Abstract: In recent years, the use of non-linear machine learning techniques to estimate treatment effects from observational data has gained significant attention. Many of the most effective methods ...

Abstract: Inductive sensing is used for many non contact sensing applications such as humanitarian demining, detecting cracks in metal surfaces, ground conductivity measurements and sea ice thickness ...

Major health care policy changes under the Trump administration have driven some professional medical organizations to take different approaches to their advocacy strategies. My good friend, an ...

'Anthropogeny' (explaining the origin of humans) requires a transdisciplinary approach that eschews disciplinary barriers and rejects artificial 'genes versus environment' dichotomies. The genomic and ...

Indigenous peoples and the role they may play in combating climate change are rarely considered in public discourses on climate change. The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, is well ...

Geosynthetics are construction materials that can assume different functions in geotechnical engineering and environmental protection works, such as drainage, filtration, reinforcement, protection and ...

Pip and squeak: the noise of squeaky basketball shoes is down to the base of the shoe forming wrinkles that travel at near supersonic speeds (courtesy: istock/good life studio) If you have ever ...

Physics in action Freestyle skier Eileen Gu at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Switzerland. (Courtesy: Martin Rulsch/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0) Here at Physics World we are always on the look ...