Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Smartwatch features that measure heart rates, oxygen levels, fitness levels and sleep quality have been marketed as valuable tools for people who are eager to monitor…
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Zoning Out or Zoning In? How Aimless Wandering Trains the Brain
Summary: New research reveals that the brain may be learning even during unstructured, aimless exploration. By recording activity in tens of thousands of neurons, scientists found that the visual cortex…
New framework reduces memory usage and boosts energy efficiency for large-scale AI graph analysis
BingoCGN employs cross-partition message quantization to summarize inter-partition message flow, which eliminates the need for irregular off-chip memory access and utilizes a fine-grained structured strong lottery theory-based training algorithm to…
‘Thermoelectric permanent magnet’ achieves record power density for energy harvesting
Magnetic and analytical transverse thermoelectric properties of MCM. Credit: Energy & Environmental Science (2025). DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04845H The research group developed a “thermoelectric permanent magnet” with an artificially tilted multilayer structure…
Crash dummies used in car safety tests are still modeled after men despite higher risks for women
A THOR-5F female crash test dummy is shown in a drivers seat at Humanetics in Farmington Hills, Mich., Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Credit: AP Photo/Paul Sancya Maria Weston Kuhn had…
Tesla expected to launch long-discussed robotaxi service
Tesla’s Cybercab robotaxi — displayed during the AutoMobility LA 2024 auto show in 2024 — is not expected to go into production until 2026. Tesla is expected to begin offering…
How PTSD Disrupts Brain Cell Communication
Summary: A new study has examined brains affected by PTSD at the single-cell level, uncovering distinct genetic alterations that may drive the disorder. Researchers focused on the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex,…
Why Some People Struggle to Recognize Faces of Other Races
Summary: New research reveals that some individuals may experience selective difficulty recognizing faces from racial groups different from their own, a phenomenon known as category-selective face blindness. While general face…
