On the way towards self-aware AI?
New technology foresight project addresses the vision of 'conscious' machines Alexa, Sophia, Watson: the ancient idea of a humanoid machine with superhuman powers has received...
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How the brain finds meaning in metaphor
You can grasp a hand. You can also grasp a concept. One is literal. One is metaphorical. Our brains know the difference, but would we...
Combo of virotherapy and radiotherapy shows early promise in patients with esophageal cancer
ATLANTA -- The experimental oncolytic adenovirus telomelysin (OBP-301) in combination with radiotherapy was safe and showed early clinical efficacy in vulnerable patients with esophageal cancer,...
ASU partners with Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings to initiate Global KAITEKI Center
Credit: Mary Zhu A unique center officially opens on April 3 at Arizona State University, housed within the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability....
NHS dental budget needs reform to meet patients’ needs
Credit: Newcastle University Routine scaling and polishing of teeth should be stopped as the NHS dental budget would be better spent elsewhere, experts warn. A...
Insilico to present at the 3rd Annual MAQC Society Conference
Credit: Insilico Medicine Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - Insilico Medicine, a biotechnology company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing the next generation artificial intelligence,...
New record on the growth of graphene single crystals
Credit: ©Science China Press Graphene, especially the graphene single crystal is a star material for the future photonics and electronics due to their unique properties,...
Sea snakes make record-setting deep dives
Credit: Image credit: INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project Sea snakes, best known from shallow tropical waters, have been recorded swimming at 250 metres in the deep-sea...
Harnessing photonics for at-home disease detection
Credit: EPFL In the not-too-distant future, each of us may have a simple device - small enough for our nightstand or our pocket - that...
Artificial intelligence enables recognizing and assessing a violinist’s bow movements
A system developed by David Dalmazzo and Rafael Ramírez, members of the Music Technology Group, allows violin students to benefit from real-time accurate information about...
Breakthrough alpha-ray treatment of cancer without external radiation
Osaka University researchers produced astatine (At-211) using a large accelerator, which enabled highly therapeutic alpha rays to be used in nuclear medicine treatment to suppress...
Scientists measure extent of recovery for critically endangered black abalone
Team applies historical perspective to inform modern managementCredit: (© 2015 Hannah Haas) SAN FRANCISCO (April 2, 2018) - One critically endangered species of smooth-shelled abalone...
New study identifies biomarkers to predict the risk of atrial fibrillation
Scientists at the University of Navarra link the alteration of three molecules with the prevalence, incidence, and recurrence of this cardiac ailment present in 33.5...
A universal description of non-equilibrium colloid phase separation
Tokyo, Japan - Liquids, with their flowing dynamics, are often far from equilibrium. This makes it particularly hard to model processes in soft matter or...
Machine learning for measuring roots
Credit: CRAG Researchers from the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) and La Salle-Ramon Llull University, both in Barcelona, Spain, have developed a software...
