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ECT Cuts Suicide Risk by 34% in Severe Depression
Summary: A new meta-analysis reveals that Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) reduces suicide risk by 34% and all-cause mortality by 30% in individuals with severe depression. The study, which pooled data from…
No Link Found Between Preterm Siblings and Child Behavior Issues
Summary: A large-scale European study found no evidence that having a sibling born preterm leads to more behavioral problems in children born at term. Researchers analyzed data from over 65,000…
Your Unique Breathing Patterns May Reveal Your Identity and Mental Health
Summary: New research reveals that each person has a unique breathing “fingerprint” that can be used to identify them with nearly 97% accuracy. By continuously monitoring nasal airflow over 24…
German state hits uninstall on Microsoft
The issue of the power wielded by US tech titans has been thrown into sharper relief by Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the subsequent rise in US-EU…
Why improving robot design is essential to achieving true intelligence
Jun.-Prof. Edoardo Milana, Junior Professor for Soft Machines at the University of Freiburg. Credit: Lucia Brunold Thanks to artificial intelligence, robots can already perform many tasks that would otherwise require…
Can AI help you identify a scam? An expert explains
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Imagine that you’ve received an email asking you to transfer money to a bank account. Some of the details look right, but how can you be…
Negative Surroundings Skew Emotions in People with Depression
Summary: People with depressive symptoms are more likely to interpret neutral images as negative when those images are surrounded by unrelated negative visuals. This emotional “spillover” effect shows how peripheral…
Researchers achieve record-breaking RF GaN-on-Si transistor performance for high-efficiency 6G power amplifiers
Cross-sectional TEM image of the gate structure in imec’s GaN-on-silicon transistor. The image shows the finely etched gate region that enables the device’s e-mode operation. Credit: imec Imec researchers have…
