Gold digger: Neural networks at the nexus of data science and electron microscopy
Researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience used machine learning to develop a new, fully automated way to search and identify gold particles...
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Patients with traumatic brain injuries face challenges navigating healthcare system
Study from VA, Regenstrief and IUPUI first to use TBI registryCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Patients who suffer from traumatic brain injuries (TBI) often need...
Probiotic Lactobacillus acidophilus shows promise for treating inflammatory bowel disease and other
Probiotic strain LA1 has a therapeutic effect that both prevents and treats intestinal inflammatory disorders caused by "leaky gut," report researchers in The American Journal...
Forensics puzzle cracked via fluid mechanical principles
How can clothing of a close-range shooter remain free of bloodstains?Credit: Gen Li, Nathaniel Sliefert, James B. Michael, and Alexander L. Yarin WASHINGTON, April 20,...
Chaperone protein imbalance promotes toxic tau buildup in the aging brain
University of South Florida Health study applies a new mouse model of tauopathy, which may help identify therapeutic targets for Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseasesCredit:...
Stone skipping techniques can improve reentry of space vehicles
Experimental investigation, combined with theory, reveals key factors affecting the way a stone skips on water and how spaceflight vehicles make water landingsCredit: Kun Zhao...
Reversal of blood droplet flight predicted, captured in experiments
The impact of gun muzzle gases on blood backspatter captured, implications for forensic analysis of bloodstain patternsCredit: Gen Li, Nathaniel Sliefert, James B. Michael, and...
Combining light, superconductors could boost AI capabilities
Optoelectronic integration at low temperatures using superconductors may be easier than at room temperatures using semiconductors.Credit: CREDIT: Jeffrey Michael Shainline WASHINGTON, April 20, 2021 --...
Preventing evictions remains critical to controlling COVID-19, study finds
Penn researchers simulated the epidemic's trajectory, finding that even a modest increase in evictions could lead to thousands of excess COVID cases in a single...
Study could lead to production of more efficient optoelectronic devices
Resonant-tunneling diodes are used in high-frequency oscillators, wave emitters and detectors, logic gates, photodetectors, and optoelectronic circuits. The study was a collaboration between Brazilian and...
Chickens and pigs with integrated genetic scissors
Genome editing in farm animalsCredit: A. Heddergott / TUM Researchers at the TUM have demonstrated a way to efficiently study molecular mechanisms of disease resistance...
After 40 years, new fish species in named by students on Guam
Credit: Brian Sidlauskas, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Four decades after their capture more than a half-mile below the ocean's surface, three snailfish species...
Biologists discover a new type of placental structure in animals
The Cyclostomata is an ancient group of aquatic colonial suspension-feeders from the phylum Bryozoa. The fact that they have unique placentae has been discovered by...
Single metasurface for simultaneous detection of SAM and OAM
Credit: by Yinghui Guo, Shicong Zhang, Mingbo Pu, Qiong He, Jinjin Jin, Mingfeng Xu, Yaxin Zhang, Ping Gao, Xiangang Luo With inherent orthogonality, both SAMs...
New pulsed magnet reveals a new state of matter in Kondo insulator
The experiment is the first to use the new duplex magnet at the National MagLab's Pulsed Field Facility at Los AlamosCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory...