Scientists use AI to develop better predictions of why children struggle at school
Scientists using machine learning - a type of artificial intelligence - with data from hundreds of children who struggle at school, identified clusters of learning...
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China has seen remarkable progress in diabetes research over the past two decades
Credit: ©Science China Press In the period of 1995 to 2015, China has seen remarkable progress in diabetes research, according to a study recently published...
Video of zebrafish neural development wins top prize in Nikon Small World competition
Credit: Video created by Henry He, a researcher at the Morgridge Institute for Research and doctoral student in the Dresden International PhD Program in Germany,...
Unveiling the mechanism protecting replicated DNA from degradation
Credit: Takuya Abe Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University and the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology (IFOM) in Italy have succeeded in depleting AND-1, a key...
Bacterial protein mimics DNA to sabotage cells’ defenses
Credit: Teresa Thurston Infections with Salmonella bacteria, often caused by eating or handling undercooked meat or eggs, affect about 100 million people a year worldwide....
New research helps to inform the design of scientific advisory committees
Credit: York University News At a time of "fake news" and a growing mistrust of scientific experts, researchers at York University's Global Strategy Lab are...
UCF selling experimental Martian dirt — $20 a kilogram, plus shipping
Credit: University of Central Florida The University of Central Florida is selling Martian dirt, $20 a kilogram plus shipping. This is not fake news. A...
Researchers find value in unusual type of plant material
MADISON -- An ideal biorefinery would turn renewable crops into a variety of fuels and products with little waste. A significant challenge in realizing this...
Scientists discover genetic basis for how harmful algae blooms become toxic
Credit: NOAA Scientists have uncovered the genetic basis for the production of domoic acid, a potent neurotoxin produced by certain harmful algae blooms. In a...
In dangerous fungal family’s befriending of plants, a story of loss
Credit: Jacqueline Hess MADISON - If Lewis Carroll had described in detail the mushroom Alice nibbles in Wonderland to shrink and grow to her rightful...
Natto, the stinky, slimy soybean snack (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2018 -- Natto, a food made from fermented soybeans, often turns off newcomers to Japanese food due...
Steelhead life cycle linked to environment, pink salmon abundance
Credit: Colin Bailey, SFU A Simon Fraser University study has found that steelhead trout have a remarkable life-cycle variation that responds to changes in temperature...
Hidden health problems can appear up to two years after elective hip surgeries
DURHAM, N.C. - Up to two years following elective, arthroscopic hip surgery, a substantial proportion of patients reported troubling new health issues ranging from sleep...
Cancer hijacks the microbiome to glut itself on glucose
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Cancer needs energy to drive its out-of-control growth. It gets energy in the form of glucose, in fact consuming...
How Sacred Ibis mummies provided the first test of evolution
Credit: Christiaan Kooyman, Wikimedia A debate over mummified birds brought to France after Napoleon's conquest of Egypt played a central role in delaying acceptance of...
