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Computer scientists use brain research methods for a better understanding of AICredit: Jana Dünnhaupt/University of Magdeburg Computer scientists at Otto...

New artificial neural network model bests MaxEnt in inverse problem example

New artificial neural network model may serve as a basis for solving inverse problemsCredit: @EPFL Numerical simulations, generally based on...

What induces sleep? For fruit flies it’s stress at the cellular level

Researchers reveal that fruit fly sleep is induced by cellular oxidative stress, which may explain why chronic lack of sleep...

Ultrasound device improves charge time and run time in lithium batteries

The device brings lithium metal batteries one step closer to commercial viabilityCredit: David Baillot/University of California San Diego Researchers at...

A new way to monitor cancer radiation therapy doses

A new gel-based nanosensor for radiation dose monitoring can be used on skin and is relatively inexpensiveCredit: Image credit Subhadeep...

University of Guam, Northern Mariana Islands collaborate on watershed management

Credit: Photo courtesy of University of Guam The University of Guam and natural resource officials in Saipan and Rota exchanged...

The dinosaur in the cupboard under the stairs

Credit: Dr Anthony Romilio The mystery surrounding dinosaur footprints on a cave ceiling in Central Queensland has been solved after...

Environmental solutions to go global

Polymers clean up mercury and oil spills, nitrogen runoff, and moreCredit: Flinders University / SA Government New Australian technology that...

The functional diversity in a noxious heat and chemical sensor among mosquito species

Researchers in the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Japan discovered functional differences in TRPA1 which serves as a receptor...

How countries respond to weather change

Credit: Source: IPCC AR5, 2014 A two degree Centigrade increase in global average temperature will lead to catastrophic consequences for...

Scientists discover that human cell function removes extracellular amyloid protein

Credit: Eisuke Itakura The accumulation of aberrant proteins in the body will cause various neurodegenerative diseases. Amyloid β, one of...

Researchers discover how cells clear misfolded proteins from tissues

Credit: Itakura et al., 2020 Researchers in Japan have identified a new quality control system that allows cells to remove...

Despite a marked reduction in the prevalence of dementia, the number of people with dementia is set to double by 2050 according to new Alzheimer Europe report

Credit: Alzheimer Europe Brussels, 18 February 2020 - Today, at a European Parliament lunch debate hosted by Christophe Hansen MEP...

Discovery at ‘flower burial’ site could unravel mystery of Neanderthal death rites

Credit: Graeme Barker The first articulated Neanderthal skeleton to come out of the ground for over 20...

IVF-conceived children have somewhat higher mortality risk in their first weeks of life

Credit: Anders Norderman Children conceived with assisted reproductive techniques including in vitro fertilization (IVF) have a somewhat higher mortality risk...

Amazon forest disturbance is changing how plants are dispersed

Credit: Adam Ronan, Rede Amazônia Sustentável The study looked at areas in the Brazilian Amazon with varying levels of disturbance...

Beta-arrestin-2 increases neurotoxic tau driving frontotemporal dementia

University of South Florida study suggests a new approach to inhibit the buildup of brain damaging tau tangles associated with...

Atomic structures mapped in measles, mumps, flu and RSV

Discovery could give insight into coronavirus, which has similar features and functionsCredit: Northwestern University First study to map atomic structure...

Reconstructing the diet of fossil vertebrates

The ratio of special zinc isotopes in dental enamel provides information about the diet of mammals in prehistoric timesCredit: Nicolas...

Researchers challenge new guidelines on aspirin in primary prevention