Physics professor wins $1M in funding for quantum information processing research
Kamal receives early career awards from NSF, Air ForceCredit: Edwin Aguirre for UMass Lowell LOWELL, Mass. - UMass Lowell researcher Archana Kamal has won two...
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Understanding fruit fly behavior may be next step toward autonomous vehicles
Could the way drosophila use antennae to sense heat help us teach self-driving cars make decisions?Credit: Gallio lab With over 70% of respondents to a...
Spin defects under control
Credit: (Image: Andreas Gottscholl / University of Wuerzburg) Boron nitride is a technologically interesting material because it is very compatible with other two-dimensional crystalline structures....
Aquatic invasive species cause damage worth billions of dollars
First global study on economic costs of aquatic invasive species publishedCredit: Cornelia Jaspers, GEOMAR/DTU Aqua The global movement of goods and people, in its modern...
Houston flooding polluted reefs more than 100 miles offshore
Flower Garden Banks fouled by runoff from 2017's Harvey and 2016's Tax Day floodsCredit: Photo by Carsten Grupstra/Rice University HOUSTON - (April 6, 2021) -...
Low-cost technology reduces the cost and carbon footprint of pressurized irrigation
Credit: University of Cordoba Innovation and advances in technology have facilitated agricultural activity in recent years, as traditional irrigation techniques have been supplanted by pressure-basedones,...
Deep learning networks prefer the human voice — just like us
Columbia engineers demonstrate that AI systems might reach higher performance if programmed with sound files of human language rather than with binary data labelsCredit: Creative...
First air quality profile of two sub-Saharan African cities finds troubling news
Pollution up to 5 times over international guidelinesCredit: Courtesy Dan Westervelt Ambient air pollution is a global public health crisis, causing more than 4.9 million...
Moffitt researchers demonstrate tissue architecture regulates tumor evolution
Spatial constraints from the surrounding environment govern the evolution of tumorsCredit: Moffitt Cancer Center TAMPA, Fla. -- Tumors are genetically diverse with different mutations arising...
Insilico to present the latest advances in chemistry AI at ACS Spring 2021
Credit: Insilico April 6, 2021 - Insilico Medicine, a global leader in deep learning for drug discovery and development, will present its latest results in...
How do lakes affect energy, heat, and carbon exchange processes in mountainous areas?
Credit: Lujun Xu Lakes act as an important part of the earth system. They have special functions in regulating regional climate and maintaining regional ecological...
Scientists reveal elusive inner workings of antioxidant enzyme with therapeutic potential
Credit: ORNL/Jill Hemman Mitochondria, known as the powerhouses within human cells, generate the energy needed for cell survival. However, as a byproduct of this process,...
Hubble spots double quasars in merging galaxies
Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Olmsted (STScI) NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is "seeing double." Peering back 10 billion years into the universe's past, Hubble astronomers...
Being top baboon costs males their longevity
Struggle for dominance leaves a mark on genes and speeds up agingCredit: Elizabeth Archie DURHAM, N.C. -- Some guys have it all: the muscle, the...
Towards the in vivo detection of cancer progression using circularly polarized LEDs
Credit: Journal of Biophotonics Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have experimentally demonstrated a novel cancer diagnosis technique based on the scattering of...
