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Tech Xplore / Is Richard Dawkins right about Claude? No—but it's not surprising AI chatbots feel conscious to us
In recent days, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins wrote an op-ed suggesting AI chatbot Claude may be conscious.
Medical Xpress / The slow burn behind type 2 diabetes revealed
More than half a billion people worldwide are living with diabetes, the vast majority with type 2 diabetes (T2D), a chronic condition that continues to rise alongside aging populations and changing lifestyles. Despite its ...
Medical Xpress / Lung cancer screening rates up, yet remain low
A new University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that lung cancer screening rates among eligible U.S. adults have improved in recent years, but fewer than one in four are getting ...
Phys.org / Elastic rules may explain why nematic crystals look ordered and disordered at once
Electronic nematicity is a phase of some crystalline solids in which electrons' collective properties, such as charge or spin densities, organize themselves into ordered patterns, lowering the crystal's rotational symmetry. ...
Phys.org / Brexit did not just shake Britain—it sent financial shockwaves across Europe, research indicates
Brexit sent waves of financial volatility through European markets, reshaping how risk traveled between countries and exposing how tightly connected the continent's financial systems had become, according to new research ...
Tech Xplore / AI fails to make inroads with cybercriminals, study finds
Cybercriminals have been struggling to adopt AI in their work, reports the first-of-its-kind study that analyzed a dataset of 100 million posts from underground cybercrime communities. The study is published on the arXiv ...
Phys.org / Properly crediting employees for their ideas is key to building a strong workplace culture, research finds
Making sure that employees are properly credited for their ideas can go a long way toward improving workplace culture, a University of Toronto Scarborough study has found.
Phys.org / Drones match farm planning effectiveness of more expensive tech, study finds
Environmental scientists and water resource managers need precise, high-resolution maps to reveal areas that farmers should avoid when planting crops, to limit polluting waters with phosphorus from fertilizer or manure. Making ...
Tech Xplore / Renewable energy is more cost effective than direct air capture at reducing carbon, study finds
The case for investing in direct air capture weakens substantially once it is directly compared against solar and wind, according to an analysis published in Communications Sustainability. The paper is titled "Direct air ...
Phys.org / A chemical failsafe can save crops from disease without crushing growth
Salicylic acid, the active molecule in aspirin and some acne medications, is a hormone in plants that is essential for immunity, but it's a double-edged sword: Too much can cause autoimmunity and stunt growth. In a study ...
Phys.org / Protecting the future of Southeast Asia's giant clams
Southeast Asia is home to eight out of the world's 12 giant clam species and their numbers are dwindling. Addressing this issue, Dr. Neo Mei Lin, Senior Research Fellow at the NUS Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI), ...
Medical Xpress / Unmasking autism spectrum disorder through its gene-based roots
Two studies led by the Chahrour Lab at UT Southwestern Medical Center shed new light on genes associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the neurodevelopmental disease characterized by impaired communication, abnormal ...
