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ChatGPT is smart, but no match for the most creative humans

University of South Australia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new Australian study has smashed the myth that generative AI systems such as ChatGPT could soon replace society’s most creative playwrights, authors, songwriters, artists and scriptwriters.

Study: Rio Grande basin at serious risk from overuse of water

Northern Arizona University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study, powered by Northern Arizona University's FEWSION Project, shows that farmers, communities and ecosystems in the Rio Grande basin are facing a severe water shortage after decades of overconsumption and drought. Without quick and decisive action, especially from farmers, the region is facing a genuine emergency.

Journal: Discover Water

Study finds Indigenous-led hunting most effective for tackling deer overabundance on B.C. islands

University of British Columbia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As ecosystems in coastal British Columbia disappear due to long-term browsing pressures from overabundant black-tailed deer, a new study led by UBC with Coast Salish Nations and regional research partners identifies the most effective solutions to address deer overabundance on the Southern Gulf Islands.

Journal: People and Nature

New theory promises faster, more accurate predictions of chemical reaction energetics

University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a new theoretical framework that could dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of predicting chemical reaction energetics without sacrificing accuracy. Led by chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Alexander V. Mironenko, the team introduces a method that may one day replace the current computational models used in quantum chemistry.

Journal: The Journal of Chemical Physics

Single-photon switch could enable photonic computing

Purdue University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Purdue University researchers have demonstrated what they call a “photonic transistor” that operates at single-photon intensities. Their findings, published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, report a nonlinear refractive index several orders of magnitude higher than the best-known materials, a leap that could finally make photonic computing practical.

Journal: Nature Nanotechnology
Funder: Army Research Laboratory

How and when could AI be used in emergency medicine?

Drexel University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

While artificial intelligence technology is increasingly being used — formally and informally — to support medical diagnoses, its utility in emergency medical settings remains an open question. Can AI support doctors in situations where split-second decision making can mean the difference between life and death? Researchers at Drexel University broached the question with clinicians at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., to better understand how and when the technology could help them save lives.

Journal: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, U.S. National Science Foundation
Meeting: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing

Scientists uncover new on-switch for pain signaling pathway that could lead to safer treatment and relief

Tulane University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists from Tulane University and The University of Texas at Dallas have discovered a new way that nerve cells communicate – by releasing an enzyme outside the cell that switches on pain signaling after injury. Blocking this enzyme, called VLK, prevented post-surgical pain in mice without affecting normal movement or sensation, opening the door to safer, more targeted pain relief treatments.

Journal: Science

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