Humans are far closer to meerkats and beavers for levels of exclusive mating than we are to most of our primate cousins, according to a new University of Cambridge study that includes a table ranking ...

Mission Sustainability: A global plastics treaty is emerging as nations push for a coordinated effort to curb the mounting crisis of plastic pollution. Experts warn that without urgent action, rising ...

Like its predecessor, “Wicked: For Good” more than doubles the runtime of Act II of the Broadway musical that inspired it. But unlike the first “Wicked” film, the sequel makes big additions to the ...

Neuroscientist M. Catalina “Cat” Camacho spends a lot of time playing with kids. They’re not her children, but participants in her research, which looks at how young brains learn to process emotions ...

Frankenstein was first published over 200 years ago, but Mary Shelley's Gothic novel has more than stood the test of time. Many adaptations have been made for stage and screen in the two centuries ...

Introduction: Precisely segmenting lung nodules in CT scans is essential for diagnosing lung cancer, though it is challenging due to the small size and intricate shapes of these nodules. Methods: This ...

Abstract: Binary segmentation is used to distinguish objects of interest from background, and is an active area of convolutional encoder-decoder network research. The current decoders are designed for ...

A new study from the Anthropic Fellows Program reveals a technique to identify, monitor and control character traits in large language models (LLMs). The findings show that models can develop ...

Introduction: Thyroid nodule segmentation in ultrasound (US) images is a valuable yet challenging task, playing a critical role in diagnosing thyroid cancer. The difficulty arises from factors such as ...