Credit: AI-generated image Johns Hopkins computer scientists have discovered that artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT are creating a digital language divide, amplifying the dominance of English and other commonly spoken…
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Chronic Stress Sends Immune Cells to Brain, Driving Depression
Summary: A new study shows that chronic stress causes immune cells called neutrophils to leave bone marrow in the skull and collect in the brain’s protective membranes, where they contribute…
Shared tool developed for quantum and supercomputer systems
Researchers extended sys-sage component tree with quantum-related component types. Credit: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11017506 Quantum computers are a key emerging technology, particularly for specific kinds of problems that require enormous computing power. However,…
Three reports released supporting Namibia’s green hydrogen ambitions
by Simone Angster, DECHEMA Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V. Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The GreeN-H2-Namibia project has published three new reports that together provide key insights for Namibia’s…
Shrews Shrink and Regrow Brains, Offering Clues for Human Diseases
Summary: Scientists used non-invasive MRI to study shrews that seasonally shrink and regrow their brains, uncovering water loss as the key driver of this rare phenomenon. Despite losing about nine…
Depression Disrupts Learning to Avoid Unpleasant Events
Summary: Depression specifically impairs the ability to learn how to actively avoid unpleasant events, though it does not affect avoidance behavior once learned. Researchers tested 465 participants across a range…
Report on social media age assurance trial says there is not a one-size-fits-all solution
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Australia’s government trial has found age-assurance for its under-16 social media ban can be done effectively and protect privacy, but there is not a one-size-fits-all model.…
Extreme Heat Makes People More Negative
Summary: A large-scale global study shows that extreme heat affects not just our bodies, but also our emotions. Researchers analyzed over a billion social media posts and found that when…
Sea power turned into energy at Los Angeles port
Sea change: the floaters convert the power of waves into an electrical current. Floating blue paddles dance on the waves that lap a dock in the Port of Los Angeles,…
