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Can VR Trick Us Into Feeling Cold?

Researchers have developed a technology to generate a virtual cold sensation without physically altering skin temperature.
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AI Supported Tool Can Help Reduce Misdiagnosis

Researchers developed a collective intelligence approach to increase the accuracy of medical diagnoses. Their work was recently presented in the journal PNAS.
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AI Can Diagnose Skin Cancer As Reliably As Medical Experts, Study Suggests

A new study has shown that AI can diagnose skin cancer as well as medical experts, but doctors are superior at making treatment decisions.
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Researchers Develop Novel Genome Editing Software That Is Safer Than CRISPR

A team of researchers has developed a software tool called DANGER (Deleterious and ANticipatable Guides Evaluated by RNA-sequencing) analysis that provides a way for the safer design of genome editing in all organisms with a transcriptome.
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Plant-Based Materials Lead to Future Generation of Microrobots

A team of University of Waterloo researchers has created smart, advanced materials that will be the building blocks for a future generation of soft medical microrobots.
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Computer Model Identifies Which Species Are Important in a Healthy Microbiome

Understanding the relationships within the microbiome opens the door to a new world of medical opportunities for conditions from Inflammatory Bowel Disease to infections, autoimmune diseases and cancers.
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Red Meat Consumption Linked to Increased Type 2 Diabetes Risk

Eating two servings of red meat per week may increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to consuming fewer servings, suggests a new study.
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Neural Networks See the World Differently From Humans

A new study from MIT neuroscientists has found that deep neural network models often also respond the same way to images or words that have no resemblance to the target.
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Can Algorithms Settle Music Plagiarism Disputes?

Could automated algorithms bring a new objectivity to music copyright infringement decisions? A new study asks whether an algorithm could help settle music plagiarism disputes, to replace court proceedings.
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AI Identifies Antimalarial Drug as Possible Osteoporosis Treatment

An AI algorithm has identified an antimalarial drug that could also be used to treat osteoporosis, which has gone on to show promise in trials.
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