Nicola Jones
Journalist at Freelance
Contributing Editor at Yale Environment 360
Freelance science journalist, writer and editor based in the wilds of Pemberton BC, north of Whistler. Can sci policy, earth, environment, chem, physics.
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1 week ago |
nature.com | Nicola Jones
Researchers have created what they think is the largest chunk of meat grown in the laboratory yet, thanks to a designer ‘circulatory system’ that delivers nutrients and oxygen into the growing tissue. Shoji Takeuchi, a biohybrid system engineer at the University of Tokyo, and colleagues report growing a single piece of chicken that measures 7 centimetres long, 4 centimetres wide and 2.25 centimetres thick. Weighing in at 11 grams, it is about the size of a chicken nugget.
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1 week ago |
e360.yale.edu | Nicola Jones
Weather forecasts powered by artificial intelligence are usually more accurate — and require less computational energy and fewer human hours — than physics-based predictions. But questions remain about A.I. systems’ reliability and their ability to forecast extreme weather events.
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1 week ago |
nature.com | Nicola Jones
Threats to US biomedical research grants are coming thick and fast — and so are the lawsuits. Since US President Donald Trump took office in January, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), based in Bethesda, Maryland, has cancelled hundreds of grants, delayed the award of new ones and tried to slash the money awarded for ‘indirect’ research costs. But researchers are not just rolling over.
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2 weeks ago |
scientificamerican.com | Nicola Jones
The artificial intelligence (AI) race is heating up: the number and quality of high-performing Chinese AI models is rising to challenge the US lead, and the performance edge between top models is shrinking, according to an annual state of the industry report. The report highlights that as AI continues to improve quickly, no one firm is pulling ahead.
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2 weeks ago |
elespectador.com | Nicola Jones
Hace 3 mil millones de años, dice Jakosky, las temperaturas en Marte deben haber sido lo suficientemente cálidas como para permitir el agua líquida. Audio generado con IA de GoogleLa proeza de enviar humanos a Marte está en marcha: el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump habló de ello en su discurso de investidura de este año. Esta empresa épica podría ayudar a responder preguntas fundamentales sobre el Planeta Rojo, incluida la más importante de todas: ¿Hubo vida en Marte —y la sigue habiendo—?
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Today SciAm follows the journalistic axiom: if the headline is a question, the answer is no. "Are cats actually liquid? Cats share surprising commonalities with liquids—at least from the perspective of physicists who study fluid dynamics. | 5 min read."