AI tool to better assess Parkinson's disease, other movement disorders
A groundbreaking open-source computer program uses artificial intelligence to analyze videos of patients with Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. The tool, called VisionMD, helps doctors...
View ArticleEmotions and levels of threat affect communities' resilience during extreme...
Researchers use mathematical modeling to probe whether cohesive communities are more resilient to extreme events, finding that emotional intensity and levels of stress play a big role.
View ArticleA bowling revolution: Modeling the perfect conditions for a strike
Researchers share a model that identifies the optimal location for bowling ball placement. Employing a system of six differential equations derived from Euler's equations for a rotating rigid body,...
View ArticleAn elegant method for the detection of single spins using photovoltage
Diamonds with certain optically active defects can be used as highly sensitive sensors or qubits for quantum computers, where the quantum information is stored in the electron spin state of these...
View ArticleExplainable AI for ship navigation raises trust, decreases human error
A team has developed an explainable AI model for automatic collision avoidance between ships.
View ArticleA compact, mid-infrared pulse generator
Physicists have created a compact laser that emits extremely bright, short pulses of light in a useful but difficult-to-achieve wavelength range, packing the performance of larger photonic devices onto...
View ArticleOur DNA is at risk of hacking, warn scientists
According to new research next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) -- the same technology which is powering the development of tailor-made medicines, cancer diagnostics, infectious disease tracking, and...
View ArticleRoboBee comes in for a landing
A recently created RoboBee is now outfitted with its most reliable landing gear to date, inspired by one of nature's most graceful landers: the crane fly. The team has given their flying robot a set of...
View ArticleCurved neutron beams could deliver benefits straight to industry
Scientists have created the first neutron 'Airy beam,' which has unusual capabilities that ordinary neutron beams do not. The achievement could enhance neutron-based techniques for investigating the...
View ArticleResearchers demonstrate new class of quantum materials that are both metallic...
A study has found a rare form of one-dimensional quantum magnetism in a metallic compound, offering evidence into a phase space that has remained, until now, largely theoretical. The study comes at a...
View ArticlePushing boundaries: Detecting the anomalous Hall effect without magnetization...
An international research team has discovered the anomalous Hall effect in a collinear antiferromagnet. More strikingly, the anomalous Hall effect emerges from a non-Fermi liquid state, in which...
View ArticleGenerative AI's diagnostic capabilities comparable to non-specialist doctors
A research team conducted a meta-analysis of the diagnostic capabilities of generative AI in the field of medicine using 83 research papers.
View ArticleResearchers use machine learning to predict exercise adherence
Sticking to an exercise routine is a challenge many people face. But a research team is using machine learning to uncover what keeps individuals committed to their workouts.
View ArticleScientists uncover quantum surprise: Matter mediates ultrastrong coupling...
A team of researchers has developed a new way to control light interactions using a specially engineered structure called a 3D photonic-crystal cavity that could enable transformative advancements in...
View ArticleHow thoughts influence what the eyes see
A new study by biomedical engineers and neuroscientists shows that the brain's visual regions play an active role in making sense of information.
View ArticleA cool fix for hot chips: Advanced thermal management technology for...
Researchers have demonstrated a significant performance increase in cooling technology for high-power electronic devices. They designed novel capillary geometries that push the boundaries of thermal...
View ArticleHigh-tech sticker can identify real human emotions
Saying one thing while feeling another is part of being human, but bottling up emotions can have serious psychological consequences like anxiety or panic attacks. To help health care providers tell the...
View ArticleIt's a quantum zoo out there, and scientists just found a dozen new 'species'
Researchers observe over a dozen never-before-seen quantum states in a unique quantum material.
View ArticleStudy shows addressing working memory can help students with math difficulty...
Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory,...
View ArticleBrain-inspired AI breakthrough: Making computers see more like humans
Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) technique that brings machine vision closer to how the human brain processes images. Called Lp-Convolution, this method improves the...
View ArticleUsing ChatGPT, students might pass a course, but with a cost
With the assumption that students are going to use artificial intelligence and large language models such as ChatGPT to do their homework, researchers set out to learn how well the free version of...
View ArticleRobot see, robot do: System learns after watching how-to videos
Researchers have developed a new robotic framework powered by artificial intelligence -- called RHyME (Retrieval for Hybrid Imitation under Mismatched Execution) -- that allows robots to learn tasks by...
View ArticleAI tool grounded in evidence-based medicine outperformed other AI tools --...
A powerful clinical artificial intelligence tool developed by biomedical informatics researchers has demonstrated remarkable accuracy on all three parts of the United States Medical Licensing Exam...
View ArticleMaterial? Robot? It's a metabot
The invention is a metamaterial, which is a material engineered to feature new and unusual properties that depend on the material's physical structure rather than its chemical composition. In this...
View ArticleNew electronic 'skin' could enable lightweight night-vision glasses
Engineers developed a technique to grow and peel ultrathin 'skins' of electronic material that could be used in applications such as night-vision eyewear and autonomous driving in foggy conditions.
