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Medical Xpress / Your brain turns faces behind you into stronger emotions, rewriting how we read social cues
A research team from the Cognitive Neurotechnology Unit and the Visual Perception and Cognition Laboratory at Toyohashi University of Technology investigated how facial expressions are perceived when a face is located behind ...
Tech Xplore / Thousands of AI‑written, edited or 'polished' books are being sold, an eerie echo of Orwell's 'novel‑writing machines'
At some point in the next several months, I am hoping to receive a modest check as a member of the class covered in the class-action settlement Bartz v. Anthropic.
Tech Xplore / How do ionic hair dryers work? Can they do what they promise?
If you've been in the market for a new hair dryer, you've likely seen advertising for ionic ones. Some claim to produce negative ions in the millions—with or without the help of added minerals like tourmaline.
Phys.org / Why this single-chip LED advance could shrink AR glasses and boost quantum links
Researchers at The University of Osaka, in collaboration with ULVAC, Inc. and Ritsumeikan University, have developed a new LED structure that generates circularly polarized light from a single chip. By combining a semipolar ...
Medical Xpress / Neuroinflammation triggers autism-like regression in mouse model
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition estimated to affect approximately 1 in 100 children worldwide. This condition is characterized by differences in how people communicate and interact with others, ...
Medical Xpress / From benign growth to pancreatic cancer: New study shows how the switch gets flipped
As we age, our cells accumulate genetic changes—mutations—some of which open the door to cancer. Scientists call these mutations "oncogenic," meaning "tumor-producing." By our senior years, we each may harbor as many as 100 ...
Phys.org / Mirror-positioning method could make quantum gravity tests possible
In quantum physics, objects can exist in multiple states at the same time—a phenomenon known as quantum superposition, where a particle does not have a single definite value of position or momentum until it is measured. A ...
Tech Xplore / One tiny diode could shrink image sensors by adding memory and processing
P-n diodes are two-terminal devices that consist of two types of semiconductor materials (i.e., a p-type and an n-type material) joined together. These components allow electric current to only move in one direction, which ...
Medical Xpress / EPA delays decisions on 'forever chemicals'
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has paused decisions on uses for dozens of "forever chemicals," also known as PFAS. The delay includes proposed changes regarding how several of these chemicals can be used, ...
Phys.org / Ancient graves and DNA uncover family bonds that went beyond genetics
You probably have a member of your family that you're not related to by blood—a step-parent, an adopted cousin, your mom's best friend who you grew up calling your aunt. They're indisputably part of your family, but a DNA ...
Phys.org / Plants' photosynthetic pathway type and rates of Rubisco dark inhibition may be linked
In efforts to better understand how plant photosynthesis is regulated, scientists are studying how Rubisco activity responds to light. In a new meta-analysis study, a team from the Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency ...
Phys.org / AI tool maps stable metal oxide catalysts without coding, speeding clean energy searches
A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool could make it much easier to discover better materials for clean energy technologies. The system, called StableOx-Cat, helps scientists identify stable metal oxide electrocatalysts—materials ...
