SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Schenectady Police Department is using technology and crime-reduction strategies in its efforts to keep the city safe. As temperatures rise, so can crime and violence, but Schenectady's police chief says the city is off to a strong start this summer.  "The crime has been down this summer. The weather is starting [...]

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Thousands of Franklin County homeowners are about to get an updated value for their home. The Franklin County Auditor's Office released tentative property values on June 9, and once again, home values are on the rise. NBC4 Investigates looked into if an increase in value means an increase in taxes, and [...]

Video games can help stroke survivors improve their movement by using sensors to record muscle activity and translating it to cursor movements on the screen, providing up to 10 times more repetitions than traditional therapy.

Wednesday marks the beginning of a very summer-like turn to the weather in the tri-state.  With it comes higher humidity, extreme heat and the chance for strong to severe storms. On Thursday, a heat advisory goes into effect for a portion of the tri-state. Air temperatures will break 90 degrees starting Thursday, but the difference between the heat this week and what we’ve faced during earlier hot spells is that humidity levels are going to spike, too. The best indicator of just how muggy it’s going to feel is to look at dew points. The higher the dew point, the higher the humidity. When we approach or exceed a dew point of 70, the humidity is stifling. So, when you combine 90-degree heat and dew points in the 70 range, the heat index skyrockets. On Thursday and Friday, in particular, the heat index will be between 95 and 100 degrees outside during the hottest part of the day. Be sure to limit your time outside and keep your activity levels lo

The Toyota Highlander BEV and Lexus TZ will go on sale by the end of 2026, offering three rows of seating and 300 miles of range. more…

Scientists at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) have taken a major step forward in pancreatic cancer research. By mapping a healthy pancreas in detail down to the cellular level, they discovered that specific, rare cells in the healthy organ already bear strong similarities to the most aggressive tumor cells.

Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo (UTokyo-IIS), have developed a real-time data assimilation system that substantially improves streamflow and flood forecasting accuracy across Japan. This new data assimilation system outperforms Japan's current early warning system. Compared with the previous early warning system, the new data assimilation system yields improved forecasts for 80% of the major river reaches in Japan and enables reliable flood prediction across more than 60% of the observation stations in Japan.

New research from the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has discovered subtle but widespread differences in the brain's communication networks in people with bipolar disorder, offering new insight into how illness severity and treatment may relate to brain wiring.

Qcells has just begun manufacturing solar cells at its new factory in Cartersville, Georgia, the company announced today. It already produces solar modules there. The company won’t be producing only solar cells and modules at the factory, though. It is going to be a vertically integrated production facility for solar ... [continued] The post Largest Solar Cell Factory In USA Starts Production in Georgia appeared first on CleanTechnica.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday added bemotrizinol to the list of permitted sunscreen active ingredients, the first such addition since the late 1990s.