Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers flooded journals with studies about the then-novel coronavirus. Many publications streamlined the peer-review process for COVID-19 papers while keeping acceptance rates relatively high. The…
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Cheap mini-EVs sparkle in China’s smaller, poorer cities
Affordable EVs with cheerful designs are bringing a touch of color to China’s overlooked cities. Tiny electric cars weave through traffic in southern China, their cheap and cheerful designs bringing…
Neuroscientist uses AI to map learning, decision-making, to discover how brains work
Meta-learning of RL. Credit: Nature Neuroscience (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41593-023-01485-3 With trial and error, repetition and praise, when a puppy hears “Sit,” they learn what they’re expected to do. That’s reinforcement…
Improving social symptoms of depression with a common anesthetic
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In a recent study published in Molecular Psychiatry, researchers from Osaka University have used a mouse model of depression to reveal that one form of ketamine…
A new generative AI tool for power grid visualization
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Every minute of every day, grid operators monitor the ebb and flow of electricity from generators to substations to homes, businesses, schools, hospitals and more. They…
AI aids efforts to cut nuisance alerts for health care teams: Study
Study overview. Credit: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (2024). DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocae019 A new study from Vanderbilt University Medical Center demonstrates the promise of artificial intelligence to help refine…
OpenAI’s new generative tool Sora could revolutionize marketing and content creation
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain OpenAI’s new generative Sora tool has sparked lively technology discussions over the past week, generating both enthusiasm and concern among fans and critics. Sora is a…
Post-medieval township discovered in Scottish forest
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a pre-medieval township in the Glen Brittle Forest on the Isle of Skye. The discovery was made during an environmental survey before the harvest…
