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Month: November 2025

Internet

Finding the sweet spot for engaging online content loading

November 7, 2025 Tech Xplore

New research from Stanford’s Yu Ding shows that moderate animation speeds during online wait times boost user engagement and reduce frustration, challenging the notion that faster is better.This article was originally published on this website.

Education

Children’s books feature tidy nuclear families—but the animal kingdom tells a different story

November 7, 2025 Phys Org

Animals in children’s stories are often depicted as living in neat mom, dad and children family units. Examples include Fantastic Mr. Fox, 101 Dalmatians and, more recently, Peppa Pig and Bluey. But, this might leave […]

Computers

Design principles for more reliable and trustworthy AI artists

November 6, 2025 Tech Xplore

When users ask ChatGPT to generate an image in a Ghibli style, the actual image is created by DALL-E, a tool powered by diffusion models. Although these models produce stunning images—such as transforming photos into […]

Education

Plush neuron makes AI approachable, simplifies neural networks for middle schoolers

November 6, 2025 Phys Org

A team at Carnegie Mellon University is helping kids understand artificial intelligence with a soft, squishy, LED-lit neural network.This article was originally published on this website.

Computers

Optical system uses diffractive processors to achieve large-scale nonlinear computation

November 6, 2025 Tech Xplore

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed an optical computing framework that performs large-scale nonlinear computations using linear materials.This article was originally published on this website.

Math

Not-so-model behavior: Popular software tools may give faulty forecasts

November 6, 2025 Phys Org

Some of the models used to forecast everything from financial trends to animal populations in an ecosystem are incorrect, according to an Idaho State University statistician.This article was originally published on this website.

Education

Lessons from Ireland inform US debates on school choice

November 6, 2025 Phys Org

Across the U.S., some parents have been calling for changes in the education system, including greater transparency around curriculum decisions—a topic that has received national media attention.This article was originally published on this website.

Education

Boys are still in the grip of crippling masculine stereotypes: 6 findings from a new survey

November 6, 2025 Phys Org

Rigid norms of manhood, based in manly confidence and toughness, emotional stoicism, disdain for femininity, and dog-eat-dog banter, are influential among boys and young men in Australia.This article was originally published on this website.

Education

Pupils from affluent households are more than 40% more likely to gain a place at a top secondary school, study shows

November 6, 2025 Phys Org

Research has revealed for the first time the full extent of how pupils from higher-income families are favored by high-performing secondary school admissions criteria—but one simple change could help reverse this unfair divide.This article was […]

Technology

‘Self-driving’ lab learns to grow materials on its own

November 6, 2025 Tech Xplore

When scientists make the thin metal films used in electronics, optics, and quantum technologies, they usually spend months tinkering with the temperature, composition and timing of the process, hoping to land on just the right […]

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