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Tech Xplore / Anthropic opens most powerful AI model to public with safeguards

Anthropic, maker of the Claude artificial intelligence (AI) models, made the most powerful version of its technology available to the general public on Tuesday while restricting its use in sensitive areas.

16 hours ago
Phys.org / A day at the museum: How to follow kids' leads to support curiosity across generations

As the school year winds down and families start planning summer activities, possibly anticipating those inevitable rainy days, I have found myself returning to a simple but powerful joy: sharing museum experiences with young ...

8 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Struggling German auto supplier Bosch pivots to robots

German industrial giant Bosch said Wednesday it will step up efforts in the field of humanoid robotics as its traditional auto parts business comes under increasing pressure.

8 hours ago
Phys.org / Why plastic lingers: Water chemistry slows nature's cleanup

Scientists have long known that sunlight helps break down plastic. So, why do plastic products linger for decades and even centuries in rivers, lakes, and oceans—even when bathed in direct sunlight? Northwestern University ...

15 hours ago
Medical Xpress / AI diagnoses brain tumors in minutes instead of weeks

Experts in Heidelberg, Germany, have developed an AI system that can classify brain tumors with unprecedented accuracy using standard microscopic tissue sections. Using digitized standard stains, the system identifies more ...

15 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Biological aging clocks offer insights, not diagnostics

The Journal of Medical Internet Research released a feature story on the accuracy and utility of consumer wearables that estimate so-called biological age in its News and Perspectives section. In "Sorting Science From Marketing ...

8 hours ago
Medical Xpress / 'Lime bike leg': What doctors are seeing in ebike crashes

A man in his 30s arrived at the Royal London Major Trauma Centre after what sounded like a relatively minor cycling accident. He had been riding a shared ebike when he lost control and fell. By the time I met him, scans had ...

8 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Does the body really 'keep the score' after trauma? How the debunked idea of 'repressed memories' is making a comeback

Have you heard someone say online or in casual conversation, when responding to someone's struggles, "well, the body keeps the score"?

7 hours ago
Phys.org / When men take parental leave, their careers may benefit—but women's do not

Parental leave policies in Canada are designed for both parents, but fathers use them at roughly half the rate of mothers. From 2012 to 2017, Statistics Canada found 88% of mothers took maternity leave, parental leave or ...

8 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Augmented reality system could make medical ultrasounds easier to interpret

Interpreting medical ultrasound images is a difficult task, requiring a technician to look at 2D images and mentally arrange them into a 3D representation of what the tissue looks like. To make that job easier, MIT researchers ...

15 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Brain aneurysm map reveals cell types tied to rupture risk

A new study from UC San Francisco shows how certain cells in the brain may cause aneurysms to weaken and rupture. It helps explain why some aneurysms burst while others do not and could lead to new ways of predicting and ...

15 hours ago
Phys.org / Tyndall's Trail of Bergs: Ice splintered off southern Patagonia glacier drifts across a growing glacial lake

The Southern Patagonian Icefield is the largest expanse of ice in the Southern Hemisphere outside Antarctica. The mass of glacial ice extends hundreds of kilometers along the spine of the Andes, feeding dozens of dynamic ...

9 hours ago