The Hidden Ingredients Behind AI’s Creativity
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. We were once promised self-driving cars and robot…
Vitamin D Deficiency Tied to Cataract Risk in Young Adults
TOPLINE: Severe deficiency of vitamin D ( METHODOLOGY: Researchers examined cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between serum levels of…
New App Boosts Smoking Cessation in Low-Income Adults
TOPLINE: Adults from low-income populations who used a smartphone application that delivered tailored, real-time content quit smoking at…
Inappropriate Prescribing Tied to Mortality Risk in Seniors
TOPLINE: Older adults who were prescribed medications flagged as potentially inappropriate had an increased risk for mortality, with…
AI Tool Shows Exactly When Genes Turn On and Off
Summary: Researchers have developed an AI-powered tool called chronODE that models how genes turn on and off during…
I Went to an AI Film Festival Screening and Left With More Questions Than Answers
Last year, filmmaker Paul Schrader—the director of Blue Collar, American Gigolo, and First Reformed, and writer of Martin…
ChronODE method offers precision in timing gene therapy treatments
A Yale research team has created a new computer tool that can pinpoint when exactly genes turn on…
Oral Minoxidil For Hair Loss Not Linked to Tachycardia
TOPLINE: In a large retrospective study of patients with androgenic alopecia or other nonscarring hair loss, treatment with…
UH develops AI assistant to help geoscientists explore Earth, beyond
Reading time: 2 minutesThis artist’s concept illustrates a Martian dust storm. (Photo credit: NASA) A new artificial intelligence…
AI Is the New Dr Google — Across the Globe
Patients arriving at appointments with researched information is not new, but artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT…
Hidden Door Rolls Out Literary Roleplaying Platform
Technology studio Hidden Door has opened its bookish roleplaying platform of the same name to early access, according…
Who is Geoffrey Hinton? The ‘godfather of AI’ who went from studying psychology at Cambridge to becoming a Nobel-winning scientist
Geoffrey Hinton’s journey to becoming one of the most celebrated figures in artificial intelligence was neither linear nor…