Is Cannabis Use Disorder A Stepping Stone to Mental Health Disorders?

Summary: A new study sheds light on the strong link between cannabis use disorder and mental health conditions, indicating a much higher risk than previously thought. The research, based on…

Team develops alloy to boost fusion energy

Medi-Mojis: Emojis Are A Game-Changer in Patient-Physician Communication

Summary: Emojis could revolutionize healthcare communication. These universally appealing and accessible symbols can bypass barriers of language, education, and age, offering an intuitive language system for patient-provider interaction. Researchers argue…

Japan’s Toyota announces initiative for all-solid state battery as part of electric vehicles plan

A logo of Toyota Motor Corp. is seen at its dealership in Lakewood, Colo., on March 21, 2021. Toyota says it plans to make an all solid-state battery as part…

Engineers create continuously tunable thermal regulators

Zixin Xiong, a Purdue University PhD candidate in mechanical engineering, studies thermal transport at high temperatures in the Marconnet Thermal and Energy Conversion Lab. Purdue professor Xiulin Ruan and associate…

Predicting Dementia in Parkinson’s: EEG Might Hold the Key

Summary: Data from a single EEG electrode might predict cognitive decline, including dementia, in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Researchers discovered that reduced strength of specific low-frequency brain waves, known as…

Reddit groups go silent in AI-linked fee clash

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Reddit, the hugely popular discussion platform, suffered a major outage on Monday as the site’s communities protested new fees being charged to provide access to developers.…

Homework will ‘never be the same’ says ChatGPT founder

AI will revolutionize education but won’t supplant learning, Altman told students in Tokyo. Artificial intelligence tools will revolutionize education like calculators did, but will not supplant learning, ChatGPT’s founder Sam…

Should robots be given a conscience?

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Modern-day society relies intrinsically on automated systems and artificial intelligence. It is embedded into our daily routines and shows no signs of slowing, in fact use…

This Week in Neuroscience News: Top 5 Articles of the Week – June 11, 2023

Summary: This week’s top five neuroscience breakthroughs bring to light fascinating insights into human cognition, emotion, and physical attributes. From a potential cure for baldness to new insight into how…