Summary: A new study suggests that listening to music after surgery can significantly reduce pain, anxiety, and even heart rate, aiding recovery. An analysis of 35 studies found that patients…
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Stretchable transistors used in wearable devices enable in-sensor edge computing
Credit: Liu et al. Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) are neuromorphic transistors made of carbon-based materials that combine both electronic and ionic charge carriers. These transistors could be particularly effective solutions…
Video Games Boost Cognition, Exercise Improves Mental Health
Summary: A large-scale study has found that playing video games boosts cognitive abilities, but has no impact on mental health, while exercise improves mental well-being without affecting cognition. Over 1,000…
Google wins delay in opening Android app store to rivals
Google’s Android mobile operating system powers most smartphones, and the US tech giant strives to make its Play Store the go-to place for buying games and other digital goods. A…
Japan shifting back to nuclear to ditch coal, power AI
Masaki Daito, deputy superintendent of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station, walks through a corridor inside the unit 7 reactor building. Glinting in the sun by the world’s biggest nuclear plant,…
New algorithm advances graph mining for complex networks
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science professor Nikolaos Sidiropoulos has introduced a breakthrough in graph mining with the development of a new computational…
US to probe Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ system after pedestrian killed in low visibility conditions
The logo of Tesla car is pictured at the Paris Auto Show, in Paris, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Michel Euler The U.S. government’s road safety agency is investigating…
World’s First Face and Whole-Eye Transplant Marks Surgical Breakthrough
Summary: A surgical team successfully performed the world’s first combined face and whole-eye transplant, marking a significant advancement in transplant surgery. The operation, performed on a military veteran, involved more…
Researchers develop method enabling LLMs to answer questions more concisely and accurately
Credit: AI-generated image Large language models (LLMs) are machine-learning models designed to understand and generate human language. State-of-the-art LLMs have demonstrated outstanding potential in open-domain question answering (ODQA), where the…