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April 22, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence Beats Doctors in Accurately Assessing Eye Problems

Apr. 17, 2024 — A study has found that the AI model GPT-4 significantly exceeds the ability of non-specialist doctors to assess eye problems and provide ...

Crucial Connection for 'Quantum Internet' Made for the First Time

Apr. 16, 2024 — Researchers have produced, stored, and retrieved quantum information for the first time, a critical step in quantum ...

Can Language Models Read the Genome? This One Decoded mRNA to Make Better Vaccines

Apr. 5, 2024 — Researchers developed a foundational language model to decode mRNA sequences and optimize those sequences for vaccine development. The tool shows broader promise as a means for studying molecular ...

100 Kilometers of Quantum-Encrypted Transfer

Apr. 2, 2024 — Researchers have taken a big step towards securing information against hacking. They have succeeded in using quantum encryption to securely transfer information 100 kilometers via fiber optic cable -- roughly equivalent to the distance between ...

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New Privacy-Preserving Robotic Cameras Obscure Images Beyond Human Recognition

Apr. 4, 2024 — In a bid to restore privacy, researchers have created a new approach to designing cameras that process and scramble visual information before it is ...

New Study Shows How AI Can Help Us Better Understand Global Threats to Wildlife

Mar. 13, 2024 — Researchers used AI to scour information from websites and social media to map bat hunting and trade. Research found evidence of bat exploitation in ...

Making Quantum Bits Fly

Mar. 6, 2024 — Physicists are developing a method that could enable the stable exchange of information in quantum computers. In the leading role: photons that make quantum bits ...

AI Can Speed Design of Health Software

Mar. 6, 2024 — Artificial intelligence helped clinicians to accelerate the design of diabetes prevention software, a new study ...

Compact Chips Advance Precision Timing for Communications, Navigation and Other Applications

Mar. 6, 2024 — Precision timing and synchronization are crucial for navigation, communication and radar systems. Scientists have built compact chips capable of ...

Can You Tell AI-Generated People from Real Ones?

Mar. 6, 2024 — If you recently had trouble figuring out if an image of a person is real or generated through artificial intelligence (AI), you're not alone. A new study found that people had more difficulty than ...

Online Digital Data and AI for Monitoring Biodiversity

Feb. 16, 2024 — Researchers propose a framework for integrating online digital data into biodiversity ...

AI-Powered App Can Detect Poison Ivy

Jan. 30, 2024 — To find poison ivy before it finds you, scientists have published a new study in which they show how they used artificial intelligence to confirm that an app can identify poison ivy. The app is not ...

Computer Scientists Invent Simple Method to Speed Cache Sifting

Jan. 24, 2024 — Computer scientists have invented a highly effective, yet incredibly simple, algorithm to decide which items to toss from a web cache to make room for new ...

Researchers Propose a Web 3.0 Streaming Architecture and Marketplace

Jan. 23, 2024 — Web 3.0 is a blockchain technology-based internet paradigm that is transparent and decentralized. But, Web 3.0 streaming services require modifications to the existing service structure due to ...

Research Reveals Language Barriers Limit Effectiveness of Cybersecurity Resources

Apr. 1, 2024 — Non-English speaking internet users share the same concern about cyber threats and the same desire for online safety as any other individual. However, they are constrained by a lack of culturally and ...

Powerful New AI Can Predict People's Attitudes to Vaccines

Mar. 20, 2024 — A powerful new tool in artificial intelligence is able to predict whether someone is willing to be vaccinated against ...

Health Researchers Develop Software to Predict Diseases

Jan. 23, 2024 — IntelliGenes analyzes genomic data to discover biomarkers associated with health ...

Researchers Unveil New Way to Counter Mobile Phone 'Account Takeover' Attacks

Jan. 22, 2024 — Computer science researchers have developed a new way to identify security weaknesses that leave people vulnerable to account takeover attacks, where a hacker gains unauthorized access to online ...

