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Tech Xplore / How AI could uncover the hidden ways people work together
Yankai Wang, a Ph.D. student in organizational behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business, was reading a paper about how transformers—the architecture behind large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and Claude—might ...
Medical Xpress / Prostate medication linked to fewer complications after heart attack
Men are likely to suffer more extensive heart attacks than women. Studies have shown that male sex hormones, such as testosterone, intensify inflammation during an acute heart attack and lead to a larger area of damage. According ...
Medical Xpress / Fruit fly toolkit pinpoints neurons that suppress aggression
Our brains constantly integrate information about both our internal state and our surroundings to determine how we behave. Much of this coordination depends on neuromodulators—chemical messengers that establish how neurons ...
Medical Xpress / Injury adds hurdles for inactive women in sport
Injury or pain affects participation for one in five physically inactive women taking part in social sport, with those from lower-income households more likely to be injury-affected, new research from La Trobe University ...
Phys.org / Electrically charged raindrops could be corroding metal with protective coatings
Electrically charged raindrops, a naturally occurring phenomenon, can break down surfaces treated with protective coatings, according to new research published in Nature. This previously overlooked corrosion mechanism highlights ...
Medical Xpress / Short-term pretransplant dialysis does not affect kidney transplant outcomes
Allograft survival is unaffected when kidney transplant (KT) is performed after a short-term pretransplant dialysis duration (PTDD), according to a study published online Aug. 24 in the International Journal of Urology.
Medical Xpress / New mRNA immunotherapy eliminates pancreatic tumors in mice
Inspired by the work of the RNA Therapeutics Institute at UMass Chan Medical School and the development of the COVID vaccine, Marcus Ruscetti, Ph.D., and Chaitanya Naimesh Parikh, Ph.D. '26, have developed an immunotherapy ...
Phys.org / Kicking goals for junior sport culture
New research on improving behavior in youth sports calls for a move beyond trying to fix individual parents' and coaches' behavior to instead address the sporting culture in which behavior is learned, reinforced and normalized.
Tech Xplore / Swiss nuclear plant fully back online after heat waves
The Beznau nuclear power plant in Switzerland, which was shut down multiple times over the past two months because of summer heat waves, is fully operational again, Swiss energy company Axpo said Friday.
Medical Xpress / Reserchers confirm cost-effectiveness of mass hepatitis C virus screening among persons in custody in Hong Kong
A recent study led by the Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), in collaboration with the Correctional Services Department, has demonstrated ...
Tech Xplore / Vertical microrods boost electricity generation from evaporation by accelerating ion flow
Evaporation, the process by which water becomes vapor and disperses into the environment, draws heat from its surroundings. This heat, also known as atmospheric thermal energy, is abundant but diffuse, making it difficult ...
Phys.org / The superconducting gap of an ultrathin nickelate defies expectations
Superconductors are materials that carry electrical current with zero resistance below a specific critical temperature. In conventional superconductors, the transition to superconductivity generally occurs at very low temperatures.
