Washing fruit and veg before eating them is common practice in most British households. But new research suggests that this might not be enough to eliminate potentially harmful pesticides from your produce. Writing in the journal Nano Letters, they concluded: 'The risk of pesticide ingestion from fruits cannot be avoided by simple washing other than peeling. 'We believe that the peeling operation can effectively avoid the hazards of pesticides in the fruit’s epidermis [skin] and near-epidermal pulp, thereby reducing the probability of ingesting pesticides.' But is peeling our fruit and veg really crucial for protecting our long-term health? For the…

A commonly used blood thinner can be used as an antidote to cobra venom, an international study has found, research that a Queenslandexpert has called “really exciting”. In the study, published in the Journal of Science Translational Medicine on Thursday, Prof Nicholas Casewell described snakebites as the “deadliest of neglected tropical diseases, with its burden landing overwhelmingly on rural communities in low and middle income countries”. Cobra bites are usually treated using antivenom administered through an intravenous drip, meaning the drug reaches the bloodstream rather than the tissue. Antivenom treatments are therefore ineffective in treating necrosis, the irreversible death of…

Most CEOs I speak with are under extreme pressure from their boards to apply advanced AI in their businesses. It’s no secret that AI has enormous potential and power, yet while AI has been around for decades we are still really in the infancy stages, with rapid evolution. To understand at a deeper level how CEOs should view AI, I asked leaders from Broadcom, Google Fiber, and Calix. They shared three fundamentals CEOs should consider: 1. UNDERSTAND THE RAG MODEL Right now, AI is still transactional. However, we have already seen shifts indicating AI is becoming experiential. Everyone is talking…

Nvidia has become the world’s most valuable company following a staggering rally in its shares, underlining the outsized role investors expect artificial intelligence to play in the global economy over coming years. Nvidia shares rose 3.5% on Tuesday, giving it a market value of about $3.34 trillion. That pushed the semiconductor bellwether past Microsoft and Apple, which had been jostling for the top spots in recent days. The surge in Nvidia's market value has been driven by demand for its chips, which are the gold standard in the AI space. The company's shares are up more than 170% this year…