Did you notice Google Search results have become horrible if you’re actually looking for information? You’re not alone, and now researchers have put into numbers just how bad Google search results have become in recent years. A new report in 404Media reveals a “cat-and-mouse game” between search engines and spammers. The researchers, from Leipzig University, […]| TechTheLead
Scientists from the Indian Institute of Science just published a report that has incredible implications for the future of our oceans – and immediate implications for our health. The IIS researchers created a hydrogel capable of cleaning microplastic from water. Their creation binds microplastics in an unique intertwined polymer network. Then, that new mass allows […]| TechTheLead
The famous Lenna image, of Playboy model Lena Forsén, can’t be used in any more research papers published on IEEE, the organization announced this week. They’re following on the tails of the Nature journal, which banned the Lena image back in 2018. Michel P. Frank revealed on X an email he received from IEEE’s Technical […]| TechTheLead
It sounds like a sequel to 1978’s Superman but it’s a really pressing issue today: the Earth is spinning faster than it used to. The change in the Earth’s rotation is a small one but big enough that it might lead to a so-called ‘negative leap second’. That means that, a couple of years from […]| TechTheLead