Is that a new freckle… or something more? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Ever spot a weird mole and tumble down a rabbit hole of self-diagnosis? What if your phone could offer a real second opinion, minus the drama? Meet Siyuan Yan and team
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AI doesn’t miss a beat. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Heart disease is deadly, but traditional testing is expensive and time-consuming! What’s new? Enter Pierre Elias and team at Columbia University. They aimed to detect heart disease from a simple rhythm test. They trained
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Feeling blue? Maybe it’s time to chat… with a bot. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. In the U-K, Johanna Habicht and team tried out a new AI-powered chatbot. Its job? Help people refer themselves to mental health services — no calls, no paperwork. Just
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Newsflash! Private detective AI is on the Alzheimer’s case! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Alzheimer’s, the memory stealing disease, doesn’t leave clues behind. There are no gene mutations or viruses linked to it. So, what’s the cause? Enter Junchen Chen from UC San Diego.
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What if creating tech was as simple as… IKEA directions?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying… the future … is coming soon! Enter Michael Chuang and teams from Stanford University and the Allen Institute for AI. Check out their Large Circuit Models. These are
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Can AI predict what goes on INSIDE our bodies? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying… GOOGLE IT. The tech giant’s AI division – DeepMind – has developed an algorithm to model our bodies’ internal molecules… It’s called AlphaFold, and it’s a Nobel Prize winner.
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But can AI perform… open heart surgery?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying… not quite. But it could lend a helping hand! Sometimes blood flow is interrupted by a narrowing of the heart’s main valve. It’s called Aortic stenosis. The fix? A tiny replacement
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A monitor for… the baby monitor?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Raising kids is a science – one that we need more data on. Enter Zhenzhen Weng and team at Stanford. They created HARMONI, an A-I tool that watches videos to study how kids and
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Can AI tell if you have cancer? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. If only cancer came with warning labels! Even for doctors, tumors can be misleading, like with Merkel cell carcinoma – a skin cancer. What about letting A-I take a look? Enter DeepMerkel,
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Your therapist doesn’t get you? Maybe try one named HAL… This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Dariya Ovsyannikova and team from the University of Toronto put ChatGPT in the psychoanalyst’s chair! Human study participants first read either a negative or positive emotional prompt. Then they
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