Spintronic boost for sizzling devices

Newswise — Spintronic devices are electronic devices that utilize the spin of electrons (an intrinsic form of angular momentum possessed by the electron) to achieve high-speed processing and low-cost data…

Cryptocurrency’s surprising transparency advantage

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As perhaps befits a product of the post-2008 economy, the cryptocurrency space has never known normalcy. In a mere 13 years, crypto went from an untried…

Cybersecurity expert weighs in on AI benefits and risks

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Artificial intelligence has been taking the world by storm as the powers of tools such as ChatGPT and others have become available to the public. A…

AI could change how we obtain legal advice, but those without access to the technology could be left out in the cold

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The legal profession has already been using artificial intelligence (AI) for several years, to automate reviews and predict outcomes, among other functions. However, these tools have…

Psychoactive Ibogaine and Magnesium Show Promise for PTSD

Summary: Ibogaine, a plant-based psychoactive drug combined with magnesium, effectively reduces PTSD, anxiety, and depression in veterans with traumatic brain injuries (TBI). The study, involving 30 U.S. special forces veterans,…

Revealing Secrets: People’s Fear of Judgment is Overestimated

Summary: New research dispels fears of judgment when sharing secrets. Study shows that when individuals confide their secrets, others perceive them as more charitable and trustworthy. Participants consistently expected harsher…

Why the humanities are needed in health care

While there is a long history of doctor-poets – one giant of mid-20th-century poetry, William Carlos Williams, was famously also a pediatrician – few people seem to know this or…

What is resilience? A psychologist explains the main ingredients that help people manage stress

The word resilience can be perplexing. Does it mean remaining calm when faced with stress? Bouncing back quickly? Growing from adversity? Is resilience an attitude, a character trait or a…

A method to straighten curved space-time

One of the greatest challenges of modern physics is to find a coherent method for describing phenomena, on the cosmic and microscale. For over a hundred years, to describe reality…

Eli Lilly starts website to connect patients with new obesity treatment, Zepbound, other drugs

A sign for Eli Lilly & Co. stands outside their corporate headquarters in Indianapolis on April 26, 2017. Eli Lilly has launched a unique website to connect U.S. patients seeking…