Scientists may have spotted a giant new planet forming
An international team of astronomers led by University of Galway, has discovered the likely site…
Streamline employee training with an intelligent chatbot powered by Amazon Q Business
Amazon Q Business is a generative AI-powered assistant for interacting with organizational knowledge and enterprise systems. In addition to providing built-in connectors and plug-ins to connect seamlessly to over 40 popular enterprise systems, Amazon Q Business provides the ability to interact seamlessly with other third-party applications using custom plugins. Some of the enterprise systems that…
Tewkesbury Wellbeing Walks map launched to encourage green travel
Sophia Allsopp BBC News, West of England Gloucestershire Community Rail Partnership The maps highlight four routes designed to boost mental health and encourage car-free exploration A set of illustrated walking maps have been launched to encourage people to explore nature, history and hidden corners, while supporting sustainable, car-free travel. Tewkesbury Wellbeing Walks, created by Gloucestershire…
The AI-Powered PDF Marks the End of an Era
When it was first released by Adobe in 1993, the PDF was truly transformative technology. The Portable Document Format was a multipurpose container that replicated the appearance and functionality of physical documents. That sounds unimportant, but as adoption spread with Adobe’s introduction of free Acrobat software for reading PDFs a year later, anyone, from the…
'Eating disorder misdiagnosis left me with PTSD'
Charlotte Chapman-Hart was misdiagnosed with an eating disorder and now works to bring awareness to rare diseases. Source link
Should AI flatter us, fix us, or just inform us?
He faces a trilemma. Should ChatGPT flatter us, at the risk of fueling delusions that can spiral out of hand? Or fix us, which requires us to believe AI can be a therapist despite the evidence to the contrary? Or should it inform us with cold, to-the-point responses that may leave users bored and less…
‘Eating disorder misdiagnosis left me with PTSD’
Nicola Gilroy BBC Investigations, East Midlands BBC Charlotte Chapman-Hart lives with chiari malformation – type 1, and syringomyelia Weighing six stone and on the brink of organ failure, Charlotte Chapman-Hart is admitted to hospital in excruciating pain. It’s assumed the former model and dancer has an eating disorder. But Charlotte, who repeatedly denies she’s starving…
One atom, endless power: Scientists create a shape-shifting catalyst for green chemistry
A research team at the Politecnico di Milano has developed an innovative single-atom catalyst capable of selectively adapting its chemical activity. This is a crucial step forward in sustainable chemistry and the design of more efficient and programmable industrial processes. The study was published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, one of the…
Norfolk chef on dialysis says Pip is not targeting right people
Nikki Fox BBC health correspondent, East of England JOHN FAIRHALL/BBC Tony Henderson is taking the Department of Work and Pension to a tribunal after being refused personal independence payments A man living with kidney failure said the system for personal independence payments (Pip) was not fit for purpose after he was rejected for the benefit…
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Shingles vaccine to reduce dementia risk? Antibiotic resistant gonorrhoea & tech trousers Source link
Is ketamine the answer for chronic pain? New findings cast doubt
The off-label use of ketamine to treat chronic pain is not supported by scientific evidence, a new Cochrane review has found. Ketamine is an anaesthetic commonly used for procedural sedation and short-term pain relief. Ketamine is also frequently prescribed off-label to manage chronic pain conditions such as nerve pain, fibromyalgia and complex regional pain syndrome….
