happening,” said Aitzaz Farooq, interim associate dean of the School of Climate Change and Adaptation at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI).Meet AgriRobot, a robot trained using artificial intelligence to…

The three classes with the highest enrollment this semester — introductory macroeconomics, biomedical ethics and law, and intermediate macroeconomics — attracted hundreds of students. Hudson Warm and Andre Fausu 1:36 AM, January 26, 2024 Staff reporters Samad Haqqani, photography editor As the add/drop period ends Tuesday, registrar data reveals the most popular Yale College courses for the spring 2024 semester. The top three include two lecture courses in macroeconomics and “Bioethics and Law,” a lecture course in the Department of Political Science. Topping the list is “Introduction to Macroeconomics” — a foundational economics lecture by economics professor Fabrizio Zilibotti —…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up artificial intelligence myFT Digest – delivered straight to your inbox.The White House's chief science adviser said the United States will work with China on the safety of artificial intelligence systems in the coming months, signaling rare cooperation between the two powers.Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, told the Financial Times that despite trade tensions between China and the United States over artificial intelligence, countries will work together to reduce its risks and assess its capabilities.“Steps have been taken to participate in this process,” Prabhakar said of…

MONTREAL – A new US study warns that bottled water could contain 100 times more microscopic plastic fragments than previously thought. Using a state-of-the-art new laser imaging technique, researchers at Columbia University were able to measure that each liter of bottled water could contain up to 370,000 particles of microplastics, or even nanoplastics. Professor Thierry Olivier, from the Department of Chemistry at Université Laval, commented: “I was surprised by the number of molecules described; I wasn't expecting such a high value and honestly, it was worrying me. “I actually had concerns about this type of product, but I have to…

Due to the discovery of a new case of dengue fever in Alfa, a mosquito control operation has been scheduled in Vaitia. The first spraying operation was carried out on Monday morning, and two more operations will be carried out on Thursday and Friday. The goal is to avoid any risk of the virus being spread by mosquitoes in the neighborhood. So: • Thursday, January 25, disinfection will be carried out in the same area, with intervention inside the properties, provided that the owner is present and approved. • Friday, January 26, the second pesticide spraying operation will be carried…

For four years now, Clement Bataille, an associate professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Ottawa, and several other researchers have been trying to learn more about the mammoths that lived several thousand years ago in Alaska.”They're still a fascinating, majestic species, so they're fascinating to study,” admits Mr. Bataille in an interview with The Canadian Press.After delving into the life of the male specimen, “Keck,” who lived 17,000 years ago, the researchers turned to “Elma,” a female whose age dates back to approximately 14,000 years.Elma fossilWhat caught researchers' attention this time was that…

condition Meningococcal meningitis It was accepted Hospital center to Bastia. This young woman, who studies at Giocante Secondary School in Casablanca, was transferred to intensive care overnight from Friday to Saturday, January 20. In a press release sent to the press this evening, Saturday, the regional health agency indicated that it had confirmed this “All people identified as high-risk contacts have benefited or will benefit from antibiotic treatment to prevent any new cases.” The health authorities explained that epidemiological investigations have been carried out in order to identify and preventively treat people at risk in family, friends, school, sports and…

Written by Jonathan AmosScience match19 January 2024, 19:15 GMTUpdated 1 hour agoComment on the photo, Artwork: JAXA becomes the fifth national space agency to land on the moonA Japanese robot has successfully landed on the moon, but problems with its solar power system mean the mission may only last a few hours.The Intelligent Lunar Examination Lander (Slim) gently positions itself on the lunar surface near an equatorial volcanic crater.This achievement made the Asian country the fifth country to land smoothly on the Earth's natural satellite, after the United States, the Soviet Union, China and India.But engineers are now struggling to…

As the population ages, the number of people with Alzheimer's disease continues to increase. If aging cannot be combated, there are other risk factors we can work against. Hearing loss is one.Several studies have already suggested a possible link between hearing loss and the occurrence of dementia. But new work, the most comprehensive ever done on the subject, confirms this report. Isolation and cognitive declineIn fact, researchers from the University of Southern Denmark studied clinical data from more than 570,000 patients. Their results show that people with hearing loss have a higher risk (13%) of developing dementia than those with…

Antique illness Fight every time symptoms appear. A case of rabies was discovered “in A Puppy Illegally imported from The Kingdom of Morocco » By an individual in mouseThe Ministry of Agriculture announced on Tuesday that all people “who were exposed to the animal” were treated at the Rabies Control Center. The diagnosis was made by the National Rabies Reference Laboratory in Nancy on 5 January. A statement from the ministry stated that the animal, which was imported illegally from Morocco, died “13 days after it was introduced into the region.” “All persons who had previously been exposed to the…