View ArticleCurrent AI risks more alarming than apocalyptic future scenarios
Most people generally are more concerned about the immediate risks of artificial intelligence than they are about a theoretical future in which AI threatens humanity. A new study reveals that...
View ArticleCrystal clear design for high-performance flexible thermoelectric semiconductor
Researchers have identified a new material which could be used as a flexible semiconductor in wearable devices by using a technique that focuses on the manipulation of spaces between atoms in crystals.
View Article'Periodic table of machine learning' could fuel AI discovery
After uncovering a unifying algorithm that links more than 20 common machine-learning approaches, researchers organized them into a 'periodic table of machine learning' that can help scientists combine...
View ArticleScientists identify potential treatments for emerging zoonotic pathogens
A team of biomedical researchers trained a machine learning algorithm to identify more than two dozen viable treatments for diseases caused by zoonotic pathogens that can jump from animal hosts to...
View ArticleSmart bandage clears new hurdle: Monitors chronic wounds in human patients
The iCares bandage uses innovative microfluidic components, sensors, and machine learning to sample and analyze wounds and provide data to help patients and caregivers make treatment decisions.
View ArticleEngineering a robot that can jump 10 feet high -- without legs
Inspired by the movements of a tiny parasitic worm, engineers have created a 5-inch soft robot that can jump as high as a basketball hoop. Their device, a silicone rod with a carbon-fiber spine, can...
View ArticleAI algorithm can help identify high-risk heart patients to quickly diagnose,...
New research can transform how hospitals triage, risk-stratify, and counsel patients to save lives.
View ArticleArtificial intelligence tool helps predict relapse of pediatric brain cancer
Researchers trained and validated a deep learning model that can detect subtle changes across post-treatment brain scans and forecast glioma recurrence with up to 89 percent accuracy.
View ArticleNew approach makes AI adaptable for computer vision in crop breeding
Scientists developed a machine-learning tool that can teach itself, with minimal external guidance, to differentiate between aerial images of flowering and nonflowering grasses -- an advance that will...
View ArticleFlying robots unlock new horizons in construction
An international team has explored how in future aerial robots could process construction materials precisely in the air -- an approach with great potential for difficult-to-access locations or work at...
View ArticleCombining signals could make for better control of prosthetics
Combining two different kinds of signals could help engineers build prosthetic limbs that better reproduce natural movements, according to a new study. A combination of electromyography and force...
View ArticleMaking AI-generated code more accurate in any language
Researchers developed a more efficient way to control the outputs of a large language model, guiding it to generate text that adheres to a certain structure, like a programming language, and remains...
View ArticleAwkward. Humans are still better than AI at reading the room
Humans are better than current AI models at interpreting social interactions and understanding social dynamics in moving scenes. Researchers believe this is because AI neural networks were inspired by...
View ArticleQuantum sensors tested for next-generation particle physics experiments
Researchers have developed a novel high-energy particle detection instrumentation approach that leverages the power of quantum sensors -- devices capable of precisely detecting single particles.
View ArticleNanophotonic platform boosts efficiency of nonlinear-optical quantum...
Researchers have long recognized that quantum communication systems would transmit quantum information more faithfully and be impervious to certain forms of error if nonlinear optical processes were...
View ArticleCan technology revolutionize health science? The promise of exposomics
Researchers in the field of exposomics explain how cutting-edge technologies are unlocking this biological archive, ushering in a new era of disease prevention and personalized medicine.
View ArticleRight patient, right dose, right time
A new study uses AI to modify drug doses for personalized cancer treatment.
View ArticleNew method improves survival analysis power in clinical and epidemiological...
Innovative statistical method helps determine ideal threshold times in restricted mean survival time analyses.
View ArticleFinding 'win-win-wins' for climate, economics and justice
In examining how different countries have rolled out climate change mitigation strategies, research has found reasons to be optimistic about preserving our environment while promoting prosperity and...
View ArticleCutting the complexity from digital carpentry
Many products in the modern world are in some way fabricated using computer numerical control (CNC) machines, which use computers to automate machine operations in manufacturing. While simple in...
View ArticlePhysicists uncover hidden order in the quantum world through deconfined...
A recent study has unraveled some of the secrets concealed within the entangled web of quantum systems.
View ArticleGenerative AI masters the art of scent creation
Addressing the challenges of fragrance design, researchers have developed an AI model that can automate the creation of new fragrances based on user-defined scent descriptors. The model uses mass...
View ArticleGlobal survey highlights the challenges of VR-haptic technology in dental...
A recent global survey of 156 institutions reveals strong interest in VR-haptic technology for dental training, yet significant barriers impede widespread adoption.
View ArticleHidden mechanisms in next-generation AI memory device
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance, researchers have identified a breakthrough that could make AI technologies faster and more efficient.
View ArticleAI model for thyroid cancer diagnosis, with over 90% accuracy and reduced...
An interdisciplinary research team has unveiled the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) model designed to classify both the cancer stage and risk category of thyroid cancer, achieving impressive...
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