Chatbot for addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

Pharmacology - Oct 28
A considerable fraction of the population is reluctant to get vaccinated against COVID-19. French scientists have designed a chatbot that offers personalised responses to questions posed by the curious or hesitant-and have demonstrated its effectiveness. What if a few minutes of interaction with a chatbot could effectively address vaccine concerns? In an article published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied (28 October 2021), researchers from the CNRS, INSERM, and ENS-PSL show that such an interface is indeed capable of swaying the vaccine-hesitant.
Health - Oct 21

New, promising opportunities for treating skin fibrosis

Health

Skin fibrosis impairs skin tissue function, and has a strong aesthetic impact. French researchers have now shown that applying an electric field to the skin could cure skin fibrosis by reducing overly high collagen levels.

Health - Oct 20

A new therapeutic target to combat addiction?

Health

Drug addiction is a psychiatric disorder for which no pharmacological treatment with long-term efficacy currently exists.

Life Sciences - Oct 20

Origin of domestic horses finally established

Life Sciences

The modern horse was domesticated around 2200 years BCE in the northern Caucasus. In the centuries that followed it spread throughout Asia and Europe.

Environment - Oct 13

Climate model shows that Venus could never have had oceans

Environment

Whether Venus, one of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets, ever had oceans remains an unsolved puzzle.

» More news
jobs.myScience
The job portal for researchers, scientists and engineers
Selected Job Offers
Employers of the Week
» All job offers