New research shows how fast our brains are at ‘recording’ new words
Credit: Alexandra M. Razorenova, et al/ Frontiers of Neuroscience How much time does a brain need to learn a new word? A team of Skoltech...
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New method adds and subtracts for sustainability’s true measure
Sidesteps could open gates to next virusCredit: Michigan State University Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability From loaning pandas to welcoming tourists to hike to...
Yousefi to develop artificial intelligence to improve glaucoma research, diagnosis
Credit: UTHSC Memphis, Tenn. (September 17, 2020) - Siamak Yousefi, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and the Department of Genetics, Genomics,...
NRL, NCATS scientists develop method to safely study COVID-19, other contagious diseases
Credit: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences WASHINGTON -- Scientists and researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences...
NASA-NOAA satellite catches nighttime view of major hurricane Teddy
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) An early morning infrared image of Hurricane Teddy taken from NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP...
Projects led by Pitt chemical engineers receive more than $1 million in NSF funding
Credit: University of Pittsburgh Two projects led by professors in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of...
PET/MRI improves lesion detection, reduces radiation exposure
Credit: Images created by Ole Martin, University Dusseldorf, Medical Faculty and Benedikt Schaarschmidt, University Hospital Essen. Reston, VA--A single-center observational study of more than 1,000...
Algorithms uncover cancers’ hidden genetic losses and gains
Credit: Thomas Ried, NCI Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health Understanding the specific mutations that contribute to different forms of...
Wildfire on the rise since 1984 in Northern California’s coastal ranges
From Berryessa to Klamath Mountains, high-severity burns quadrupled during warm droughtCredit: UC Davis High-severity wildfires in northern coastal California have been increasing by about 10...
Hubble captures crisp new portrait of Jupiter’s storms
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley), and the OPAL team This latest image of Jupiter,...
New study identifies wheat varieties that resist the destructive stripe rust disease
Credit: Lu Liu, Meinan Wang, Zhiwu Zhang, Deven R. See, and Xianming Chen Stripe rust is one of the most destructive wheat diseases in the...
Ecologists sound alarm on plastic pollution
Credit: CreativeCause.com.au TORONTO, ON - Ecologists studying the prevalence of plastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems around the world are concerned after measuring the scale of...
New high-speed test shows how antibiotics combine to kill bacteria
Credit: Nikos Fatsis-Kavalopoulos Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a new method to determine - rapidly, easily and cheaply - how effective two antibiotics combined...
NASA finds a fading wispy Tropical Depression Vicky
Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Terra satellite found Vicky to be a shadow of its former self, devoid of precipitation around its low-level center. Any precipitation had...
The brain’s memory abilities inspire AI experts in making neural networks less ‘forgetful’
UMass Amherst, Baylor researchers collaborate on imitating brain's 'replay' abilityCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Artificial intelligence (AI) experts at the University of Massachusetts Amherst...
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