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Decoding the ‘black box’ of AI to tackle national security concerns
Of wolves and huskies, cats and dogs--and nuclear nonproliferationCredit: Composite image by Timothy Holland | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Second...
Genetic sleuthing reveals endangered river dolphins in Asia as different species
Tissue collection at NOAA Fisheries lab helps reveal genetic distinctionCredit: Mansur/WCR Bangladesh New genetic analysis and years of painstaking research...
Detecting for carpal tunnel syndrome with a smartphone game
Early diagnosis enabled by identifying syndrome based on thumb movements through machine leaningCredit: Yuta Sugiura A Japanese research group combined...
FAU professor receives prestigious ‘blaise pascal medal’ for engineering
Isaac Elishakoff awarded medal from the European Academy of SciencesCredit: Florida Atlantic University Florida Atlantic University's Isaac Elishakoff, Ph.D., a...
The Protein Society announces its 2021 award recipients
Credit: The Protein Society The Protein Society, the premier international society dedicated to supporting protein research, announces the winners of...
Inflammation-fighting protein could improve treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
Credit: Photo by Cori Kogan, Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. - New research led by scientists at...
Laser lights the way
A new way to observe laser interactions could improve laser-based manufactureCredit: © 2021 Sakurai et al. Despite the enormous amount...
UMD reports six novel variants for CRISPR-Cas12a in plants, expanding genome engineering
New publication in Nature Communications offers patentable tools to improve the efficiency of food productionCredit: National Institutes of Health, public...
Cells rely on their crampons to avoid slipping
Researchers from UNIGE identified a new function for a protein that helps cells to sense their environment and dock at...
Caltech professor Ibrahim Cissé applies physics to decode and understand RNA transcription
Nigerien-born physicist is the recipient of a 2021 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical ScienceCredit: Image courtesy of the...
One in five Colorado high school students has access to firearms
New study looks at gun access among adolescents in ColoradoCredit: CU Anschutz Medical Camppus Twenty percent of high school students...
FDA approvals strengthen Octapharma USA pediatric critical care product portfolio
Octaplas™ and fibryga® receive new product labeling following FDA's approval of BLA supplements to update therapy research; FDA expands fibryga®...
Machine learning helps spot gait problems in individuals with multiple sclerosis
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Monitoring the progression of multiple sclerosis-related gait issues can be challenging...
Contact lenses poised to detect cancer, treat disease and replace digital screens
Newly-published "contact lens technologies of the future" paper reviews innovative uses for disease detection and therapy, drug delivery, vision enhancement...
How AI beats spreadsheets in modelling future volumes for city waste management
Credit: Therese van Wyk, University of Johannesburg Growing cities tend to run out of land for waste management and new...
Scientists identify virus-cell interaction that may explain COVID-19’s high infection rate
Lehigh researchers quantify the specific interaction between the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus that causes COVID-19 -- with...
Forests on caffeine: coffee waste can boost forest recovery
Credit: Rebecca Cole A new study finds that coffee pulp, a waste product of coffee production, can be used to...
Clearing of woody weeds in Baringo County, Kenya, may yield major livelihood benefits
A new study suggests that clearing the invasive woody weed Prosopis julifora and grassland restoration in Baringo County, Kenya, may...
Researchers discover why cold induces tooth pain and hypersensitivity — and how to stop it
Odontoblasts, the cells that form a tooth's dentin, have a newly discovered function: Sensing cold, which can trigger pain in...
Uranium compound achieves record anomalous Nernst conductivity
Colossal voltage results from interplay of material's topology and strong electron correlations in a uranium-cobalt-ruthenium-aluminum alloyCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory...
