Monday - May 8 2023, 03:54 UTC - 1 year ago

New research from Lund University in Sweden shows that feeding birds during the wintertime helps to keep them healthier and increases their body's abilty to fight infection. Wild birds coming into contact with new pathogens modulated by winter food availability can cause positive and negative effects.It is important to understand how access to food affects the animals' capacity to put up an effective immune response.

Monday - May 8 2023, 02:06 UTC - 1 year ago

University of Michigan researchers found a way to track microplastics in the world's oceans using NASA satellites to accurately detect and monitor these particles. This technique will significantly help in ocean remediation and cleanup efforts.

Monday - May 8 2023, 00:28 UTC - 1 year ago

Computer scientists from the University of Luxembourg have developed a research involving artificial intelligence and deep learning techniques to unlock the beauty of art by discovering and recommendations of artwork that cater to the user's unique interests and preferences. The research has a potential to have a transformative impact not only on cultural heritage but also on visual content recommendation in various other domains, such as e-commerce, social media, and entertainment.

Sunday - May 7 2023, 22:56 UTC - 1 year ago

A new research has revealed an important role of underwater waves and other forms of turbulence in the Atlantic Ocean in the ocean's heat and carbon storage. The results, reported in the journal AGU Advances, show that turbulence in the interior of oceans is more important for the transport of carbon and heat on a global scale than had been previously imagined.

Sunday - May 7 2023, 21:49 UTC - 1 year ago

Recent findings by scientists from Yale and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard suggest that the human genome differences compared to other primates, specifically in the form of pairs of conserved deletions, have contributed to our evolution. Using Massively Parallel Reporter Assays (MPRA), the team identified 10,000 bits of genetic information and 800 hCONDELs that conferred differences in regulatory activity, which have the potential to impact brain development in humans.

Sunday - May 7 2023, 20:20 UTC - 1 year ago

Researchers from Drexel University's College of Engineering have developed a process using two machine learning programs to predict how changes in zoning configurations could affect building energy use and subsequent greenhouse gas emissions. Their team believes cities such as Philadelphia can conserve energy, save money, and create a more sustainable environment through the use of machine learning and energy-aware zoning.

Sunday - May 7 2023, 18:29 UTC - 1 year ago

Researchers from Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh have developed a LIDAR system that uses quantum detection technology to acquire real-time 3D images while fully submerged in water, even in low-light conditions. The technology allows underwater inspections, monitoring, surveying, and more without human interference and the advantages of traditional imaging techniques.

Sunday - May 7 2023, 16:42 UTC - 1 year ago

DeepMind's recent project of designing humanoid robots for soccer and teaching them the game with Deep Reinforcement Learning has stirred much fascination on social media, and offers the promise of AI agents acting with agility, dexterity and understanding. In the video clip of the project, a researcher is shown continually pushing down a robot trying to score a goal which illustrates the robots' resilience and 'abuse tolerance' from deep learning.

Sunday - May 7 2023, 15:14 UTC - 1 year ago

Mathematicians have discovered a universal framework that explains how molecules interact with each other to adapt to changing conditions, providing a blueprint for the creation of signaling networks and synthetic biological systems. This framework imposes strict design criteria on complex biological networks and could be instrumental in advancing personalized medicine.

Sunday - May 7 2023, 13:58 UTC - 1 year ago

China recently approved the safety of the first gene-edited crop: the soybean, a move to increase food production and improve world food availability. Countries like Japan and the USA have already gone ahead with the commercialization of gene-edited foods. The UK has also recently legalized commercial development of gene-edited food.

Sunday - May 7 2023, 12:10 UTC - 1 year ago

A baby girl living near Boston became one of the first people to have a revolutionary brain surgery while still in the womb, which was predicted to ultimately save her life. Teams are now looking to use this fetal brain surgery in trials to treat other similar conditions.

Sunday - May 7 2023, 10:16 UTC - 1 year ago

A team of urologists from Keck Medicine of USC Urology is conducting clinical trials that could potentially lead to the first-ever human bladder transplant operation. The bladder transplant will be performed using minimally invasive surgery robots, which will allow for greater precision and fewer complications. If successful, such operations could provide relief for millions of people suffering from bladder-related disorders.

Sunday - May 7 2023, 08:47 UTC - 1 year ago

This is a look at Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah. It comprises of 1.35 million acres and is jointly managed by the United States Department of the Interior, the United States Forest Service, and the Hopi Tribe, Pueblo Tribes, Navajo Nation, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation. The Dark Canyon complex contains unique geology and exposes roughly 250 million years of geologic history, as well as evidences of Ancestral Puebloan occupation. This rugged and remote landscape is abounding with wildlife, such as golden eagles, peregrine falcons, and the Mexican spotted owl.

Sunday - May 7 2023, 07:45 UTC - 1 year ago

Hossen Farahmand and his team of researcher from the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), NTNU and other institutes are combining advanced artificial intelligence with data from the electricity market to create a model predicting river inflow into hydro reservoirs. The model helps to improve hydropower producers decisions and help mitigate energy crisis.

Sunday - May 7 2023, 06:26 UTC - 1 year ago

A new paper has shown data from six galaxies spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope that suggests it is possible that the universe was expanding faster after the Big Bang than what is currently understood in the leading model of cosmology. The implications of this could lead to changes in cosmological theory, requiring more matter was available for forming stars and galaxies in the early universe than is currently understood.

Sunday - May 7 2023, 05:21 UTC - 1 year ago

A team of researchers from the University of Portsmouth has demonstrated the ultimate sensitivity of quantum physics in measuring the time delay between two photons, with a technique based on frequency-resolving sampling measurements. This breakthrough research has potential applications in nanoscale imaging and quantum-enhanced estimations.

Sunday - May 7 2023, 03:56 UTC - 1 year ago

The University of Michigan researchers developed a simulation of driving conditions to test autonomous vehicles called the Neural Naturalistic Driving Environment (NeuralNDE). The Unique AI-approach used in the model allows it to generate safety-critical events a thousand times more frequently than they would usually occur in real driving, helping to ensure the safety of AVs before other cars, cyclists, and pedestrians ever cross its path.

Sunday - May 7 2023, 02:26 UTC - 1 year ago

Figure Robotics is a groundbreaking company that is looking to revolutionize the robotics industry. Founded by Brett Adcock, it has an experienced team of professionals, including roboticists from Boston Dynamics and Tesla. Their ambitious goals are to build a feature-complete electromechanical humanoid, perform human-like manipulation, and integrate them into the labor force. They have raised over $30 million in seed capital and have a 30,000-square-foot facility in Sunnyvale, California.

Sunday - May 7 2023, 00:40 UTC - 1 year ago

The recent discovery of mushroom communication using electricity provides valuable insight into the complex relationships between fungi and trees in forest ecosystems. Researchers found that post-rainfall electric potential was present among mushrooms, suggesting an underlying role in the calcium and essential nutrient exchange. Despite uncertainty of the ecological context of fungal electrical potentials, this study reveals the crucial role of fungi in forest ecology and vital need for further studies.