Electric vehicle batteries: The older they get, the safer they are
Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz As part of the project "SafeBattery", a team from Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) has been investigating the...
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The neural mechanism of autonomous learning uncovered by researchers at IBEC
The brain can teach artificial intelligence a lesson or twoCredit: Brainx3.com, SPECS lab. Thanks to the so-called deep learning, a subset of artificial intelligence (AI)...
NCCN releases new patient guidelines on anemia and neutropenia
New resource helps patients and caregivers recognize and understand blood cell production deficiencies, to better participate in their care planning; available for free at NCCN.org/patientguidelinesCredit:...
Natural immunity to malaria provides clues to potential therapies
WEHI researchers have identified how natural human antibodies can block malaria parasites from entering red blood cells, potentially indicating how new protective therapies could be...
Nanotechnology offers new hope for bowel cancer patients
Credit: University of South Australia Bowel cancer survival rates could be improved if chemotherapy drugs were delivered via tiny nanoparticles to the diseased organs rather...
As wildfires increase in severity, experts call for coordinated federal response
American Thoracic Society Workshop Report Co-Funded by ATS, NIEHS and EPACredit: ATS (New York, NY) - May 3, 2021 - In advance of a wildfire...
A physics perspective on wound healing
Scientists from UNIGE and UZH have used a statistical physics approach to identify the lengthscales of key intercellular interactions which govern tissue healing.Credit: © Guillaume...
Personalised follow-up care needed to address varying health burdens in breast cancer pts
ESMO Breast Cancer 2021 Virtual Congress, 5-8 MayCredit: ESMO LUGANO, Switzerland, 3 May 2021 - As breast cancer becomes a largely curable disease, with more...
Landmark study launched to detect liver cancer early in Singapore
Study aims to recruit 2,000 participants at high risk of developing HCC from 6 healthcare institutions and 8 polyclinics across SingaporeCredit: Image credit: Mole DJ...
Same drug can have opposite effects on memory according to sexual differences
Credit: INc-UAB A research team from the Institut de Neurociències at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (INc-UAB) has showed that inhibition through a drug of...
Technique to automatically discover simulation configurations for behaviors hard to test
Automated search for "various situations" encountered in automated drivingCredit: © National Institute of Informatics The research team led by Fuyuki Ishikawa at the National Institute...
A glimmer of hope: New weapon in the fight against liver diseases
Credit: Niigata University Niigata, Japan--Researchers from Niigata University , the University of Tokyo, Osaka University and Tokyo Medical University, Japan have developed a new approach...
New methods: Faster, safer, greener
Chemist from the University of Göttingen receives ERC Advanced GrantCredit: University of Göttingen Professor of Chemistry, Lutz Ackermann from Göttingen University has received an Advanced...
Jones receives $2.87 million for Gulf war illness study
Credit: UTHSC Memphis, Tenn. (April 30, 2021) - The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has awarded Byron C. Jones, PhD, professor in the Department...
Scripps Research chemist Donna Blackmond elected to National Academy of Sciences
Blackmond's discoveries have propelled drug development and shed new light on complex chemistry that exists in the natural worldCredit: Scripps Research LA JOLLA, CA--Donna Blackmond,...