Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The world of artificial intelligence (AI) has recently seen significant advancements in generative models, a type of machine-learning algorithm that “learns” patterns from sets of data…
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Revived technology used to count individual photons from distant galaxies
The SOAR Telescope on Cerro Pachon in Chile. Credit: NOIRLab Using an instrument on the 4.1-meter Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope, researchers have obtained the first astronomical spectrum using skipper charge-coupled…
New camera technology use facial cues to detect drunk drivers
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Edith Cowan University (ECU) are developing new computer tracking technology that takes data from camera footage to detect whether a driver is impaired by…
Study uncovers multiple molecular subgroups in liver cancer with most aggressive driving clinical outcomes
Credit: Journal of Hepatology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2024.05.017 A study led by clinician-scientists and scientists from the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) and A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) has discovered…
Quantum effects forbid the formation of black holes from high concentrations of intense light, say physicists
Credit: NASA For the last seven decades, astrophysicists have theorized the existence of “kugelblitze,” black holes caused by extremely high concentrations of light. These special black holes, they speculated, might…
Do hormonal contraceptives increase depression risk? A neuroscientist explains how they affect your mood, for better or worse
More than 85% of women – and more than 300 million people worldwide at any given time – use hormonal contraceptives for at least five years of their life. Although…
Will Boeing Starliner issues delay its 1st long-duration astronaut flight?
While NASA and Boeing are focused on finishing the first astronaut mission aboard the Starliner spacecraft early next month, what happens next is already on everyone’s mind. Boeing’s Starliner capsule…
More African nations focus on HPV vaccination against cervical cancer, but hesitancy remains
A health worker administers a cervical cancer vaccine HPV Gardasil to a girl on the street in Ibadan, Nigeria, on May 27, 2024. African countries have some of the world’s…
Apple holds talks with rival Meta over AI: Report
Credit: Armand Valendez from Pexels Apple is talking to major rival Meta about integrating the Facebook parent company’s generative AI into its products, as it tries to catch up with…
