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Artificial intelligence systems excel at imitation, but not at innovation
Credit: CC0 Public domain Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are often described as sentient agents poised to eclipse the human mind....
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Two COVID-19 vaccines show strong boost potential in clinical trial
Test profile. Credit: eBioMedicine (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104878 Two Melbourne-made COVID-19 vaccines have shown strong potential to provide an improved approach...
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Brain tissue on a chip enables voice recognition
Brainoware with unsupervised learning for AI computing. ASchematic of an adaptive reservoir computing framework using Brainoware. bSchematic diagram of the...
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Carnivores housed in zoos respond positively to new improvements to their enclosures, study suggests
Jaguar was among the most active when equipped with additional enrichment. Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public domain Research from Nottingham Trent University...
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For metastatic prostate cancer, immunotherapy may have unexpected potential
Credit: Cancer cell (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2023.10.006 Immunotherapy has proven disappointing as a treatment for prostate cancer, but a new study...
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Artificial intelligence for safer bicycle helmets and better shoe soles
The structure of a metamaterial is encoded in an abstract space. Optimization effectively improves the design towards the desired properties....
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Study shows how hurricane acted as highway to transport microplastics to isolated region of Newfoundland
Dalhousie researchers collected air samples in Newfoundland during Hurricane Larry in 2021 to better understand how microplastics move through the...
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Carbon nanotubes have advanced toward energy and health applications, but misconceptions remain
Textual analysis of titles and abstracts of 1,878 toxicology articles indexed on Scopus between January 2001 and March 2023 reveals...
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Potential signs of life on Mars may be easier to find than first thought
The experiment rose to the edge of space before falling back to Earth, simulating the atmosphere of Mars. Credit: Thales...
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Wildfires can release toxic metal particles from soils, study finds
Frequency of large fires in metal-rich landscapes. Fires of satellite origin over an area greater than 2,023 ha in widespread...
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