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Artificial intelligence tool uses chest X-ray to differentiate worst cases of COVID-19
Credit: CREDIT Courtesy of Nature Publishing or npj Digital Medicine Trained to see patterns by analyzing thousands of chest X-rays,...
Brand new physics of superconducting metals refuted by Lancaster physicists
Credit: Lancaster University Lancaster scientists have demonstrated that other physicists' recent "discovery" of the field effect in superconductors is nothing...
Southern African dinosaur had irregular growth
Credit: Dorling Kindersley Anyone who's raised a child or a pet will know just how fast and how steady their...
Eliminating bias from healthcare AI critical to improve health equity
Algorithms must be tested and continually monitored to assess impact of biasCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven healthcare...
New study: Kefir package claims don’t always accurately reflect composition of commercial products
Researchers reporting in JDS CommunicationsTM found overstated microorganism density and nonlabelled bacterial species, potentially misleading consumersCredit: B.N. Metras, M.J. Holle,...
Defining climate-smart pathways towards tree crop yield intensification
The trajectory for palm oil production in Indonesia raises sustainability concerns due to deforestation and biodiversity impacts; researchers modeled climate-smart...
NTU study of ancient corals in Indonesia reveals slowest earthquake ever recorded
Study highlights missing factors or mismodelling in global risk assessmentsCredit: NTU Singapore A 'slow-motion' earthquake lasting 32 years - the...
‘Pre-bunk’ tactics reduce public susceptibility to COVID-19 conspiracies and falsehoods
Credit: University of Cambridge A short online game designed to fight conspiracies about COVID-19 boosts people's confidence in detecting misinformation...
COVID-19 vaccine does not damage the placenta in pregnancy
Study adds to growing evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are safe in pregnancyCredit: Northwestern University CHICAGO --- A new Northwestern Medicine...
History of giants in the gene: Scientists use DNA to trace the origins of giant viruses
Scientists investigate the evolution of Mimivirus, one of the world's largest viruses, through how they replicate DNACredit: Indian Institute of...
Tiny, wireless, injectable chips use ultrasound to monitor body processes
Columbia Engineers develop the smallest single-chip system that is a complete functioning electronic circuit; implantable chips visible only in a...
Gene editing expands to new types of immune cells
Gladstone researchers fine-tuned CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing to work on human immune cells called monocytesCredit: Photo: Michael Short/Gladstone Institutes In the...
Low-temperature crystallization of phase-pure α-formamidinium lead iodide enabled by study
Credit: Ahlawat Paramvir, @EPFL Though different fabrication approaches exist, two-step deposition is one of the main experimental techniques now used...
Could AI help recover energy and fresh water from municipal wastewater?
UChicago, Argonne to develop test systems to save energy, benefit underserved communitiesCredit: credit MWRD.jpg As city populations boom and the...
Rooting the bacterial tree of life
Credit: The University of Queensland Scientists now better understand early bacterial evolution, thanks to new research featuring University of Queensland...
Phenomenon explains why patients who survive sepsis die sooner after hospital discharge
A review article by Brazilian researchers shows that alterations in the defense cell metabolism may explain why many patients who...
Rules of the road: the navigational ‘strategies’ of bacteria in motion
Wide ranging implications -- from the health of the environment to the spread of infectious diseasesCredit: McGill University Bacteria that...
Novel circuitry solves a myriad of computationally intensive problems with minimum energy
Credit: NIST From the branching pattern of leaf veins to the variety of interconnected pathways that spread the coronavirus, nature...
Same gene drives male water striders’ long legs and the inclination to use them as weapons
RNAi experiments reveal correlated effects on sexual characteristics like body size and aggressionCredit: Abderrahman Khila Some water strider males (Microvelia...
Webb’s golden mirror wings open one last time on earth
Credit: Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn For the last time while it is on Earth, the world's largest and most powerful space...
