Expanding the use of AI through the Internet of Things
Improving neural networks to create next-generation devicesCredit: Photo illustration by Joy Smoker and Chengmo Yan If you have a smart phone with facial recognition, you...
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Six degrees of nuclear separation
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Argonne scientists look to 3D printing to ease separation anxiety, which paves the way to recycle more nuclear material. Astronauts now print their...
International consortium with CeMM PI Joanna Loizou receives ERC Synergy Grant
Credit: Steve P. Jackson, Joanna Loizou and Jacob Corn ERC Synergy Grants are intended to enable a minimum of two and a maximum of four...
Shaping nanoparticles for improved quantum information technology
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Particles that are mere nanometers in size are at the forefront of scientific research today. They come in many different shapes:...
The impact of human-caused noise pollution on birds
Researchers explore the value of continent-wide analysesCredit: Photo by Martin Harrison/courtesy Cornell Lab of Ornithology Anthropogenic noise pollution (ANP) is a globally invasive phenomenon impacting...
Regenstrief researcher briefs FDA on need for patient identity management
Credit: Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy Patient identity management is a gaping hole in the American electronic healthcare system, one that needs to be addressed...
Encyclopedic tumor analysis for guiding treatment of advanced, broadly refractory cancers: results from the RESILIENT trial
RESILIENT was a single arm, open label, phase II/III study to test if label agnostic therapy regimens guided by Encyclopedic Tumor Analysis can offer meaningful...
The American Physical Society announces Historic Sites for 2019
The Historic Sites initiative recognizes landmarks significant to physics history across the United States.Credit: Adler Planetarium COLLEGE PARK, MD, October 11, 2019 -- The American...
Repurposed quinacrine synergizes with cisplatin, reducing the effective dose required for treatment
The authors have developed the Accelera TED platform to repurpose drugs for HNSCC treatment; using in vitro assays and in vivo modelsCredit: Hisham Mehanna, email:...
Deep Purple — future biological darkening of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Purple algae are making the western Greenland Ice Sheet melt faster, as the algae darken the ice surface and make it absorb more sunlightCredit: Laura...
How to make magnetic slime (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2019 -- This week on Reactions, we explore the chemistry of slime. Check it out to learn...
Family of crop viruses revealed at high resolution for the first time
Credit: Univeristy of Leeds For the first-time we can take a molecular-level look at one of the world's deadliest crop killers. The Luteoviridae are pathogenic...
Drugs for better long-term treatment of poorly controlled asthma discovered
A USF Health preclinical study shows that targeting a promising bitter taste receptor with structurally distinct drugs can help prevent reduced therapeutic effectiveness over timeCredit:...
Adipogenic progenitors keep muscle stem cells young
In adult skeletal muscle, loss of myofiber integrity caused by mechanical injuries or diseases are repaired by resident muscle stem cells, called satellite cells, which...
Habitual tea drinking modulates brain efficiency: Evidence from brain connectivity evaluation
The researchers recruited healthy older participants to two groups according to their history of tea drinking frequency and investigated both functional and structural networks to...
