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Tech Xplore / Generative AI: Modeling a proper cuppa from a proper pot

The Yixing Zisha teapot sits neatly at the intersection of art, engineering and heritage. As such, it makes for an intriguing test case for a technology increasingly taking on creative tasks across almost every field of human ...

3 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Fridge-free tetanus-diphtheria vaccine shows promise of reaching millions worldwide

The encouraging results of the world's first trial of a fridge-free tetanus-diphtheria vaccine could improve access worldwide to crucial treatments while reducing carbon emissions. Fridge-free vaccines have the potential ...

6 hours ago
Medical Xpress / The neuroscience behind a 'runner's high'

While most runners are chasing a new goal or a personal best, some are chasing something slightly more elusive: a runner's high.

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Phys.org / First complete songbird genome exposes missing genes and chromosome architecture

The zebra finch is one of the best-studied songbirds and a model for understanding the biology and neuroscience of vocal learning. Now, researchers have produced the first complete genome assembly of the species, revealing ...

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Medical Xpress / ChatGPT can generate personality tests and predict people's responses before they take them

In iScience, scientists outline how they developed a method for generating personality assessment questionnaires with ChatGPT from any source text. To test the method, they applied it to both the DSM-5 and, as a deliberately ...

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Phys.org / Building better prediction models for consumer choices

As consumers, we are constantly making choices about things like what to eat at a restaurant, what clothing to buy at a store and the type of car we'd like to purchase, and so much more. Savvy producers of such goods look ...

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Medical Xpress / Hantavirus detected in France tourist now isolated in Spain

A case of hantavirus, which recently sparked international alarm, has been detected in a Franco-Argentine national who vacationed in France in July before being placed in isolation in Spain, the French Health Ministry said ...

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Medical Xpress / Alzheimer's-linked tau disrupts mitochondria, reversing electron flow in nerve cells

A protein named tau, which has been strongly implicated in the world's No. 1 cause of dementia—Alzheimer's disease—and several other neurodegenerative disorders, may spur these diseases in a way that differs greatly from ...

6 hours ago
Phys.org / Your next handbag could start with mushrooms

The search for leather alternatives has led researchers somewhere unexpected: fungi. Although traditional leather is durable, producing it requires animal agriculture, which carries negative environmental impacts. Meanwhile, ...

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Medical Xpress / Human genome milestone opens door for personalized genomics

Scientists have reconstructed the complete genome of a real person, with full sets of chromosomes from each parent, a breakthrough expected to advance research, improve the diagnosis of genetic diseases and make personalized ...

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Medical Xpress / Why women need to be prioritized in longevity research

Why do women, on average, live longer than men yet often face a greater burden of chronic disease later in life? Why do some of the most fertile animals in nature, including queen bees and naked mole-rat queens, also live ...

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Phys.org / Bioengineers develop biochemical halo to cloak insulin-producing cells from body defenses

A protein known as interleukin 10 (IL-10) is the lynchpin of a new method to protect transplanted cells from host immune system attacks. Rice University researchers engineered a living factory to produce a localized biochemical ...

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