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Credit: Dorling Kindersley Anyone who's raised a child or a pet will know just how fast and how steady their growth seems to be. You...

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 has the potential to transform...

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, V.J. Parker, M.J. Miller, and...

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 approaches for climate change mitigation...

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 slowest ever recorded - eventually...

‘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 by increasing their ability to...

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 study of placentas from patients...

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 Technology Bombay 2003 was a...

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 microscope point the way to...

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 decade since the advent of...

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 to make efficient, stable PSCs,...

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 need grows for sustainable energy...

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 researchers. Bacteria comprise a very...

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 survive sepsis die within a...

Rules of the road: the navigational ‘strategies’ of bacteria in motion