To find the right network model, compare all possible histories
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Domino effects and synchrony in seizure initiation
Credit: Figure courtesy of Jennifer Creaser and Sprice Machines. Epilepsy, a neurological disease that causes recurring seizures with a wide ...
UTSA holds virtual groundbreaking for School of Data Science
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Sport may fast-track numeracy skills for Indigenous children
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Turbulence model could help design aircraft capable of handling extreme scenarios
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New journal to push the boundaries of biological imaging
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NUST MISIS scientists develop fastest-ever quantum random number generator
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Getting shapes into numbers
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Constructing termite turrets without a blueprint
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New management approach can help avoid species vulnerability or extinction
New tools will help ecologists predict when species may be at riskCredit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service More than 3,000 ...
New algorithm mimics electrosensing in fish
Credit: Figure courtesy of Lorenzo Baldassari and Andrea Scapin. While humans may struggle to navigate a murky, turbid underwater environment, ...
Researchers at Brazil’s space institute discover why lightning branches and flickers
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Inferring human genomes at a fraction of the cost promises to boost biomedical research
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SUTD develops new model of influence maximization
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Cutting COVID-19 infectious period could prevent millions of cases
Simulations highlight potential value of developing ways to reduce how long someone is contagiousCredit: Sarah Rebbert/PHICOR, 2020 (CC-BY) A new ...
Machine-learning models of matter beyond interatomic potentials
Credit: @Michele Ceriotti Combining electronic structure calculations and machine learning (ML) techniques has become a common approach in the atomistic ...
Math and the buildings we live and work in
University of Hawaii professor Wai-Fah Chen reveals how the mathematical theory of plasticity shaped the modern structural designCredit: World Scientific ...
New work provides insight into the relationship between complexity and diversity
Parts of the planet that are diverse biologically and culturally show even more diversity than you'd expectCredit: (Figure: Hamilton et ...
A bit too much: reducing the bit width of Ising models for quantum annealing
Scientists find a way to make Ising models easier to implement physically for solving combinatorial optimization problemsCredit: Waseda University Given ...
New virtual screening strategy identifies existing drug that inhibits Covid-19 virus
In lab experiments, pralatrexate outperforms remdesivir against SARS-CoV-2Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH, 2020 (CC0) A novel computational ...
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