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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 11-Mar-2026 14:14 ET (11-Mar-2026 18:14 GMT/UTC)
Robots vs. Therapists: live experiment tests AI’s ability to give relationship advice
Max Planck Institute for PsycholinguisticsCan artificial intelligence offer meaningful relationship advice, or do human therapists still provide something machines cannot replicate? Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics explored this question during a public experiment at the InScience Film Festival in the city of Nijmegen.
Welsh cohort first to test “life changing” product that could help end global period poverty
Cardiff UniversityA low-cost, self-sanitising and reusable period pad developed by scientists at Cardiff University has left the lab for real-world studies.
Washable menstrual pad users in Wales are the first to test and share their experiences of using SunPad – a new period product, which harnesses the energy of the sun to kill bacteria, remove stains, and neutralise odours.
Hanae Inami, Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Center
Hiroshima UniversityPea-sized wonder: Shedd Aquarium becomes first known aquarium to raise warty frogfish baby
Shedd AquariumRemembering Philip E. Bourne, Founding Dean of the University of Virginia School of Data Science
University of Virginia School of Data ScienceThe University of Virginia mourns the loss of Philip Bourne, founding dean of the School of Data Science, a pioneering scientist, visionary academic leader, and one of the most consequential figures in the modern history of the University.
Warm spring pattern emerging across Appalachia
East Tennessee State UniversityDahlia Simangan, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University
Hiroshima UniversitySustainability meets robotics: the first eco-friendly robotic covers of ankle and knee prostheses made of paper-based composites
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - IITThe first robotic cover of ankle and knee prostheses made from a new environmentally responsible material will be presented at the “JEC World 2026” event, taking place from 10 to 12 March 2026 at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre, France. The prototypes stem from the collaboration between the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) and the start-up Alkivio (part of the Novacart Group), which produces a new innovative composite, based on paper, named AlkiPaper®.
SoundCoop: Tapping the potential of marine passive acoustic monitoring big data
Big Earth Data- Journal
- Big Earth Data
- Funder
- Integrated Ocean Observing System, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, U.S. Navy Living Marine Resources, Office of Naval Research, Research Foundation Flanders, LifeWatch – Niclas Öberg Foundation, Helmholtz strategic infrastructure, Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association, University of Colorado Boulder