Summary: Researchers explored the link between the belief that truth is relative and susceptibility to conspiracy theories. Two studies, involving Swedes and Brits, evaluated participants’ perspectives on truth and their…
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Google faces £7 bn claim on behalf of UK consumers
A claim has been filed in the UK accusing Google of breaching competition law. Google is facing a new lawsuit in Britain, which accuses the US tech giant of stifling…
Novel AI system enhances the predictive accuracy of autonomous driving
QCNet can capture the intentions of road users, accurately predicting multiple possible movements of surrounding vehicles. Credit: Professor Wang’s research group / City University of Hong Kong Precisive real-time prediction…
Jersey Numbers and Perception: How Numbers Impact Our View of Athlete Physique
Summary: A new study confirms that football wide receivers wearing jersey numbers between 10 and 19 are perceived as slimmer than those wearing 80-89, even with identical body sizes. This…
Building megaprojects on time and under-budget
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A Perspective sheds light on why megaprojects take so long and cost so much—and what can be done to prevent the problem. Why did Boston’s “Big…
Memory in Touch: Fingertips Recall Past Forces
Summary: Researchers have explored how a fingertip’s mechanical memory of prior forces influences tactile neuron activity. The study unveils the importance of fingertip viscoelasticity, where deformations last longer than the…
Scientists develop an energy-efficient wireless power and information transfer system
The SWIPT-NOMA-DAS framework is five times more efficient than SWIPT-NOMA without DAS and performs 10% better than SWIPT-OMA-DAS, a significant boost for the IoT communications technology. Credit: Associate Professor Dong-Wook…
Active label distribution learning via kernel maximum mean discrepancy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Label distribution learning (LDL) is a new learning paradigm to deal with label ambiguity. Compared with traditional supervised learning scenarios, annotation with label distribution is more…
