Army research enables conversational AI between soldiers, robot
Credit: (U.S. Army) Dialogue is one of the most basic ways humans use language, and is a desirable capability for autonomous systems. Army researchers developed...
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Young investigator
Engineering professor selected for Army Research Office Young Investigator ProgramCredit: Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson Tingyi Gu, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering...
X-rays recount origin of oddball meteorites
Berkeley Lab scientists contribute to study exploring magnetization preserved for billions of years in meteorite samplesCredit: Carl Agee/Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico; background...
MU School of Nursing programs help nursing homes respond to COVID-19
Credit: MU Sinclair School of Nursing COLUMBIA, Mo. - As the coronavirus pandemic continues to put a strain on health care systems, nursing homes have...
Same-day IUD placements hard to come by in Ohio, study finds
Researchers: Obstacle to reproductive care could lead to unintended pregnanciesCredit: The Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Though same-day access to IUDs increases the likelihood...
Protecting beta cells against stress may guard against type 1 diabetes
An existing drug boosts survival for insulin-producing cells under autoimmune attackCredit: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON - (July 27, 2020) - Type 1 diabetes occurs when...
Researchers offer unprecedented look into ‘central engine’ powering a solar flare
An international research team has presented a new look inside the "central engine" of a solar flare accompanied by an eruption, revealing an enormous electric...
Army project turns to nature for help with self-healing material
Credit: Penn State University RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- An Army-funded project developed a self-healing material patterned after squid ring teeth protein. The biodegradable biosynthetic...
Viral hepatitis: Europe needs to close the testing gap
World Hepatitis Day: is Europe on track for the on the way towards the Sustainable Development Goal for healthCredit: ECDC Approximately four in five people...
NSF CAREER award to study microstructures of starfish skeletons
Credit: Virginia Tech Ling Li, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career...
Make your own greenhouse gas logger
Facilitating the use of low-cost methane (CH4) sensors in flux chambers - calibration, data processing, and an open-source make-it-yourself loggerCredit: LiU Researchers at Linköping University's...
Molecular cause underlying rare genetic disorder revealed
Credit: Virginia Tech Virginia Tech scientists have revealed how a nonfunctioning version of an ordinary gene impairs brain structure and function. The findings help explain...
European maize highlights the hidden differences within a species
Credit: Picture : A. Ruban and A. Houben, IPK, Gatersleben Maize (Zea mays ssp. mays) was initially domesticated by Native Americans over 10.000 years ago....
New interdisciplinary atmospheric physics and computer science project at Mainz University
Carl Zeiss Foundation supports the project with EUR 1.5 million in funding / Researchers expect that machine learning and methods of statistical data analysis will...
Researchers develop new cytosine base editors with high specificity and precision
Credit: IGDB Base editors, which enable production of highly efficient targeted point mutations in genomic DNA without causing double-stranded DNA breaks, hold great promise for...