Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the University of Surrey have proposed a computational approach that can provide aerodynamic drag data more efficiently during the early stages of aircraft design.…
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AI Maps the Brain’s Hidden Bridge, Revealing Genetic Links to Mental Health
Summary: For the first time, scientists have mapped the genetic architecture of the brain’s communication bridge—the corpus callosum—using AI and MRI data from over 50,000 people. The study uncovered dozens…
How AI personas could be used to detect human deception
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Can an AI persona detect when a human is lying—and should we trust it if it can? Artificial intelligence, or AI, has had many recent advances…
A match made in binary code
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For how much time we spend staring at our phones and computers, it was inevitable that we would become… close. And the resulting human relationships with…
Electric vehicles could strain Quebec’s power grid
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Electrification of vehicles is necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but in Quebec the increasing weight of the battery-powered vehicles could cause electricity demand to rise…
Fermented fibers could tackle both world hunger and fashion waste
The leftover yeast from brewing beer, wine or even to make some pharmaceuticals can be repurposed to produce high-performance fibers stronger than natural fibers with significantly less environmental impact, according…
Brain Circuit Found to Shape Risk and Impulse Differently by Sex
Summary: Researchers exploring risky decision-making in rats found that a specific reward-related neural circuit influences impulsivity and risk-taking in complex ways that depend on timing and biological sex. Manipulating the…
Why Kids Still Struggle With Capital Letters After Grade School
Summary: New research reveals that English-speaking children continue to refine their capitalization skills well past the early grades, despite being taught the rules early. Across two studies, students in Grades…
Who is Zico Kolter? A professor leads OpenAI safety panel with power to halt unsafe AI releases
Carnegie Mellon University Head of Machine Learning, Zico Kolter delivers a keynote speech at AI Horizons Summit in Bakery Square on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025 in Pittsburgh. Credit: Sebastian Foltz/Pittsburgh…
Don’t Ignore the Winter Blues, It Could Be Seasonal Depression
Summary: As daylight fades, many experience fatigue or low mood—but for millions, these symptoms signal seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a serious form of depression. Reduced sunlight disrupts serotonin, melatonin, and…
