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AsianScientist (Aug. 13, 2025) -Researchers from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Singapore-based research agency Research Network, in collaboration with US-based AI platform ListenLabs.ai conducted a study across Singapore and Australia, surveying more than 500 young people and their parents.
AsianScientist (Jul. 02, 2025) - Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing various sector including medicine, particularly disease diagnoses. Studies have explored how well AI models can interpret clinical data, analyze patient histories, and suggest diagnoses. Research is beginning to map out where these models excel and where they fall short.
AsianScientist (Feb. 24, 2025) - Humans are great at applying what they learn to new situations. For example, if toddlers learn to identify color red after they are shown a red ball, flower, or car, they will likely be able to correctly identify the color of strawberry even if they are seeing it for the first time.
AsianScientist (Feb. 21, 2025) - Until recently, 34-year-old Mayuri Rajvanshi who lives in Punjab, India, would binge eat almost every day. She would reach for a few biscuits while watching Netflix but end up finishing the entire packet without meaning to. Soon the urge to eat compulsively had become a daily affair.
Snakebites are a significant public health issue in India. So, the WhatsApp group operates as a real-time support network where experienced doctors assist their colleagues in diagnosing bites and recommending treatments.
Generative AI might eliminate thousands of current jobs, but also create new ones. How worried should we be and who is most at risk?
Every day, virtual navigators need to find and reach out to at least 50 online profiles of people who might be at risk of HIV.
Trolling, UAPA and journalists In June 2021, 56 shanties housing around 270 Rohingya refugees were destroyed in a fire in the Kalindi Kunj area of South Delhi, near the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border. Noor* , a reporter for an online news platform, went to the Rohingya camp to report on the incident.
In 2009, Twitter took down a trending hashtag. The hashtag in question started in South Africa and had the word "darkie" in it.That word is not a slur in South Africa, but it was used as a slur against the African Americans community in the USA.
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