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New research suggests undiagnosed ADHD may be more common in U.S. adults

A new survey reveals that 25% of U.S. adults suspect they have undiagnosed ADHD, but only 13% have discussed it with a doctor. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Céline Gounder explains the ...

New skin research could help slow signs of ageing

The research could also be used to produce artificial skin for transplantation and prevent scarring.

Weight loss drugs may help reduce drug and alcohol misuse: Research

Weight loss medications such as Ozempic may be able to cut drug and alcohol misuse in half, according to a new study from the scientific journal Addiction. The research, published Thursday, found ...

Politics - The Hill - October 17

Cancer Research chief urges ministers to speed up UK tobacco bill

Further delay would cast doubt on commitment to shift NHS to a more preventive health system, says Michelle Mitchell

World - Financial Times - October 18

Slack researcher discusses the fear, loathing and excitement surrounding AI in the workplace

Artificial intelligence’s recent rise to the forefront of business has left most office workers wondering how often they should be using the technology and worried about whether a computer will ...

Tech - ABC News - October 21

Arkansas May Have Vast Lithium Reserves, Researchers Say

Federal and state researchers said there might be five million to 19 million tons of lithium, more than enough to meet the world’s demand for the battery ingredient.

Business - The New York Times - October 21

Fear, Loathing, and Excitement: What a Slack Researcher Learned About AI at Work

Christina Janzer, Slack’s senior vice president of research and analytics, learned some interesting things in a study of how people view AI at work, which about half the respondents use in some form.

Business - Inc. - October 22

Former OpenAI Researcher Says Company Broke Copyright Law

Suchir Balaji helped gather and organize the enormous amounts of internet data used to train the startup’s ChatGPT chatbot.

Tech - The New York Times - October 23

OpenAI researchers develop new model that speeds up media generation by 50X

A pair of researchers at OpenAI has published a paper describing a new type of model — specifically, a new type of continuous-time consistency model (sCM) — that increases the speed at which ...

Tech - VentureBeat - October 23

Russia amplified hurricane disinformation to drive Americans apart, researchers find

New research shows Russia has worked to amplify false and misleading claims about the U.S. government's response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton as part of the Kremlin's efforts to manipulate ...

Tech - ABC News - October 24

UK tax raid on private equity could raise £1bn, say researchers

Analysis of HMRC data by Centre for the Analysis of Taxation comes as industry braces for Budget changes

Business - Financial Times - October 25

Animals become less sociable as they age in similar way to humans, research shows

While decline in interactions is seen as negative for humans, it can have health benefits for animals. While Victor Meldrew was a cantankerous caricature, humans are known to become less social as ...

World - The Guardian - October 29

Markey urges Meta to relaunch research initiative for 2024 election

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on Wednesday urged Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to enable independent academic researchers to study the impact of its platforms on the 2024 election ...

Politics - The Hill - October 29

Keanu Reeves Was Dedicated To Researching Shadow For Sonic The Hedgehog 3

Later this year, Keanu Reeves will voice Shadow for the upcoming movie, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 . This isn't Reeves' first brush with gaming, as he previously lent his voice and likeness to Johnny ...

Tech - GameSpot - October 30

More than 100 researchers call for pause in Musk Starlink launches

Researchers are urging the federal government to pause further low-orbit internet satellite launches until a comprehensive review is conducted to determine the potential environmental damage that ...

Politics - The Hill - October 30

New York State Chosen as National Center for Chip Manufacturing Research

The Biden administration will place a hub of a newly created national semiconductor technology center in upstate New York.

Business - The New York Times - 6 days ago

Plans must be made for the welfare of sentient AI, animal consciousness researchers argue

Computer scientists need to grapple with the possibility that they will accidentally create sentient artificial intelligence (AI) — and to plan for those systems’ welfare, a new study argues. The ...

Politics - The Hill - October 31

New York Site for Semiconductor Research to Get $825 Million

Another CHIPS ACT project, this one outside Albany, will be one of three national technology centers developed with federal funding.

Business - Inc. - October 31

How Researchers Are Using Geospatial Technology to Uncover Mexico's Clandestine Graves

Thousands of hidden graves contain the bodies of the disappeared all across Mexico. Using drones, hyperspectral imaging, and other technologies, scientists and members of the public are uncovering ...

Tech - Wired - 6 days ago

Alzheimer's researchers say brain stimulation device may slow symptoms

Alzheimer's disease researchers found that when they aimed a TMS device at the right spot in the brain, it could slow the progression of memory loss.

Runes prove Elfdalian is distinct ancient Nordic language, say researchers

Linguists argue language spoken by 2,500 people in central Sweden is more than an esoteric dialect. It is a distinct language that has survived against the odds for centuries in a tiny pocket of ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

The Novo Nordisk scientist behind Ozempic, Wegovy weight loss research

Drugs Ozempic and Wegovy have slimmed down Hollywood stars — and millions of non-celebrities worldwide — while adding great heft to the economy of Novo Nordisk’s home country, Denmark.

Meta makes its MobileLLM open for researchers, posting full weights

Developers and researchers interested in testing MobileLLM can now access the models on Hugging Face, fully integrated with the Transformers library.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 31

‘Unrestricted’ AI group Nous Research launches first chatbot — with guardrails

Nous Chat gives users access to its large language model (LLM) Hermes 3-70B, a fine-tuned variant of Meta's Llama 3.1.

Tech - VentureBeat - 8 hours ago

Liverpool star Darwin Nunez could be offered Anfield escape route by Euro giants

The Uruguayan international is unhappy at Anfield under new manager Arne Slot after the Dutch manager has favoured Diogo Jota as his front man.Nunez has only started one Premier League match all ...

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 18

Man accused of jail escape congratulated police officer who caught him, court told

Detective says he grabbed 23-year-old Daniel Khalife as he cycled on canal towpath in west London. A former soldier “congratulated” the police officer who captured him three days after he was ...

World - The Guardian - October 18

Can Rachel Reeves use her defining Budget to escape UK's 'doom loop'?

The chancellor is under massive pressure to deliver - both to balance the books and fix public services.

Ohio State relied on talent to escape Nebraska, but that may not be enough in upcoming Penn State showdown

The Buckeyes players were just better than the Huskers, but more will be needed in Happy Valley

Sports - CBS Sports - October 26

‘They want to show no one can escape’: how the long arm of Russia is reaching out for Putin critics in exile

Moscow is using ties with neighbouring countries to deport and arrest anti-war Russians who fled after invasion of Ukraine. Lev Skoriakin, 23, fled Russia in January 2023 after he was accused of ...

World - The Guardian - October 28

Opening day takeaways: How South Carolina, USC overcame early struggles to win

Olivia Miles tallied a triple-double, JuJu Watkins and USC held off Ole Miss, and South Carolina escaped Michigan as the 2024-25 season opened.

Sports - ESPN - 3 days ago

Blues' Dylan Holloway escapes serious injury after being struck in neck by puck

St. Louis Blues forward Dylan Holloway was back at the team’s practice facility and appeared to escape serious injury a day after being struck in the neck by a puck and leaving the ice on a ...

Sports - ABC News - Yesterday

43 monkeys escape from a South Carolina medical lab. Police say there is no serious danger

A police chief in South Carolina says there is no “almost no danger” to the public after 43 monkeys escaped from a compound used for medical research

Tech - ABC News - 2 hours ago

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