This article is part of our coverage of the latest in AI research. Even before the recent craze about sentient chatbots, large language models (LLM) had been the source of much excitement and concer… [+7519 chars]
Newswise — Walid Ben Mansour, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, received a $191,601 gra… [+1722 chars]
In many Missouri backyards, a carpet of small purple or white violets is a sure sign of spring. Research from Matthew Austin, a postdoctoral fellow with the Living Earth Collaborative at Washington … [+1456 chars]
Scientists have already established that octopuses are smarter than your average invertebrate, but a new discovery suggests one of the reasons why: a specific molecular analogy with the human brain. … [+2916 chars]
This Hubble image features four of the thousands of galaxies found within the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. All of the highlighted galaxies show evidence of vigorous star formation (blue regions filled wi… [+6107 chars]
Researchers at McMaster University have unlocked an evolutionary mystery of a deadly pathogen responsible for fueling the superbug crisis: it can reproduce by having sex. And while such fraternizing… [+3707 chars]
NASA is delaying the launch of the first-ever mission to a metallic asteroid. On Friday, the space agency announced that their Psyche mission will not fly this year. The ambitious project seeks to … [+3422 chars]
When the COVID pandemic broke out and Italy experienced a strict lockdown, news stories started reporting anecdotal evidence about women forced to live under the same roof with abusive partners. Howe… [+4192 chars]
There are just eight planets in our Solar System (sorry Pluto), so the neighborhood can feel pretty empty. But there are over 200 moons orbiting objects in the solar system, including planets and lar… [+495 chars]
Radon and CO2 fluxes at Furnas Fumarolic Field Radon and CO2 fluxes were measured in June 2016 at the surface using the accumulation chamber method (see Methods section; Supp. Fig. S1) around the ma… [+17463 chars]
Summary: Findings reveal the molecular mechanism for acetylcholine in learning and memory. Source: Fujita Health University Patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have lower levels of the neuromodu… [+7224 chars]
Scientists from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have developed a camera system that can recognize the colors of the infrared spectrum that doesn’t require the converting to the visible spectrum after the f… [+2800 chars]