The Des Moines metro is under a mandatory lawn watering ban for its 600,000 residents for the second consecutive year The ban is due to rising temperatures, high demand, and elevated nitrate levels in ...

June 4 (UPI) --A study published last November in Science confirmed what many observers of digital politics have long suspected: feed algorithms do not merely reflect human hostility. They can amplify ...

Keeping security algorithms current is now a lifecycle challenge that spans chip design, manufacturing, deployment, and long-term maintenance across the supply chain. To stay ahead of emerging threats ...

When the pandemic hit, just like so many Americans, researcher Emma Harrington started working remotely. What shocked her most in those early days of COVID was how productive she was. Then a Ph.D.

After 16 years, a new Johns Hopkins University study suggests Baltimore’s Safe Streets program is saving young lives — but that its effectiveness is increasingly uneven as youth violence evolves. The ...

Central Iowa Water Works is asking Des Moines metro residents to voluntarily reduce outdoor water use by 50%. The request is due to high nitrate levels in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers and ...

A Des Plaines municipal employee who helped detain a man who had attacked a police officer was publicly honored Monday. Jeff Krantz, a crew leader in the public works and engineering department’s ...

This project has reached full capacity for the current term. Please check back next semester for updates. Fueled by artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, various AI embodiments, such as autonomous ...

A version of this story was originally published on April 10, 2023. It has been updated to reflect news about a Supreme Court order involving mifepristone on Monday, May 4, 2026. For more than two ...

With growing focus on the existential threat quantum computing poses to some of the most crucial and widely used forms of encryption, cryptography engineer Filippo Valsorda wants to make one thing ...

The city of Seattle has an obligation to make sure city property open to the public is safe for everyone, that includes visitors to Gas Works Park. Several people have died or suffered injuries after ...