How sure is sure? Incorporating human error into machine learning

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers are developing a way to incorporate one of the most human of characteristics—uncertainty—into machine learning systems. Human error and uncertainty are concepts that many artificial…

Researchers improve environmental monitoring applications

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A research team from Wayne State University’s National Institutes of Health-funded Superfund Research Program, the Center for Leadership in Environmental Awareness and Research (CLEAR), recently published…

World’s largest cruise ship to set sail as industry rebounds

Royal Caribbean’s luxurious new vessel Icon of the Seas will be the world’s largest cruise ship. With cruise bookings seeing a resurgence after the COVID pandemic caused luxury liners to…

Wheat Gluten Spurs Brain Inflammation

Summary: Researchers found that wheat gluten induces brain inflammation in mice, a finding that could have implications for human health. The study revealed that when mice consumed gluten, inflammation occurred…

Psychedelics Sync Neurons: A Glimpse into Consciousness & Psychosis

Summary: Researchers have pioneered a method to simultaneously measure electrical signals from 128 brain regions in conscious rats. Using this technique, they observed the effects of psychedelic drugs, LSD and…

Why Do We Like Certain Scents?

Summary: Researchers delved into understanding why certain smells appeal to us and others don’t by studying locusts. Through a series of experiments, they analyzed how locusts’ brains reacted to various…

Zoom, which thrived on the remote work revolution, wants workers back in the office part-time

A woman works at Zoom headquarters on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, in San Jose, Calif. Zoom is asking employees who live within a 50-mile radius of its offices to work…

Why Europe is hungry for chips

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC agreed Tuesday on a multibillion-dollar deal to build a plant in Germany, part of a push to put Europe at the center of…

Field campaign assesses vulnerabilities of 5G networks

The team deployed two trucks containing sensor systems to perform 5G signal geolocation based on angle-of-arrival estimates. Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Fifth-generation, or 5G, mobile network technology is all…

Putting a premium on peace of mind

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Two out of five homes worldwide have at least one smart device that is vulnerable to cyber-attacks. Soon, that new smart TV or robot vacuum you’ve…