You should definitely back up your #research. But how will you keep your backups safe? https://www.jdavidstark.com/how-to-prevent-ransomware-from-devouring-your-research/ @Yubico @MacriumReflect

You should definitely back up your #research. But how will you keep your backups safe? https://www.jdavidstark.com/how-to-prevent-ransomware-from-devouring-your-research/ @Yubico @MacriumReflect
"AI models incorrectly answered more than 60 percent of queries about news sources."
"Perplexity provided incorrect information in 37 percent of the queries tested, whereas ChatGPT Search incorrectly identified 67 percent (134 out of 200) of articles queried. Grok 3 demonstrated the highest error rate, at 94 percent."
"Uncertainty over health research funding is prompting the elite Baylor College of Medicine to scale back plans to expand the university’s research efforts and to reduce its incoming graduate school class size by about 15 students."
The Trump administration has issued a global questionnaire that requires foreign researchers to say whether a project or institution promotes “American influence, trust and reputation”.
Trump's overreach knows no bounds.
Damning piece in the Deutsche Welle about abuse in institutes of the Max Planck Society. International scientists exposed to the whims of the institutes' directors.
With a call for a public, external supervisory body.
https://www.dw.com/en/abuse-elite-scientists-germany-max-planck-society-v2/a-71897800
Beluga Summit brings together hunters and researchers in Inuvik, N.W.T.
Almost 100 participants from across the Inuvialuit settlement area and beyond were in Inuvik, N.W.T., this week for the Beluga Summit that ended Thursday.
#meeting #research #hunter #whale #Inuvik #NWT
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/inuvik-beluga-summit-1.7483465?cmp=rss
Last week, Aix Marseille University in France offered funding to American scientists who feel like their work is being censored. It’s already seeing great interest from researchers at NASA, Yale and Stanford, and the program may extend through more universities across Europe. “We are witnessing a new brain drain,” Éric Berton, Aix Marseille University’s president, said in a press release. Here’s more from @emanuelmaiberg for @404mediaco
Deadline Extension!
We've just extended the deadline for applications for the International Semantic Web Research Summer School to March 25, 2025.
Apply now!
https://2025.semanticwebschool.org/
#summerschool #semanticweb #knowledgegraphs #lod #linkeddata #AI #llms #responsibleAI #PhD #academiclife #bertinoro #research #emiliaromagna @fiz_karlsruhe @fizise @albertmeronyo @AxelPolleres #dh #digitalhumanities
“I think it will be a gamechanger very broadly, not just for people in my field,” said senior study author James Liu, a group leader at Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Research Campus. “It was a tool developed to answer a very obscure question, but I think all biologists can use the technique in their favorite samples.”
#research #science #biotechnology #technology #RNA #proteins
Reducing transmission by up to 65%? See why scientists are excited about smartwatch technology for future pandemic response.
Read more.... https://labhorizons.co.uk/2025/03/wearable-tech-study-reveals-new-possibilities-for-early-infection-detection/
Join us for the book launch of 'Transforming Development in Education: from coloniality to rethinking, reframing, and reimagining possibilities'.
A crucial time given the widespread changes to the global education and development architecture.
When: Tuesday, 18 March 2025 at 9 am EST | 3 pm CEST
@academicchatter #AcademicChatter #Research #Education #Books
Beluga Summit brings together hunters and researchers in Inuvik, N.W.T.
Almost 100 participants from across the Inuvialuit settlement area and beyond were in Inuvik, N.W.T., this week for the Beluga Summit that ended Thursday.
#meeting #research #hunter #whale #Inuvik #NWT
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/inuvik-beluga-summit-1.7483465?cmp=rss
Could AI help spot the biases in urban transportation planning, much like it is beginning to be used to identify flaws in academic papers?
HT mstdn @RayScript @UrbanismNow
Xitter @RayScript
Brewer's conjecture and the feasibility of consistent, available, partition-tolerant web services [2002]
By: Seth Gilbert, N. Lynch
https://github.com/papers-we-love/papers-we-love/blob/master/distributed_systems/brewers-conjecture.pdf
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/bbe7a291e74d12d0bcad6f623d8a13e084b83255
New #OpenAccess #research in JTLU: “How do subway stations encourage the vitality of urban consumption amenities in Shanghai: A perspective on agglomeration”
https://jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/2557
Authors Meixia Meng, Zihan Zeng, and Zhe Huo evaluate economic and social benefits of #subway stations, finding a positive relationship between proximity to a subway station and new investments in consumer-facing amenities, with a greater affect near stations with higher ridership.
The research includes policy implications for the spatial layout of subways and consumer amenities in large cities of developing countries.
Consumers value domestic vanilla when informed, research shows
(... but, they think artificial vanilla tastes better!)
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-consumers-domestic-vanilla.html
Mastodon #research
I’ve officially completed my studies and want to share some insights from my thesis on user activity on Mastodon!
Using API data and a user survey, I analysed what drives user activity. Key findings were:
Instance size & active engagement (tooting, interacting) are the strongest predictors of user activity.
Governance structures & technical infrastructure play supportive but less decisive roles.
Here’s a graph with the correlation results from the user study:
Progressives seek health privacy protections in California, but Newsom could balk https://www.byteseu.com/828123/ #abortion #diabetes #Health #HealthCare #Hospital #Medicaid #Research #Testosterone