The development of artificial intelligence has come with fears that the risks of the technology will outweigh its benefits. Four US leaders in artificial intelligence (AI) announced Wednesday the formation…
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Happily Ever After? How Films Portray Facial Surgery Outcomes
Summary: A new study scrutinizes the portrayal of characters with facial disfigurements in films, revealing inherent cultural biases and potential psychological benefits of plastic surgery. Researchers analyzed 48 characters from…
Study offers objective insights to near-miss collisions between drones, airplanes
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have developed a new way to accurately count and objectively analyze close encounters between drones and airplanes—without depending solely on pilot sightings. In a study…
Acquiring CSI in RIS-assisted mobile communication systems
(a) Units in a passive RIS only have the reflection mode and cannot amplify the incident wave. (b) A selection-type hybrid RIS has a few active sensors. A switch is…
Scorching Stress: The Hidden Mental Toll of Summer Heatwaves
Summary: Research suggests that extreme summer heat can significantly impact mental health, in addition to physical health. Changes in emotions and behaviors can occur due to heat’s influence on serotonin,…
A new dataset of Arctic images will spur artificial intelligence research
The U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy has set off on a three-month science mission in the Arctic. As part of this mission, a new infrared imaging system will collect a…
Elon Musk reveals new ‘X’ logo to replace Twitter’s blue bird
This screen shot taken Monday, July 24, 2023, in New York, shows Elon Musk’s Twitter page with the new X logo that he introduced a day before. Musk has unveiled…
Groundbreaking e-scooter study shows surface transitions as most common hurdle
Credit: Jacob Levin / Virginia Tech A historic study has provided first-time insights on electric scooters. In September 2019, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) began the first large-scale naturalistic driving…
New tech brings resilience to small-town hydropower
Fall River Electric Cooperative Hydropower Plant on the Teton River near Felt, Idaho. Credit: Idaho National Laboratory Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has celebrated the ribbon-cutting of its new Microgrid in…
Brain Bites: Top 5 Neuroscience News Articles of the Week – June 23, 2023
Summary: This week’s neuroscience revelations encompass intriguing findings from the enigmatic genetics of mind-controlling hairworms to the groundbreaking link between alcohol use disorders and certain neuronal plasticity genes. A novel…
