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Credit: Eliot Herman Food allergies are a big problem. About 7% of children and 2% of adults in the U.S. suffer from some kind of...

New electronic chip delivers smarter, light-powered AI

Prototype tech shrinks AI to deliver brain-like functionality in one powerful deviceCredit: RMIT University Researchers have developed artificial intelligence technology that brings together imaging, processing,...

Machine learning innovation to develop chemical library

One-step multicomponent reaction with interpretable machine learning innovation to develop chemical library for drug discoveryCredit: Purdue University/Gaurav Chopra WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Machine learning has...

Could your vacuum be listening to you?

Researchers hacked a robotic vacuum cleaner to record speech and music remotelyCredit: Sriram Sami A team of researchers demonstrated that popular robotic household vacuum cleaners...

Like fire and ice: Why societies are increasingly fragmenting

The phenomenal increase in social contacts leads inevitably to a filter bubble society and thus becomes a danger to democracy and the mastering of future...

Kids mount a COVID-19 immune response without detection of the SARSCoV- 2 virus

Credit: MCRI Children in a Melbourne family developed a COVID-19 immune response after chronic exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus from their parents, a new case...

Case Western Reserve University researchers study how the immune system responds to COVID-19

School of Medicine awarded $2.6M; receives two of 13 grants nationallyCredit: CWRU School of Medicine CLEVELAND--New research funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) aims...

Study reveals how smoking worsens COVID-19 infection in the airways

Credit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center/Cell Stem Cell UCLA researchers using a model of airway tissue created from human stem cells have pinpointed how...

Oil droplet predators chase oil droplet prey

Researchers design system that emulates life-like behavior in non-living systemCredit: Zarzar Laboratory/Nature Chemistry Oil droplets can be made to act like predators, chasing down other...

Financial penalties imposed on large pharmaceutical firms for illegal activities

UNC Charlotte research shows price pharmaceutical firms pay for illegal practicesCredit: UNC Charlotte Some pharmaceutical companies have received criticism for engaging in illegal activities, such...

Driver behavior influences traffic patterns as much as roadway design, study reports

Credit: L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Urban planners may soon have a new way to measure traffic congestion. By capturing the different routes by...

Spintronics advances — Controlling magnetization direction of magnetite at room temperature

Scientists develop an energy-efficient strategy to reversibly change 'spin orientation' or magnetization direction in magnetite at room temperatureCredit: Tokyo University of Science Over the last...

Drug discovery: First highly scalable method to monitor protein levels and localizations

Credit: © Andreas Reicher / CeMM Until now, scientists typically studied the changes of proteins and their roles in the cell by using a fluorescent...

Study of non-COVID-19 deaths shows 2020 increase in several demographics

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- March through May saw a significant increase in deaths over previous years - and not just...

COVID-19 highlights risks of wildlife trade