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AI chatbots show human-like personality and decision-making traits, study finds

A study in PNAS evaluates AI chatbots against human benchmarks, revealing that AI exhibits human-like behaviors and personality traits, with ChatGPT-4 closely mirroring human responses in strategic decision-making and personality assessments.

25 Feb 2024

Measuring brain activity and skin conductance to predict a person's emotions

Machines still can't think, but now they can validate your feelings, based on new research from New Jersey Institute of Technology Assistant Professor Jorge Fresneda.

24 Feb 2024

Next-gen implants could be powered by dual-energy harvesting technology

Implantable biomedical devices - like pacemakers, insulin pumps and neurostimulators - are becoming smaller and utilizing wireless technology, but hurdles remain for powering the next-generation implants.

24 Feb 2024

UGR’s artificial skin shows promising results in major burn treatments

UGR scientists have demonstrated the efficacy and viability of the artificial skin UGRSKIN, an advanced therapy medicinal product (ATMP) they developed in 2012, which has proven to be highly beneficial in the treatment of patients with major burns. Moreover, it does not cause any side effects or significant complications.

23 Feb 2024

Streamlining AI for precise medical summarization

Medical summarization, a process that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to condense complex patient information, is currently used in health care settings for tasks such as creating electronic health records and simplifying medical text for insurance claims processing.

23 Feb 2024

Innovative electrospinning technique yields 3D scaffolds for skin cells

A new technique for electrospinning sponges has allowed scientists from the University of Surrey to directly produce 3D scaffolds - on which skin grafts could be grown from the patient's own skin.

23 Feb 2024

Revolutionizing mobility with the introduction of TWIN robotic exoskeleton

TWIN is the name of the new robotic exoskeleton for lower limbs, designed and developed by Rehab Technologies IIT – INAIL, the joint laboratory between the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) and the Prosthetic Center of INAIL (the prosthetic unit of the National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work), which will allow patients to wear it more easily.

23 Feb 2024

AI system can equal or surpass ophthalmologists in diagnosis, treatment of glaucoma and retina disorders

A large language model (LLM) artificial intelligence (AI) system can match, or in some cases outperform, human ophthalmologists in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with glaucoma and retina disease, according to research from New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE).

23 Feb 2024

AI tool helps develop the most complete map of the bacterial essential interactome

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) researchers have produced the most complete map of the bacterial essential interactome, i.e. how proteins combine and interact to perform functions essential for their survival.

23 Feb 2024

Automated insulin delivery systems: Advancements and future prospects

A special 13-article supplement to the peer-reviewed journal Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics (DTT) examines the "Development and Future of Automated Insulin Delivery (AID) Systems.

23 Feb 2024

Researchers develop bilayer adhesive hemostat using proteins derived from mussels and silkworms

In recent news, there has been a case where a patient experienced pain due to a surgical procedure involving sutures, resulting in the unintended presence of gauze within the patient's body.

23 Feb 2024

Optibrium enables collaborative design in its StarDrop platform

The new Idea Tracker capability further improves the efficiency of drug discovery by supporting project management, idea sharing and molecule design tracking.

23 Feb 2024

Developing a novel norovirus vaccine candidate with INTEGRA pipettes

INTEGRA Biosciences has awarded 50 EVOLVE manual pipettes, GRIPTIPS® pipette tips worth US $1000 and various lab accessories to HilleVax, helping to advance its pioneering research into norovirus vaccine development.

From INTEGRA Biosciences 23 Feb 2024

BGI Genomics enhances NIFTY prenatal testing kit with DNBSEQ-G99 platform for faster and accurate results

BGI Europe A/S, a wholly owned subsidiary of BGI Genomics, announced its NIFTY non-invasive prenatal testing kit and software (CE-IVDD List B) were granted an extension under its existing CE-IVDD certification to include the DNBSEQ-G99 model to meet the European Union regulations for medical devices.

22 Feb 2024

LabVantage Solutions Introduces Digital Native Ecosystem for R&D Success

With solutions to decrease redundant experiments, improve design of experiments, derive greater insights from data, and automate laboratory workflows, LabVantage Solutions equips R&D labs for success in innovation. Introducing a digital native ecosystem for R&D, LabVantage addresses researchers’ needs in three broad categories of semantic search, analytics, and automation.

From LabVantage Solutions 22 Feb 2024