Advancing excellence top priority for new board chair
At its annual meeting on Thursday, the University of Miami Board of Trustees (BOT) confirmed Manuel “Manny” Kadre as its new chair, Wayne Chaplin and...
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Martian meteorites deliver a trove of information on Red Planet’s structure
Mars has a distinct structure in its mantle and crust with discernible reservoirs, and this is known thanks to meteorites that scientists at Scripps Institution...
AMS Science Preview: Sea-ice loss may accelerate; tornadoes and flying cars
The American Meteorological Society continuously publishes research on climate, weather, and water in its 12 journals. Many of these articles are available for early online...
UT Arlington, Microsoft host AI “Prompt-a-Thon”
Faculty, staff and researchers from higher education and K-12 schools throughout Texas gathered in Arlington for the state’s first “Prompt-a-Thon” hosted by Microsoft and UTA’s...
Children’s visual experience may hold key to better computer vision training
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A novel, human-inspired approach to training artificial intelligence (AI) systems to identify objects and navigate their surroundings could set the stage...
U of T researchers discover ‘trojan horse’ virus hiding in human parasite
An international team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found a new RNA virus that they believe is hitching a ride with...
Optical imager captures amplitude and phase information without digital processing
Complex field imaging provides a detailed structural analysis of samples by capturing both the amplitude and phase information of objects, offering insights into properties like...
Researchers identify a genetic cause of intellectual disability affecting tens of thousands
New York, NY —Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and others have identified a neurodevelopmental disorder, caused by mutations in a...
Fjords are effective carbon traps regardless of oxygen levels
The fjords on Sweden’s west coast act as effective carbon traps regardless of whether the bottom water is oxygen-rich or not. This is the conclusion...
European Academy of Sciences honors Rice’s Pol Spanos with prestigious award
HOUSTON – (May 31, 2024) – For his “exceptional contributions to the field of dynamics,” Pol Spanos, the Lewis B. Ryon Professor of Mechanical and...
Could the world famous Roman Baths help scientists counter the challenge of antibiotic resistance?
The world-famous Roman Baths are home to a diverse range of microorganisms which could be critical in the global fight against antimicrobial resistance, a new...
Tackling the hurdle of tumor formation in stem cell therapies
Ikoma, Japan – Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) are a type of stem cells capable of developing into various cell types. Over the past few decades,...
A 20-year-old puzzle solved: KAIST research team reveals the ‘three-dimensional vortex’ of zero-dimensional ferroelectrics
Materials that can maintain a magnetized state by themselves without an external magnetic field (i.e., permanent magnets) are called ferromagnets. Ferroelectrics can be thought of...
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles team finds new potential causes of rare and lethal bone cancer
Little is known about the genetics and biology of chordoma, a rare and aggressive bone tumor. Chordomas occur in approximately one in a million people...
New coral disease forecasting system led by University of Hawai’i team
Research led by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) has led to a new tool for forecasting coral disease...
