Researchers are teaching AI to see more like humans

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain At Brown University, an innovative new project is revealing that teaching artificial intelligence to perceive things more like people may begin with something as simple as…

Gut Microbiome May Influence Bipolar Medication Response

Summary: A new review has examined how bipolar disorder medications interact with the gut microbiome, revealing important links between treatment response and gut microbial composition. Researchers analyzed 12 studies comparing…

Some AI prompts could cause 50 times more CO₂ emissions than others, researchers find

Credit: Sanket Mishra from Pexels No matter which questions we ask an AI, the model will come up with an answer. To produce this information—regardless of whether the answer is…

Websites are tracking you via browser fingerprinting, researchers show

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Clearing your cookies is not enough to protect your privacy online. New research led by Texas A&M University has found that websites are covertly using browser…

Semitransparent organic solar cell uses molecular asymmetry for enhanced stability

a) The chemical structures of 4FY and Y6, b) two types of crystal lattices with asymmetric interaction of 4FY, c) illustration of dipole-driven self-assembly structures of 4FY, and d) the…

A new tool predicts when users will reject a new technology

If you can predict that a new technology will not be adopted, then there is a lot of money to be saved. Sarang Shaikh and colleagues have developed a tool…

Two-actuator robot combines efficient ground rolling and spinning flight in one design

3D-Printed Brain Model Mimics Neural Damage

Summary: Researchers have developed a groundbreaking 3D brain model that closely mirrors the architecture and function of the human brain. Built using biomimetic 3D printing, the Bioengineered Neural Network (BENN)…

Simulator optimizes vehicle resources to enable real-time accident prevention in autonomous cars

Traffic-Cognitive Integrated Network-Computing Load Distribution Simulator. Credit: Traffic-Cognitive Integrated Network-Computing Load Distribution Simulator Through industry–academia collaboration, a joint research team developed an Integrated Network-Computing Load Balancing (“INCL Balancing”) simulator optimized…

Low Sodium Linked to Anxiety Through Brain Chemistry Disruption

Summary: Chronic hyponatremia—long viewed as symptomless—is now shown to disrupt brain chemistry and cause anxiety-like behaviors, according to a new study in mice. Researchers found that prolonged low sodium levels…