Team proposes Python-based library for large-scale graph neural network recommendations
Graph neural networks (GNNs) have gained widespread adoption in recommendation systems. When it comes to processing large graphs, GNNs may encounter the scalability issue stemming from their multi-layer message-passing operations. Consequently, scaling GNNs has emerged as a crucial research area
Generative AI becoming a concern for supply chain managers
The results of the Lehigh Business Supply Chain Risk Management Index for the second quarter of 2024 show cybersecurity is the biggest risk on supply chain managers' minds for the fifth straight quarter, increasing more than 5.5 points from last
Anti-Assad Syrians lead protests against prison torture by rebel group
Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham, formed out of group with former ties to al-Qaeda, is accused of torturing prisoners to death.
Violence flares again in Haiti as PM questions promised political solution
Delay in the installation of a transitional council to govern threatens to prolong island nation's crisis.
Tourist numbers up in post-war Afghanistan
The number of foreign tourists visiting Afghanistan rose 120 percent year on year in 2023, reaching nearly 5,200.
Singapore’s only Olympic gold medallist Joseph Schooling retires
Schooling stunned the world when he beat Michael Phelps for the 100m butterfly gold at the Rio Olympics in 2016.
Simple Predictions Were Wrong: New Research Shatters Old Climate Change Assumptions
New mathematical modeling of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning – a system of ocean currents – shows greater complexity than previously thought. An international team of...
Revolutionary Concrete From Drexel Melts Snow and Ice Naturally
Drexel researchers show concrete with phase-change material can warm itself when temperatures fall. There’s a patch of concrete on Drexel University’s campus that could portend...
Quantum Light’s “Goldilocks” Zone: Perfecting Elliptical Polarization
A new study by JILA introduces a straightforward method for generating elliptically polarized light, essential for advanced material research, challenging previous theoretical limitations. In a...
Next-Gen Solar Power: Perovskite Cells Achieve Near 25% Efficiency
The solar energy world is ready for a revolution. Scientists are racing to develop a new type of solar cell using materials that can convert...
'You probably didn't inherit any DNA from Charlemagne': What it means when your DNA 'matches' a historic person's
A genetic match to an ancient person doesn't mean you're more related genealogically.
Why NASA is launching 3 rockets into the solar eclipse next week
Three rockets ferrying science instruments will be launched into the eclipse's shadow on April 8. Here's what scientists hope to learn.
Hidden chunk of Earth's crust that seeded birth of 'Scandinavia' discovered through ancient river crystals
Finland's river crystals hold clues about the formation of 'Scandinavia's' oldest bedrock 3.75 billion years ago.
AI improves monsoon rainfall predictions
Every year, the South Asian monsoon season brings heavy rain to over a billion people in the Indian subcontinent between June and September. The rain falls in oscillations: Some weeks see 1 to 4 inches of water, while other weeks