Summary: New research shows psilocybin, often studied as a treatment for mental health disorders, may worsen symptoms of postpartum depression in mice. Mothers given the drug showed more anxiety, avoidance…
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EPA, Energy, Interior announce plans to support coal mining
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain On Sept. 29, the Trump administration announced a series of actions intended to boost coal mining and electricity generation, its latest move in a government-wide effort…
Interrupting encoder training in diffusion models enables more efficient generative AI
The developed model modified Schrödinger bridge-type diffusion models to add noise to real data through the encoder and reconstructed samples through the decoder. It uses two objective functions, the prior…
How jute and paper yarn could shape the future of textiles
Credit: Steve Johnson from Pexels By combining microwave technology with chemical treatment, Felicia Syrén has explored how renewable materials such as jute and paper yarn can be given new properties—and…
High Pollen Levels Tied to Rising Suicide Risk
Summary: A U.S. study combining pollen and suicide data from over a decade shows that high pollen days are linked to a measurable rise in suicide risk. The risk increased…
Germany’s Lufthansa to slash 4,000 jobs by 2030
Lufthansa said the majority of the job cuts would be in Germany. German airline group Lufthansa said Monday it will cut 4,000 jobs, nearly 4% of its workforce—a move underscoring…
Every Heartbeat Shapes Thoughts and Emotions
Summary: Researchers emphasize that the heart and brain are deeply interconnected, with every heartbeat influencing cognition and emotion within milliseconds. This link helps explain why cardiovascular diseases like hypertension often…
AI systems can easily lie and deceive us—a fact researchers are painfully aware of
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In the classic film “2001: A Space Odyssey,” astronaut Dave Bowman asks the ship’s artificial intelligence, HAL 9000, to open the pod bay doors to let…
