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A visit from a social robot improves hospitalized children’s outlook

Posted: 09 Oct 2021 06:31 AM PDT

A new study finds a visit from human-controlled robot encourages a positive outlook and improves medical interactions for hospitalized children.

Personalized medicine: Platform enables comparative research on cancerous tumors

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 07:57 AM PDT

Researchers have developed an algorithm that enhances the ability to compare tumors between different patients, overcoming high inter-patient variability.

Physics meets democracy in this modeling study

Posted: 08 Oct 2021 07:57 AM PDT

A study leverages concepts from physics to model how campaign strategies influence the opinions of an electorate in a two-party system.