Healthy AI: Sustainable artificial intelligence for healthcare
Similar to other sectors around the world, the light speed development of artificial intelligence (AI) has made its way into healthcare, particularly the radiology field....
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First full 2-D spectral image of aurora borealis from a hyperspectral camera
Auroras are natural luminous phenomena caused by the interaction of electrons falling from the sky and the upper atmosphere. Most of the observed light consists...
Texas A&M professor named to Committee on Rural Health by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
Dr. Alva O. Ferdinand, head of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Texas A&M University School of Public Health, has been named to...
Trying to limit calories? Skip the dip, researchers advise
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Snacks provide, on average, about one-fourth of most people’s daily calories. With nearly one in three adults in the United States overweight...
Innovation Crossroads welcomes seven entrepreneurs for Cohort 2024
Seven entrepreneurs comprise the next cohort of Innovation Crossroads, a Department of Energy Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program node based at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The program provides energy-related startup...
Half a billion-year-old spiny slug reveals the origins of mollusks
Credit: G Zhang/L Parry. UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 19:00 BST / 14:00 ET THURSDAY 1 AUGUST 2024 Images available via link in the notes section...
Every rose has its thorns … or does it?
According to Greek mythology, red roses first appeared when Aphrodite pricked her foot on a thorn, spilling blood on a white rose. Since then, roses’...
Aging-related genomic culprit found in Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a way to capture the effects of aging in the development of Alzheimer’s...
Angel Martí elected fellow of the American Chemical Society
By Jade Boyd Special to Rice NewsCredit: Photo by Gustavo Raskosky/Rice University. By Jade Boyd Special to Rice News Rice University’s Angel Martí has been...
Rice, DOE labs tackle knowledge gap in materials science research
HOUSTON – (August 1, 2024) – Materials behave differently in different size regimes, and researchers tend to cluster their efforts either at the nanoscale, examining...
Joseph Rogers, MD, named to American Board of Internal Medicine’s Cardiovascular Board
Houston, Texas, July 24, 2024 – The Texas Heart Institute, a globally renowned cardiovascular health center, announced today that Joseph G. Rogers, MD, President and...
Climate change may lead to shifts in vital Pacific Arctic fisheries
Commercially important marine fish and invertebrate species will likely shift northwards under a warmer climate.Credit: Irene D. Alabia, et al. PLOS ONE. June 06, 2024...
Advances in 3D organ bioprinting: A step towards personalized medicine and solving organ shortages
In a latest review published in Engineering, an international team of scientists from China and the United States has presented a comprehensive analysis of the...
Scientists call on Government to change policies to boost nature on UK solar farms
Solar farms in the UK could bring benefits for nature as well as provide low carbon energy - but unless policies change, potential benefits for...
Demographics of north African human populations unravelled using genomic data and artificial intelligence. For the first time, this study places the origin of the Imazighen in the Epipaleolithic, more than twenty thousand years ago
Made up of Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, Egypt and Algeria, north Africa is a melting pot of cultures with two predominant human populations with their own...
