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AlphaFold, Similar Tools Could Help Preparations for Next Pandemic
Researchers increasingly are using artificial intelligence to help prepare for future pandemics.
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Scientists Use Drones to Land Sensors on Threatened Glaciers
Scientists at the U.K.'s University of Southampton built a climate change-monitoring sensor that can be airlifted by drone onto glaciers to measure the effects...
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A.I. Tool Diagnoses Brain Tumors on the Operating Table
A new study describes a method for faster and more precise diagnoses, which can help surgeons decide how aggressively to operate.
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Can AI Crave a Favorite Food?
Pennsylvania State University' researchers emulated taste's influence on food cravings with an electronic "tongue" and "gustatory cortex" made from two-dimensional...
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Wearables Track Parkinson's Better Than Human Observation, Study Finds
The study's authors concluded the sensors proved more effective at tracking the disease progression "than the conventionally used clinical rating scales." ...
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Quantum Repeaters Use Defects in Diamond to Interconnect Quantum Systems
Scientists are now leveraging defects in diamonds to construct quantum repeaters.
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Medical Imaging Fails Dark Skin. Researchers Fixed It
A team led by researchers at Johns Hopkins University developed a way to produce clear images of anyone's internal anatomy, no matter their skin tone.
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Glasses Transcribe Speech in Real Time
Several companies have started marketing "live-captioning glasses" to help hearing-impaired users communicate by overlaying real-time transcribed speech on the...
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AI Beats Human Sleuth at Finding Problematic Images in Research Papers
A study by independent U.K. biologist Sholto David found that artificial intelligence can identify image manipulation in research papers faster and more accurately...
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'Impossible' Millimeter Wave Sensor Has Wide Potential
A proof-of-concept sensor for millimeter wave radars can detect vibrations 1,000 times smaller and target-position changes 100 times smaller than a strand of human...
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Unequal Park Quality Exposed Using Social Media, Machine Learning
The study uses social media and machine learning to show environmental injustices in Philadelphia's urban parks.
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Software Detects Hidden Emotions in Parents
Software can identify complex hidden emotions by mapping facial features and evaluating the intensities of multiple facial expressions.
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CRISPR Tool Could Help Shred Viruses
Rice University scientists have characterized the three-dimensional structure of one of the smallest known CRISPR-Cas13 systems for shredding or altering RNA.
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Detect Quakes With 'Raspberry Shakes'
Raspberry Pi-based seismometers can supplement existing networks.
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Raspberry Pi Tracks Unseen Drones Using Sound
Researchers from the universities of Texas and Tennessee used Raspberry Pi computers to track unseen drones with sound.
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Scientists Simulate Ant Warfare Using Age of Empires Computer Game
Scientists used the computer game "Age of Empires" to simulate ant ‘warfare’, in efforts to eradicate an invasive ant species.
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Cough Sound Analyzed to Identify the Severity of COVID-19 Patients
A study identified cough characteristics that can help assess the severity of COVID-19 and enable long-term monitoring of patients with respiratory diseases.
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