New Dark Matter Theory Explains Two Puzzles in Astrophysics

Dark matter may be more vibrant than previously thought, UC Riverside study reports. Thought to make up 85% of matter in the universe, dark matter is nonluminous and its nature…

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Research finds peer support vital for those taking medication for severe mental illness

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Aston Pharmacy School have found that people with severe mental illness could benefit from peer support to help them manage their medication and improve…

Researchers develop method that boosts performance of moderation models on live platforms

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Twitch. Some see it as a fun online community of gamers and good-natured e-sports fandom. For others, it’s a perilous stream of potentially toxic content and…

AI’s Vulnerability to Misguided Human Arguments

Summary: A new study reveals a significant vulnerability in large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT: they can be easily misled by incorrect human arguments. Researchers engaged ChatGPT in debate-like scenarios,…

Maternal Inflammation Linked to Child Behavioral Dysregulation

Summary: Maternal inflammation risk factors may be associated with dysregulation in children, encompassing attention, anxiety, depression, and aggression. Researchers observed that children born to mothers with prenatal infections, or who…

China scores a big win in race with US for influence on the moon

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain China notched a diplomatic victory in its race against the U.S. for influence in space, with Egypt agreeing to support Beijing’s plan for a proposed project…

Artificial intelligence for aging research in cancer drug development

Artificial intelligence for aging research in cancer drug development. Credit: 2023 Shirini et al. A new editorial paper was published in Aging, entitled, “Artificial intelligence for aging research in cancer…

Interoperability is the name of the game in the future of traffic, says researcher

Credit: CC0 Public Domain An F-35 fighter plane has 8 million lines of code. A modern car, by comparison, has hundreds of millions of lines of code. The car is…

Physicists ‘entangle’ individual molecules for the first time, hastening possibilities for quantum computing

Laser setup for cooling, controlling, and entangling individual molecules. Credit: Richard Soden, Department of Physics, Princeton University For the first time, a team of Princeton physicists have been able to…