AI in medical research: promise and challenges
In an editorial, Monica M. Bertagnolli assesses the promise of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to study and improve health. The editorial was written...
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A blueprint for equitable, ethical AI research
Artificial intelligence (AI) has huge potential to advance the field of health and medicine, but the nation must be prepared to responsibly harness the power...
Chilean researchers pledge for transformative change to tackle climate action
Addressing climate change has become a central issue in Chile’s public policy. As part of that debate, Dr. Maisa Rojas, researcher in Atmospheric Physics, who...
New strategy reveals ‘full chemical complexity’ of quantum decoherence
In quantum mechanics, particles can exist in multiple states at the same time, defying the logic of everyday experiences. This property, known as quantum superposition,...
Team led by UMASS Amherst discovers how to sabotage antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’
Antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” that can defeat efforts to kill them are an urgent public health crisis, and according to the Centers for Disease Control, more than...
First observation of how water molecules move near a metal electrode
A collaborative team of experimental and computational physical chemists from South Korea and the United States have made an important discovery in the field of...
Scientists might be using a flawed strategy to predict how species will fare under climate change
EMBARGO LIFTS DEC. 18, 2023, AT 3:00 PM U.S. EASTERN TIMECredit: Daniel Perret EMBARGO LIFTS DEC. 18, 2023, AT 3:00 PM U.S. EASTERN TIME As...
Melatonin and carcinogenesis in mice: The 50th anniversary of relationships
“ murine models proved to be valuable and, in some cases, indispensable for advancing melatonin applications in oncology .”Credit: 2023 Anisimov and Golubev “ murine...
Nidhi Sahni receives TAMEST Mary Beth Maddox Award for research in molecular pathways of cancer progression
HOUSTON ― Nidhi Sahni, Ph.D., associate professor of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, has been awarded the 2024 Mary Beth...
For this emergent class of materials, ‘solutions are the problem’
HOUSTON – (Dec. 18, 2023) – Rice University materials scientists developed a fast, low-cost, scalable method to make covalent organic frameworks (COFs), a class of...
Understanding the relationship between the performance of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells and hydrogen partial pressure
In a new study, researchers have made significant strides in understanding the relationship between hydrogen partial pressure and the performance of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel...
Production of marmoset eggs and embryos from xenotransplanted ovary tissues
Niigata and Toyama, Japan - Marmosets are now used in medical and pharmacological research as a model animal of non-human primates. Recently, genetically modified marmosets...
Atmospheric pollutants in São Paulo exceeded recommended levels even at the height of the pandemic
People who live in São Paulo city in Brazil certainly recall an event that occurred on August 19, 2019, when dark clouds covered the sky...
The antibiotic resistance war (video)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2023 — There’s a microscopic battle happening right before our eyes, involving the critical issue of antibiotic resistance. Witness the historical development...
Scientists construct a synthetic yeast genome
It all begins in the chromosomes.Credit: NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine It all begins in the chromosomes. Chromosomes are long DNA molecules that...
