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Citing high numbers of tourists and their negative impact on local residents, the proposal would curb numbers of visitors allowed on a daily basis.

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The Georgia Court of Appeals tentatively scheduled arguments in the disqualification effort involving former President Donald Trump for Oct. 4.

Tainted cucumbers may be behind bacteria strain that has sickened people in 25 states and the District of Columbia.

Researchers at TU Wien have investigated how an artificial intelligence categorizes images. The results show astonishing similarities to visual systems in nature.

As our reliance on electric vehicles and renewable energy systems grows, so does the demand for efficient and sustainable battery technologies. The challenges of performance degradation, safety concerns, and environmental impact loom large.

YouTube is changing its policies about firearm videos in an effort to keep potentially dangerous content from reaching underage users.

The gender gap in urban cycling worldwide is staggering. Most cyclists are young to middle-aged men—hence phenomena such as "lycra cyclists" or "mamils."

An engineering research team at the University of Alberta has identified a new material for coatings that offers promise for high-temperature applications like hydrogen combustion engines.

Researchers have achieved a significant advancement in battery technology that could improve how energy is stored and utilized, particularly for large-scale applications.

People around the world rely on trucks to deliver the goods they need, and so-called long-haul trucks play a critical role in those supply chains. In the United States, long-haul trucks moved 71% of all freight in 2022. But those long-haul trucks are heavy polluters, especially of the carbon emissions that threaten the global climate. According to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates, in 2022 more than 3% of all carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions came from long-haul trucks.

Using computer-assisted neural networks, researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Duisburg-Essen have been able to accurately identify affective states from the body language of tennis players during games. For the first time, they trained a model based on artificial intelligence (AI) with data from actual games.

Despite the remarkable progress achieved in rigid perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells, with reported efficiencies reaching up to 33.9%, the utilization of flexible perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells has remained elusive. This challenge stems from the difficulty of enhancing light absorption in ultrathin silicon bottom cells while preserving their mechanical flexibility.

Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft are heralding a new era in transportation, combining sustainability with cutting-edge technology to transform how we move across urban landscapes. As we stand on the brink of realizing these futuristic air vehicles, a comprehensive analysis published in Green Energy and Intelligent Transportation outlines both the significant advancements and the hurdles that lie ahead.

Apple is expected to make the case next week that it is not being left behind as tech world rivals blaze ahead with artificial intelligence.

Interregional transmission—lines that connect multiple planning regions—can provide many benefits to electric customers, but market and operating practices were not necessarily designed for this type of interconnected system.

The U.S. public displays more positive than negative sentiment toward nuclear energy but concerns remain about waste, cost and safety, according to an analysis of 300,000 posts on X (formerly Twitter) by University of Michigan researchers.