Credit: Google DeepMind from Pexels Artificial intelligence already wears multiple hats in the workplace, whether its writing ad copy, handling customer support requests, or filtering job applications. As the technology…
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Innocent Faces of Fentanyl: Opioid Use Linked to Distinct Birth Anomalies
Summary: Researchers have identified a potential new syndrome in babies born to mothers who used fentanyl during pregnancy. The infants displayed distinctive facial features, small heads, short stature, and various…
Curbing Overthinking in Teens Alters Brain Connectivity
Summary: Researchers revealed that Rumination-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (RF-CBT) can significantly reduce overthinking in teens. This treatment method, originally designed for adults with recurrent depression, has been adapted for younger…
Online games use dark designs to collect player data, researchers reveal
Games sometimes manipulate players into giving away more data than they want to. Credit: Matti Ahlgren/Aalto University Gaming is a $193 billion industry—nearly double the size of the film and…
Zoom Conversations vs In-Person: Brain Activity Tells a Different Tale
Summary: A new study reveals a significant disparity in neural activity during face-to-face conversations compared to Zoom interactions. Using advanced neuroimaging, researchers observed suppressed neural signals during online exchanges. In…
US auto workers union reaches preliminary deal with Ford
UAW President Shawn Fain, shown at a Chicago rally earlier this month, hailed a tentative agreement with Ford as an historic win. The US auto workers union reached a tentative…
Smart irrigation technology covers ‘more crop per drop’
Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Lab researchers (from left to right) Georgia Van de Zande, Carolyn Sheline, and Fiona Grant pilot a low-cost precision irrigation controller that optimizes system energy…
As photovoltaic market evolved in the last year, prices went up, prices went down
The inflation-adjusted cost benchmark rose in 2023 for utility-scale PV systems but fell for residential PV systems owing to recent trends in network upgrade costs, Inflation Reduction Act manufacturing tax…
Your smart watch can assist if you fall
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Last week I wrote about setting up Amazon Echo devices to enable making phone calls with your voice, which could be helpful in an emergency. I…
Unlocking the Language of Emotion Through Body Movement
Summary: Researchers unlocked the language of human emotion expressed through body movements. By employing a blend of computing, psychology, and the arts, they curated a human movement dataset to enhance…
