The fearsome teeth that define sharks as the ocean’s apex predators, and are crucial for…
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Q&A: When it comes to health care, how can AI help—or hurt—patients?
OpenAI recently introduced ChatGPT Health, “a dedicated experience in ChatGPT designed for health and wellness,” as a response to the millions of people who ask ChatGPT a health care-related question every day, the company said.
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Molecular 'switch' that turns on inflammation in obesity points to new therapeutic targets
A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has uncovered a molecular pathway that links obesity to widespread inflammation, providing long-sought insight into why obesity increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular…
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Astronomer uses 'China Sky Eye' to reveal binary origin of fast radio bursts
An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the Department of Physics at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), has uncovered the first decisive evidence that at least some fast radio burst (FRB) sources—brief but powerful…
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Super agers tend to have at least two key genetic advantages, study finds
The gene variant posing the greatest genetic risk of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is called APOE-ε4. A different variant of the same gene, APOE-ε2, is thought to confer protection against AD.
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What to know about heavy metals in food
Even healthy foods can contain trace amounts of elements such as lead, mercury, cadmium, and arsenic. These “heavy metals” are part of Earth’s crust and can enter the food supply naturally through soil and water. Industrial activities—like…
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UK lab’s humanoid robots get NVIDIA grant to turn sound into motion
Chengxu Zhou, an associate professor in UCL Computer Science, has bagged an NVIDIA Academic Grant to support the latest endeavors to boost humanoid robots by focusing on real-time, audio-driven whole-body motion.
The Robotics and AI professor…
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45 sick in salmonella outbreak tied to Super Greens powder
A nationwide outbreak of salmonella linked to Live It Up Super Greens diet supplement powder has sickened 45 people, federal authorities said Wednesday.
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Will unseasonably hot weather dash Southern California's hopes for a 2026 superbloom?
Wildflower expert Naomi Fraga was excited about the prospect of an extraordinary bloom this spring, after a winter of near record rainfall, but this week’s unseasonably hot, dry weather has dimmed her hopes for a superbloom year.
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Efficient cooling method could enable chip-based trapped-ion quantum computers
New technique could improve the scalability of trapped-ion quantum computers, an essential step toward making them practically useful.
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