- Merck using RNA as powerful research tool http://www.reuters.com/article/rbsshealthcarenews/idusn0746779920081207 4 comments science
- GPT-4 powered tool that builds web apps from start to finish by talking to you: what we learned building GPT Pilot (research + examples) https://blog.pythagora.ai/2024/02/19/gpt-pilot-what-did-we-learn-in-6-months-of-working-on-a-codegen-pair-programmer/ 2 comments coding
- Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies — twin girls whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life. https://apnews.com/4997bb7aa36c45449b488e19ac83e86d?utm_medium=ap&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow 7 comments science
- Gesturing with hands is a powerful tool for children’s math learning: Children who use their hands to gesture during a math lesson gain a deep understanding of the problems they are taught, according to new research http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2014/03/10/gesturing-hands-powerful-tool-children-s-math-learning 270 comments science
- Infanticide is a powerful tool in ensuring the survival of a species, researchers are increasingly finding. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/18035811 6 comments science
- Semantic Scholar is a free, AI-powered research tool for scientific literature, based at the Allen Institute for AI. https://www.semanticscholar.org/ 20 comments internetisbeautiful
- MathOverflow discussion: "[I]deas that began as small and maybe naïve or weak ... but at some point in history turned into big powerful tools in research opening new paths or suggesting new ways of thinking" https://mathoverflow.net/questions/369179/small-ideas-that-became-big 14 comments math
- MIT researchers have developed a powerful new tool for calculating the effects of Casimir forces, complicated quantum forces that affect only objects that are very, very close together, with ramifications for both basic physics and the design of microelectromechanical systems http://www.physorg.com/news192797989.html#top 3 comments science
- Scent Really Does Have Power Over Memory. Researchers reveal just how much power scents have in triggering the memory of past experiences—and the potential for odor to be used as a tool to treat memory-related mood disorders. http://www.bu.edu/articles/2020/its-true-scent-really-does-have-power-over-memory/ 3 comments science
- In a new paper published in "Learning and Memory", researchers from Boston University's Center for Systems Neuroscience reveal just how much power scents have in triggering the memory of past experiences—and the potential for odor to be used as a tool to treat memory-related mood disorders. http://www.bu.edu/articles/2020/its-true-scent-really-does-have-power-over-memory/ 7 comments science
- Crows can remember faces and use tools. Now new research shows they also have the brain power to spontaneously solve higher-order matching tasks—without being trained to do so. http://www.futurity.org/crows-matching-game-826262/ 10 comments science
- Baseball Reference on Twitter: "The Play Index is free thru 4/15! Use code "analytics" to try the most powerful research tool this side of Wikipedia https://t.co/Rq9M1lOOsJ" https://twitter.com/baseball_ref/status/715233434889822208 10 comments baseball
- A new AI model can predict human lifespan, researchers say. They want to make sure it’s used for good | Researchers hope the model, built on a massive Danish data set and the technology that powers models like ChatGPT, can kickstart a public conversation about the power of these tools https://news.northeastern.edu/2023/12/19/predictive-ai-human-lifespan-model/ 49 comments technology
- New research sheds light on the role humor plays in maintaining and strengthening romantic relationships. The findings indicate that humor is not just a pleasant addition to a relationship; it’s a powerful tool that couples use to signal continued interest and improve relationship quality https://www.psypost.org/2023/11/new-study-highlights-humors-vital-role-in-maintaining-love-and-connection-in-romantic-relationships-214689 5 comments science
- Standing on the shoulders of programmers | Free and open-source software is growing to be a powerful tool in academic research. Achintya Rao investigates how such software is being used in physics research, and its role in the wider open-science movement https://prod-physicsworld-iop.content.pugpig.com/blog/2021/08/28/standing-on-the-shoulders-of-programmers/pugpig_index.html 2 comments linux