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- ChatGPT 3 validates misinformation, research finds https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/large-language-models-validate-misinformation-research-finds 11 comments
- AI saving humans from the emotional toll of monitoring hate speech: New machine-learning method that detects hate speech on social media platforms with 88% accuracy, saving employees from hundreds of hours of emotionally damaging work, trained on 8,266 Reddit discussions from 850 communities. https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/ai-saving-humans-emotional-toll-monitoring-hate-speech 1251 comments science
- New research has found that people with mild cognitive impairment may not inevitably develop dementia and, in fact, having higher education and advanced language skills more than doubles their chances of returning to normal. https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/higher-education-and-language-skills-may-help-ward-dementia 4 comments science
- Exercise can provide relief for dry, itchy eyes. Making time for regular exercise can make your eyes feel better. https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/exercise-can-provide-relief-dry-itchy-eyes 4 comments science
- Challenging the rise of hate and misinformation: Philosopher Jennifer Saul is pushing the bounds of a classical discipline to combat racism, misogyny and the spread of misinformation https://uwaterloo.ca/news/global-impact/challenging-rise-hate-and-misinformation 227 comments philosophy
- Private equity long-term care homes have the highest mortality rate during COVID-19 https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/private-equity-long-term-care-homes-have-highest-mortality 23 comments moderatepolitics
- Nursing homes with the highest profit margins have the lowest quality. The Covid-19 pandemic revealed that for-profit long-term care homes had worse patient outcomes than not-for-profit homes. Long-term care homes owned by private equity firms and large chains have the highest mortality rates. https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/private-equity-long-term-care-homes-have-highest-mortality 1548 comments science
- advice for a economics major? i wanna change my major to econ, just curious, what jobs have you gotten from graduating with a bachelors in econ? is it hard to get a job with a degree in econ? is economics very math heavy? or is it more of a social science https://uwaterloo.ca/future-students/programs/economics 21 comments economics
- People who are more prone to boredom and who are socially conservative are more likely to break public-health rules. Focusing on what people can do could help provide a more positive framework to help people ground their sense of identity and control. https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/new-research-shows-link-between-politics-boredom-and 16 comments science
- Waterloo's University new evolutionary approach retains >99% accuracy with 48X less synapses. 98% with 125 times less. Rush for Ultra-Efficient Artificial Intelligence https://uwaterloo.ca/vision-image-processing-lab/research-topics/evolutionary-deep-intelligence 28 comments artificial
- Shift-work causes negative impacts on health, affects men and women differently. "Shift work likely affects men and women differently. Compared to females, the immune system in males is more prone to overactivation, which can increase their chances of sepsis following an ill-timed infection." https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/shift-work-causes-negative-impacts-health-affects-men-and-0 4 comments science
- Pesticide deadly to bees now easily detected in honey - Researchers developed fully automated technique that extracts pyrethroids from honey. Pyrethroids contribute to colony collapse disorder in bees, a phenomenon where worker honeybees disappear. https://uwaterloo.ca/stories/science/pesticide-deadly-bees-now-easily-detected-honey 296 comments science
- Scientists have created an “artificial leaf” to fight climate change by inexpensively converting harmful carbon dioxide (CO2) into a useful alternative fuel. The new technology was inspired by the way plants use energy from sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into food. https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/scientists-create-artificial-leaf-turns-carbon-dioxide-fuel 12 comments science
- Study reveals human ability to perceive and discriminate structured light with polarization entangled orbital angular momentum https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/news/macular-degeneration-diagnostic-tool-hidden-plain-sight 11 comments science
- Researchers from the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo report the first occurrence of directly splitting one photon into three. https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/quantum-researchers-able-split-one-photon-three 4 comments science
- Most consumers could not identify whether a cannabis edible contained ‘low’ or ‘high’ levels of THC based on the label. https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/few-consumers-understand-thc-levels-cannabis-edibles 61 comments science
- Scientists create 'artificial leaf' that turns carbon dioxide into fuel https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/scientists-create-artificial-leaf-turns-carbon-dioxide-fuel 4 comments technology
- Scientists have created an “artificial leaf” to fight climate change by inexpensively converting harmful carbon dioxide (CO2) into a useful alternative fuel. The new technology was inspired by the way plants use energy from sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into food. https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/scientists-create-artificial-leaf-turns-carbon-dioxide-fuel 1000 comments science
- Political disinformation campaigns not as threatening as you think. A large body of political science research suggests that voters tend to process new information in light of firmly entrenched prejudices and assumptions https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/political-disinformation-campaigns-not-threatening-you-think 3 comments science
