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Tech Xplore / Grounded in reality, new AI model spots fake images with less training

Artificial intelligence (AI)-generated images have become increasingly more sophisticated than early ones that showed humans with more than five fingers on a hand, making it even harder to determine whether photos are authentic. ...

6 hours ago
Phys.org / Visual AI tracks nearly 100 wildlife species to improve conservation

Wildlife research projects worldwide could benefit from a new AI system which can automatically find, name, and follow individual animals in footage.

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Medical Xpress / How the brain regulates learning on a cellular level: 3D maps reveal synapses reorganizing in real time

Inside the brain is a dense network of neurons that receive, process, and relay information. The synapse, where neurons meet, is the epicenter of this communication. Neurons that send information, called presynaptic neurons, ...

6 hours ago
Phys.org / AI brews a caffeine-powered safety switch for future cell therapies

For many of us, a warm cup of coffee is how we start our day. For Texas A&M Health researchers, it may also offer a new way to control engineered cells in future medicines.

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Phys.org / 'The Heaven Sword' crowned as East Asia's tallest tree after a nearly decade-long search

Taiwan, historically known as Formosa, holds a secret deep within its rugged interior: it is one of the rare locations on Earth capable of supporting "giant" trees—specimens that tower over 80 meters in height. Since 2014, ...

19 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Anthropic urges industry coordination to allow for a 'pause' in AI development if risks grow

Anthropic is proposing that the world's top artificial intelligence companies come up with a coordinated way to pause development of advanced AI systems, warning the technology is improving so quickly there's a risk humans ...

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Medical Xpress / Peach fuzz may hold clues to new chronic itch treatments

Working with mouse models, research led by the University of Michigan has revealed previously hidden biology of how touch-sensitive hairs create itching sensations. This fundamental discovery opens new avenues to better understand ...

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Medical Xpress / Two common IV fluids perform equally well for treating septic shock in kids

A randomized clinical trial conducted across five countries in 47 pediatric emergency departments, including Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago, established that both commonly used IV fluids for treating ...

6 hours ago
Tech Xplore / AI fails classic attention test, with longer word lists triggering dramatic accuracy collapse

Giving AI a classic psychological test reveals an inherent weakness in LLM decision-making abilities. Suketu Patel and colleagues explored how transformer-based machine attention differs from human attention by testing AI ...

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Phys.org / Hawai'i's last false killer whales threatened by nutritional stress and warming seas

A seven-year collaborative study has revealed alarming fluctuations in the health of Hawaii's endangered insular false killer whales, with some individuals losing nearly a quarter of their body weight in just a few months. ...

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Phys.org / Magnetic field helps binary star systems form, new simulations indicate

New simulations show that interactions with a magnetic field can work to decrease the distance between still forming binary protostars. These results can help explain the characteristics of the binary star systems observed ...

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Medical Xpress / Struggle sleeping? These three common sleep habits are tied to signs of brain aging

How we sleep may have lasting impacts on our brain health as we age. A new University of Arizona study has found that several common sleep behaviors may be linked to signs of brain aging.

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