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New deep learning AI tool helps ecologists monitor rare birds through their songs
Researchers have developed a new deep learning AI tool that generates life-like birdsongs to train bird identification tools, helping ecologists...
Study finds increasingly popular oral nicotine pouches do little to curb smokers’ cravings
Oral nicotine pouches, a tobacco-leaf-free product marketed as an alternative to cigarettes, do little to curb current smokers’ nicotine cravings,...
The role of iron in blindness caused by ocular toxoplasmosis
Researchers from Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine have identified the role of iron in ocular toxoplasmosis (OT), a form...
Tau-ting the importance of protein mapping
Credit: QBI Shanley Longfield Journal Nature Communications DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-43130-4 Method of Research Imaging analysis Subject of Research Cells Article Title...
Shark fear: Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water…
It’s one of the most famous taglines in film history, immortalising sharks as ruthless predators. But beyond the horror generated...
THE LANCET: Alarming new projections reveal soaring health risks of persistent global inaction over the climate emergency
Peer-reviewed / Review and Analysis / PeopleCredit: Please credit 'The Lancet' Peer-reviewed / Review and Analysis / People The Lancet:...
SFI Press releases new editions of Murray Gell-Mann books
The opening lines of Homer’s Odyssey describe its eponymous hero as polytropos, a man of many turns. It’s no coincidence that SFI co-founder...
Study finds strongest evidence yet for local sources of cosmic ray electrons
A new study using data from the CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) instrument on the International Space Station has found evidence...
UIUC professors receive AFOSR grant to study detrimental defects in superconducting qubit junctions
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professors Angela Kou (Physics), Pinshane Huang (MatSE), Wolfgang Pfaff (Physics) and Andre Schleife (MatSE) have received an Air Force Office of Scientific Research grant for...
Alcohol consumption and epigenetic age acceleration across human adulthood
“Our findings may help to understand the role of alcohol-associated biological aging in the development of age-related diseases such as...
University of Kentucky researcher helps solve 60-year mystery inside heart, publishes in Nature
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 14, 2023) — One University of Kentucky researcher has helped solve a 60-year-old mystery about one of the...
Downloading NASA’s dark matter data from above the clouds
Data from a NASA mission to map dark matter around galaxy clusters has been saved by a new recovery system...
Non-native species likely to continue spreading in North America, Australia and Europe
Naturalized species, which are not native but have established themselves in new locations, have the potential to spread even further...
A sweet solution: turning winery waste into jelly
Researchers in Turkey have proposed a new sustainable solution for winery waste.Credit: Dr Gülce Bedis Kaynarca Researchers in Turkey have...
Collaboration to improve the quality of in vivo antibiotics testing
New antibiotics are crucial in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. Assessing the effectiveness of new antibiotics requires standardised high-quality infection...
Galactic ‘lightsabers’: Answering longstanding questions about jets from black holes
The one thing everyone knows about black holes is that absolutely everything nearby gets sucked into them.Credit: Video by George...
Researchers identify unexpected twist while developing new polymer-based semiconductors
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new study led by chemists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign brings fresh insight into the...
Keep it secret: Cloud data storage security approach taps quantum physics
Distributed cloud storage is a hot topic for security researchers around the globe pursuing secure data storage, and a team...
Great results with emergency care adapted for pregnant women
Increased vigilance for high blood pressure and diffuse stomach pain. These are some of the characteristics of emergency care adapted...
