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Q&A | U of A researcher on battery-free sensor to track vital signs in extreme cold
University of Alberta and Department of National Defence researchers have developed a tiny battery-free sensor that can be used to track vital signs of soldiers in the field, including checking for risk of frostbite in extreme cold.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/u-of-a-sensor-technology-frostbite-9.7135410?cmp=rss
The world's oldest-known whale song recordings tell a story about the changing ocean
Researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have discovered a recording of humpback whales off the coast of Bermuda in March 1949 buried in their archives, marking the oldest-known recording of whale song.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/oldest-recorded-whale-song-9.7130961?cmp=rss
A #study by Canadian #researchers found that #AI models, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok, rarely credit #newssources in their responses. While enabling web search improved the models’ ability to cover news, attribution rates remained low, with ChatGPT being the worst offender. https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/chatgpt-claude-gemini-and-grok-are-all-bad-at-crediting-news-outlets-but-chatgpt-is-the-worst-at-least-in-this-study/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok are all bad at crediting news outlets, but ChatGPT is the worst (at least in this study)

"ChatGPT, one of the most widely used models, covered distinctive content in 54% of responses but almost never credited the originating newsroom."

Nieman Lab

#jobsearch | BARC Recruitment 2026 Junior Research Fellowships 105 Vacancies Apply 31.Mar.2026 Last Date!

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#barc #junior #researchers #fellowships #recruitmentMarketing

Yesterday the German Pre-#CHI 2026 started at LMU Munich. The idea of the event is to provide an opportunity for #researchers from Germany and neighboring countries to present their accepted CHI 2026 papers and discuss them in a smaller circle. Tobias Hilt and Mattia Mossano will present the results of their papers "Why Johnny Checks but Doesn’t Alert: Reporting as the Missing Step in #Verifiable Internet #Voting" and "Development, Evaluation, and Implementation of SEQR – a #Usable #Secure QR code Scanner". The Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2026) will take place this year from April 13 to 17 in Barcelona, Spain. Registration for CHI is open and the program has already been published.
More information about Pre-CHI: https://www.hcilab.org/event/german-pre-chi-2026/
@mattiamossano
German Pre-CHI 2026 – Event

⏰ Happening Now! ⏰

We're diving into the interoperability between The Lens and ORCID.

This session is designed for:
#Researchers: Bulk-sync publications & patents.
#Institutions: Reduce the admin burden on faculty.
#Librarians: Improve institutional data quality.

🔗 Join the conversation here: https://orcid-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/2617719678726/WN_coU_D57bRFOAIUvxqv68WA

#ORCID #ORCIDEvents #AcademicMastodon #OpenScholarship #ResearchManagement #TheLens

“Over the past decade commercial-satellite #images have become the lifeblood of open-source #intelligence (osint), allowing #researchers and #journalists to pierce the #FogOfWar and hold #governments to account. Now, when a widening #war in the #MiddleEast makes those #photographs especially vital, they are disappearing.”

A measure of progress is the degradation of commercial and non-commercial open sources of information. Welcome to the 1980, 1990s. You’re going to have to get a bit more creative.

#OSINT / #information / #sources <https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/03/15/open-source-intelligence-shuts-down> / <https://archive.md/0HiHx>

Open-source intelligence shuts down

Satellite images of the Middle East are suddenly disappearing

The Economist
The world's oldest-known whale song recordings tell a story about the changing ocean
Researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have discovered a recording of humpback whales off the coast of Bermuda in March 1949 buried in their archives, marking the oldest-known recording of whale song.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/oldest-recorded-whale-song-9.7130961?cmp=rss