Advancement in Thermoelectricity Could Light Up the Internet of Things

Jan. 16, 2024 — Researchers have improved the efficiency of heat-to-electricity conversion in gallium arsenide semiconductor microstructures. By judicious spatial alignment of electrons within a two-dimensional ...

Let Me Check My Phone Again

Jan. 13, 2024 — New research finds that smartphone usage can increase and even become unhealthy for those who have obsessive-compulsive ...

Researchers Developing AI to Make the Internet More Accessible

Jan. 9, 2024 — In an effort to make the internet more accessible for people with disabilities, researchers have begun developing an artificial intelligence agent that could complete complex tasks on any website ...

Slow the Scroll: Users Less Vigilant About Misinformation on Mobile Phones

Jan. 8, 2024 — People process information more efficiently but tend to be less vigilant about misinformation on their mobile phones compared to personal computers (PCs). This is especially true for users who have ...

Influencers' Vulnerabilities: A Double-Edged Sword

Jan. 2, 2024 — New research finds that social media platforms and the metrics that reward content creators for revealing their innermost selves to fans open creators up to identity-based ...

Piezo Composites With Carbon Fibers for Motion Sensors

Dec. 28, 2023 — An international research group has engineered a novel high-strength flexible device by combining piezoelectric composites with unidirectional carbon fiber. The new device transforms kinetic energy ...

Meet 'Coscientist,' Your AI Lab Partner

Dec. 21, 2023 — An artificial intelligence-driven system has autonomously learned about certain Nobel Prize-winning chemical reactions and designed a successful laboratory procedure to make them. The AI did so in ...

Interactive Screen Use Reduces Sleep Time in Kids

Dec. 13, 2023 — While screen time is generally known to affect sleep, new research suggests that interactive engagement, such as texting friends or playing video games, delays and reduces the time spent asleep to a ...

Revealing the Landscape of Software as a Medical Device Industry

Dec. 7, 2023 — There has been a surge in academic and business interest in software as a medical device (SaMD). It enables medical professionals to streamline existing medical practices and make innovative medical ...

New Wearable Communication System Offers Potential to Reduce Digital Health Divide

Dec. 4, 2023 — Researchers developed a wearable device that can transmit health data 2,400 times the distance of Wi-Fi without significant network ...

Broadband Buzz: Periodical Cicadas' Chorus Measured With Fiber Optic Cables

Dec. 4, 2023 — Through an emerging technology called distributed fiber optic sensing, cables bringing high-speed internet to American households can be used to detect temperature changes, vibrations, and even ...

A Single Bitcoin Transaction Could Cost as Much Water as a Backyard Swimming Pool

Nov. 29, 2023 — Cryptocurrency mining uses a significant amount of water amid the global water crisis, and its water demand may grow further. Researchers provides the first comprehensive estimate of Bitcoin's ...

AI Can 'Lie and BS' Like Its Maker, but Still Not Intelligent Like Humans

Nov. 20, 2023 — A researcher contends that the understanding of AI is muddled by linguistics: That while indeed intelligent, AI cannot be intelligent in the way that humans are, even though 'it can lie and BS ...

AI: Researchers Develop Automatic Text Recognition for Ancient Cuneiform Tablets

Nov. 20, 2023 — A new artificial intelligence (AI) software is now able to decipher difficult-to-read texts on cuneiform tablets. Instead of photos, the AI system uses 3D models of the tablets, delivering ...

Breakthrough in Tackling Increasing Demand by 'Internet of Things' on Mobile Networks

Nov. 20, 2023 — A novel technology to manage demands on mobile networks from multiple users using Terahertz frequencies has been developed by computer ...

Children's Brains Shaped by Their Time on Tech Devices, Research to-Date Shows

Nov. 17, 2023 — Time spent watching television or playing computer games has measurable and long-term effects on children's brain function, according to a review of 23 years of neuroimaging research, which ...