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Artificial intelligence could improve CT screening for COVID-19 diagnosis
Credit: Barbara Johnston/University of Notre Dame Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are developing a new technique using artificial...
Coronavirus transmission risk increases along wildlife supply chains
Credit: Huong et al, 2020 (PLOS ONE, CC BY) Coronaviruses were detected in a high proportion of bats and rodents...
NSF renews Rice biological physics center
$12.9 million in funding backs Center for Theoretical Biological Physics researchCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Aug. 10, 2020) -...
Adaptive mutations repeat themselves in tiny crustaceans of Lake Baikal
Credit: Valentina Burskaia/Skoltech A group of scientists from Skoltech and the Institute for Information Transmission Problems of RAS (IITP RAS)...
How to get more cancer-fighting nanoparticles to where they are needed
University of Toronto Engineering study shows that by injecting above a certain threshold of nanoparticles, the tumour delivery improves vastly,...
New global study shows ‘best of the last’ tropical forests urgently need protection
According to a paper released today in Nature Ecology and Evolution, only 6.5 of the world's pristine tropical forests--critical to...
NASA finds strong storms in developing Tropical Storm Mekkhala
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL After Tropical Depression 07W formed close to the western Philippines, it moved away and strengthened into a...
Evolutionary assimilation of foreign DNA in a new host
Credit: Palsson Lab All life is subject to evolution in the form of mutations that change the DNA sequence of...
Agriculture replaces fossil fuels as largest human source of sulfur to the environment
Credit: Illustration by K. M. Driscoll Historically, coal-fired power plants were the largest source of reactive sulfur, a component of...
COVID-19 does not directly damage taste bud cells
First study to show taste bud cell immunity from contact with virus particleCredit: UGA A new study from the Regenerative...
Stronger rains in warmer climate could lessen heat damage to crops, says study
But overall yields could still decline sharplyCredit: Graphic by Corey Lesk. Intensified rainstorms predicted for many parts of the United...
Army advances learning capabilities of drone swarms
Credit: (U.S. Army) Army researchers developed a reinforcement learning approach that will allow swarms of unmanned aerial and ground vehicles...
Patient experiences in medical imaging and radiation therapy: The importance of skilled patient care professionals
A special issue of the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences features stories about the interpersonal skills beyond the...
New study confirms the power of Deinosuchus and its ‘teeth the size of bananas’
Credit: Adam Cossette A new study, revisiting fossil specimens from the enormous crocodylian, Deinosuchus, has confirmed that the beast had...
NSF CAREER award to bolster cyberinfrastructure performance
Credit: Virginia Tech "It is often said that a decade in computer science is a century in other sciences," said...
Breast cancer cells use message-carrying vesicles to send oncogenic stimuli to normal cells
Pro-tumorigenic messages reprogram mitochondrial function in normal cells to promote migration and invasion.Credit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- (Aug. 10,...
Theoretical study shows that matter tends to be ordered at low temperatures
Scientists found that in actual materials, there's no such thing as a critical point at which a quantum phase transition...
New USask-led research reveals previously hidden features of plant genomes
Credit: David Stobbe SASKATOON - An international team led by the Plant Phenotyping and Imaging Research Centre (P2IRC) at the...
Engineers enlist fungi to advance against disease
Federal grant helps Rice's Gao lab find gene-editing strategies to counter drug resistanceCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Aug. 10,...
Explosive nuclear astrophysics
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Analysis of meteorite content has been crucial in advancing our knowledge of the origin and evolution...
