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virtual reality

Stanford study finds VR fosters personal attachment to boost climate concern

Immersive virtual reality can make distant impacts of climate change feel immediate…
Augmented reality.

Physicists shrink entire HD display to fit on area smaller than a pinhead

Scientists have built a pixel measuring just 300 nanometres across that could…
Memory loss.

Scientists reverse memory loss by ‘turning genes back on’ in aging brains

Researchers have successfully restored fading memories in older rats by reactivating silenced…
Poo

AI beats human experts at finding parasites in stool samples, Utah study shows

Artificial intelligence can detect intestinal parasites in stool samples with greater accuracy…
Piggy bank

Banks face $170bn AI threat as customers ditch low-rate accounts

McKinsey warns that customer adoption of AI agents could trigger catastrophic profit…
Black boxes

Five pillars separate trustworthy AI from black box systems that betray users

University of Colorado at Boulder researchers have developed a framework for building…
Higher education

Chalmers researchers map six scenarios for AI’s campus takeover

Swedish academics have created fictional future scenarios exploring how generative AI will…
SpaceX's StarLink

SpaceX’s $17 billion spectrum buy puts satellite phones in every pocket by 2028

Your next phone might connect directly to satellites orbiting overhead, bypassing mobile…
AIs working on chunks of information

AI reasoning method slashes training costs by 75 per cent with chunked thinking

Researchers from Mila, McGill University and Microsoft Research have solved a significant…
Health apps in the gym

Fitness apps triggering shame and demotivation, undermining health goals

Popular fitness and calorie-counting apps are causing some users to experience shame,…