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No longer forgotten: Berkeley researchers innovate to shine light on hidden histories

From the use of generative AI, augmented reality and podcasting, UC Berkeley researchers are finding unique ways to teach history that benefit students In UC Berkeley’s Social Sciences Building, the voice and likeness of Black slave poet George Moses Horton is being recreated with augmented reality. Meanwhile, the history of Latinx sexuality and gender is the subject of…

For diabetes patients, needle-free insulin injections are on the way

Professor David Fernandez Rivas, a bioengineer at the University of Twente, leads the team developing a method to deliver insulin using compression. The team is refining the technology in the hopes of turning it into a reality. Lee Calladine pricks his skin with a needle up to eight times a day to give himself an…

Smart and Sustainable Cities: SoSmart, International Connections in Seoul on April 16th

The event is organized by the Spanish company SoSmart, led by Lucía Roa and Lidia Alvarez In an increasingly interconnected world, the search for sustainable and innovative solutions for the future of our cities has become a globally shared mission. In this context, on 16 April, Seoul will be the epicenter of international collaboration with…

First Person: Japanese town leads the way to a low waste society

When the landfill in Osaki, in the southwest of Japan, reached capacity, an incinerator was the logical next step. Instead, the town decided to get serious about recycling. Kasumi Fujita, a town councillor committed to Osaki’s low waste policies, tells UN News what inspired her Ms. Fujita moved to Osaki in 2021 to work with…

Global Organizations Unite to Pilot Technology Solutions for Humanitarian Crises

The new track seeks to harness the transformative potential of technology to bridge the gap between data, community resilience decision making, and local action Leading Cities, Australian Red Cross, and QBE Foundation are excited to announce a new partnership to harness innovation and scale data-driven technology solutions to empower community climate resilience. This partnership brings…

Entering the quantum era

The world’s most powerful computer hasn’t yet been built – but we have the blueprint, says the team behind Oxford spinout Quantum Dynamics Meanwhile, Chris Ballance, co-founder of spinout Oxford Ionics, says ‘quantum computing is already solving complex computing test cases in seconds – solutions that would otherwise take thousands of years to find.’ Following…

New Products and Experiences: an opportunity for mountain tourism

Offering more diverse experiences and investing in talented people will play a key role in helping mountain areas grow tourism sustainably and responsibly The 12th World Congress on Snow, Mountain and Wellness Tourism identified key challenges, among them climate change and evolving consumer trends, while recognizing the role tourism can play in the protection of…

Aspirin cuts liver fat in trial

At the end of the study, Harvard showed that low-dose aspirin reduced the average liver fat content by 10.2 percent compared with placebo. The aspirin was found to be safe and well-tolerated and also improved various markers of liver health The most common chronic liver disease — metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) — is…

AI at Princeton: Pushing limits, accelerating discovery and serving humanity

Are pushing the limits of AI technology to make it more accurate and efficient, to understand how AI’s uncanny large language models work, and to address the technology’s ethical, fairness and policy implications At Princeton, interdisciplinary collaborations of researchers are using artificial intelligence to accelerate discovery across the University in fields ranging from neuroscience to…

HRC and U.N. Human Rights launch Berkeley Protocol

Berkeley Human Rights Center and U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights co-launch global guidelines on investigating human rights violations online United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk joined the Human Rights Center to officially launch the Berkeley Protocol on Digital Open Source Investigations, the world’s first international guidelines on how to use social media and content…