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Tech Xplore / A smarter way for large language models to think about hard problems

To make large language models (LLMs) more accurate when answering harder questions, researchers can let the model spend more time thinking about potential solutions.

Dec 4, 2025 in Computer Sciences
Tech Xplore / Open-source framework enables addition of AI to software without prompt engineering

Developers can now integrate large language models directly into their existing software using a single line of code, with no manual prompt engineering required. The open-source framework, known as byLLM, automatically generates ...

Dec 3, 2025 in Software
Medical Xpress / Machine learning reveals how disordered protein regions contribute to cancer-causing condensates

Fusion oncoproteins arise when a gene fuses with another gene and acquires new abilities. Such abilities can include the formation of biomolecular condensates, "droplets" of concentrated proteins, DNA or RNA.

Dec 4, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / E-waste recycling in Ghana exposes workers to toxic pollution and health risks

A University of Michigan study has found that people in Ghana and across the Global South who recycle electronic waste face a difficult paradox: earning livelihoods to ensure survival comes at the cost of severe long-term ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Earth
Medical Xpress / How the brain prioritizes bodily signals in conscious awareness

A new study shows that visual and tactile impressions that are related to our own body are prioritized for reaching conscious awareness. This helps us understand how we develop the feeling that the body is our own—through ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Sargasso Sea shift reveals dramatic decline in some historic seaweed populations

A study led by researchers at the University of South Florida's College of Marine Science has found that certain populations of the seaweed sargassum have experienced a significant decline over the past decade, even as increased ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Single dose RSV vaccine protection found to wane over 18 months

Research led by the Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System in Portland, Oregon, found that a single dose of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine reduced RSV infections and RSV-related emergency visits, hospitalizations, ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Gerontology & Geriatrics
Phys.org / Atomic switches bring molecular electronics closer to reality

Silver-based atomic switches that create stable electrical connections between individual molecules and electrodes have been developed by researchers from Japan, addressing a key challenge in wiring molecular electronics. ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Nanotechnology
Medical Xpress / New organ-on-a-chip platform allows the testing of cancer vaccine efficacy in aging populations

Dr. Vadim Jucaud's lab at the Terasaki Institute has introduced a new organ-on-a-chip platform that recapitulates age-dependent immune responses, offering a more accurate testing bed for evaluating cancer vaccine performance ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Gerontology & Geriatrics
Phys.org / Alternative to BPA passes toxicity and sustainability standards set by EU innovation guidelines

Polyester and a host of other plastic products could potentially be manufactured with non-toxic and sustainable BPA alternatives identified in a multidisciplinary study published in Nature Sustainability by researchers in ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Chemistry
Phys.org / Hydrogel platform enables high-throughput extracellular vesicle isolation

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have rapidly emerged as one of the most promising frontiers in modern biology. These nano-sized messengers mediate communication between cells, tissues, and organs, influencing processes from ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Nanotechnology
Tech Xplore / Overparameterized neural networks: Feature learning precedes overfitting, research finds

Modern neural networks, with billions of parameters, are so overparameterized that they can "overfit" even random, structureless data. Yet when trained on datasets with structure, they learn the underlying features.

Dec 5, 2025 in Computer Sciences