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Medical Xpress / Realistic 'mock' samples created to speed cervical cancer test development
A team of Rice University bioengineers has developed a new way to create highly realistic "mock" patient samples that could help accelerate the development of faster, more accessible cervical cancer screening tests for low-resource ...
Tech Xplore / How tarot readers are using AI, and what it says about our growing reliance on chatbots
If you've ever turned to artificial intelligence to try to figure out how to handle a tricky situation with a friend or colleague, you're far from alone. For many, AI has become a modern oracle—a source of guidance, emotional ...
Medical Xpress / Forgotten and isolated: 1.8 million people still vulnerable to COVID-19 face a mental health crisis
Levels of depression and anxiety remain high and largely unrecognized among an estimated 1.8 million clinically vulnerable people in the UK, many of whom continue to live significantly restricted lives to protect them from ...
Medical Xpress / Pediatric surgery program cuts opioid use by 56%
A 21-element recovery program for children undergoing gastrointestinal surgery reduced opioid use during hospitalization by 56%, according to a large clinical trial led by Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie ...
Tech Xplore / GPS data reveal why pedestrians in Phnom Penh rarely walk the shortest route
Cities across the Global South are urbanizing at pace, but their built environments for walking rarely resemble ideal, tidy, and well-regulated networks. Vehicles are parked on pedestrian sidewalks, and a seemingly direct ...
Phys.org / A real 'intergenerational equity' budget would address our unceasing environmental decline
Last night, Labor unveiled a budget designed to tackle intergenerational equity in Australia through bold tax reform. It comes at a time when politics is consumed with the international shocks created by US President Donald ...
Medical Xpress / Magnetic brain stimulation cuts alcohol cravings in 200-person addiction trial
A storyteller with a passion for popular education. Head of one of Linköping University's strongest research environments. And a physician. Markus Heilig researches the biology of the brain in addiction, and always considers ...
Phys.org / Many Americans pessimistic about AI's impact—and want more regulation
As debate intensifies over data center construction and how to regulate artificial intelligence (AI), a new nationally representative survey finds that Americans are broadly pessimistic about the impact of AI and want more ...
Medical Xpress / Men and women hear the world differently as hormones shift across life stages
Throughout medical history, men have generally been the target of studies, with results generalized to women. However, there are differences between the sexes in many aspects of human perception. Hormones influence the behavior ...
Medical Xpress / New UK drug approval pathway benefits industry over patients, argues expert
A new UK drug approval pathway, designed to speed up the availability of new medicines, benefits industry over patients and the NHS, argues an expert in The BMJ. The pathway aligns regulatory review by the Medicines and Healthcare ...
Tech Xplore / Don't let AI give your eulogy
There was something a bit off about a speech at one of my recent colleague's retirements. It was beautifully written, very generously worded and the pacing was impeccable. And yet, I hate to say it, it was utterly lifeless.
Phys.org / For veterinarians in training, AI helps instructors improve feedback
When third-year veterinary students at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University step into the operating room to undertake their inaugural surgery, the energy in the room is palpable: there's excitement, ...
