A new study finds a dramatic increase in safe drinking water when a machine learning-enabled tool created by York University researchers is used to optimize chlorination levels in refugee camp water supplies. Lead author Syed Imran Ali says that the new study shows that the Safe Water Optimization Tool (SWOT) vastly out-performs status-quo guidelines for safe water supply in humanitarian response.
In one of the first communications of its kind, the British Columbia Wildfire Service has issued a warning to residents about viral, AI-generated fake wildfire images circulating online. Judging by comments made by viewers on social media, some people did not realize the images were not authentic. As more advanced generative AI (genAI) tools become […]
We found that many people detransition not out of regret, but because they feel forced by societal factors like negative attitudes toward transgender people, attitudes that are being amplified by the Trump administration.
Unfettered free trade is a delusion. The reality is that governments worldwide do not want to give up their policy making autonomy, which would be constrained by real free trade agreements. Nevertheless, freer trade is better than no trade.
York University unveiled its new sign today at the site of its future School of Medicine building next to Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital in the Vaughan Healthcare Centre Precinct.
A new paper led by a York University professor and published today in Nature Astronomy introduces a simple theoretical framework to describe the evolution of the coupled interior–atmosphere system of hot rocky exoplanets known as “lava planets.”
Drug pricing in Canada just got more industry-friendly. Canadian drug prices are already the fourth highest in the industrialized world. Now, with the release of new guidelines for the staff at the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) at the end of June, the situation is poised to potentially get even worse. The review board […]