- Breakthrough discovery from the University of Waterloo may "slow Alzheimer's Disease in it's tracks" https://uwaterloo.ca/global-impact/new-discovery-could-slow-alzheimers-its-tracks 15 comments science
- Clean fuel cells could be cheap enough to replace gas engines in vehicles. The researchers have developed a new fuel cell that lasts at least 10 times longer than current technology, an improvement that would make them economically practical, if mass-produced, to power vehicles with electricity https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/clean-fuel-cells-could-be-cheap-enough-replace-gas-engines 23 comments science
- Chemists at the University of Waterloo make breakthrough on road to creating a rechargeable lithium-oxygen battery https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/chemists-make-breakthrough-road-creating-rechargeable?hootpostid=dfbbf002f849183a99cb37554f8d518e 4 comments technology
- A study of people with OCD found that fear of guilt evokes feelings of doubt in decision-making, with greater fear of guilt being associated with greater self-reported difficulty making decisions, less satisfaction with the decisions made https://uwaterloo.ca/stories/understanding-fear-guilt-key-better-treating-ocd 14 comments science
- A bad mood may help your brain with everyday tasks - New research found that being in a bad mood can help some people’s executive functioning, such as their ability to focus attention, manage time and prioritize tasks. The same study found that a good mood has a negative effect on it in some cases. https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/bad-mood-may-help-your-brain-everyday-tasks 108 comments science
- You are more likely to remember something if you read it out loud, a study from the University of Waterloo has found. Dubbed the “production effect,” the study determined that it is the dual action of speaking and hearing oneself that has the most beneficial impact on memory. https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/study-finds-reading-information-aloud-yourself-improves 1078 comments science
- Ensuring that would-be carpoolers are riding with people they actually like could potentially decrease car use by nearly 60%, research from University of Waterloo has found. https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/ensuring-carpoolers-are-compatible-key-ridesharing-success 3 comments science
- Study finds evidence that the universe is a hologram https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/study-reveals-evidence-universe-hologram 4 comments science
- Human occupation is usually associated with deteriorated landscapes, but new research shows that 13,000 years of repeated occupation by British Columbia’s coastal First Nations has had the opposite effect, enhancing temperate rainforest productivity. https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/people-enhanced-environment-not-degraded-it-over-past-13000 35 comments science
- Access to the Internet makes us less willing to say we know things https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/access-internet-makes-us-less-willing-say-we-know-things 10 comments science
- Astrophysicists have created a 3D map of the universe that spans nearly two billion light years and is the most complete picture of our cosmic neighbourhood to date. https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/astrophysicists-draw-most-comprehensive-map-universe 6 comments science
- Astrophysicists draw most comprehensive map of the universe https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/astrophysicists-draw-most-comprehensive-map-universe 6 comments space
- Study: Inning limits don’t prevent pitching injuries https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/inning-limits-dont-prevent-mlb-pitching-injuries 5 comments sports
- Intimate partners with low self-esteem stay in unhappy relationships https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/intimate-partners-low-self-esteem-stay-unhappy-relationships 27 comments science
- The more time you spend getting to and from work, the less likely you are to be satisfied with life, says a new study published in World Leisure Journal https://uwaterloo.ca/applied-health-sciences/crunched-time-commuting-linked-lower-life-satisfaction 12 comments science
- Researchers discover new producer of crucial vitamin B12: New research has determined that a single group of micro-organisms may be responsible for much of the world’s vitamin B12 production in the oceans, with implications for the global carbon cycle and climate change https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/researchers-discover-new-producer-crucial-vitamin 12 comments science
- Stop faking it - Study finds that your sexual partner knows if you're really satisfied: A study found that men and women are equally perceptive of their partners’ levels of sexual satisfaction https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/stop-faking-it-study-finds-your-sexual-partner-knows-if 12 comments science
- Experiment opens the door to multi-party quantum communication: For the first time, physicists have demonstrated the distribution of three entangled photons at three different locations several hundreds of metres apart, proving quantum nonlocality for more than two entangled photons https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/experiment-opens-door-multi-party-quantum-communication 4 comments science
- Physicists have measured how the surfaces of glassy materials flow like a liquid, even when they should be solid. https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/waterloo-physicists-solve-20-year-old-debate-surrounding 6 comments science
- People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have communicative difficulty: People with ADHD are less able to consider the perspective of their conversational partner, says research. The findings may lead to new remedies that improve the way they interact and communicate with others https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/studies-find-individuals-adhd-have-communicative-difficulty 6 comments science
- Hating math, should I switch programs or schools? https://uwaterloo.ca/environment/future-undergraduate-students/programs/geomatics 10 comments cscareerquestions