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Researchers discover machines can learn by simply observing, without being told what to look...
It is now possible for machines to learn how natural or artificial systems work by simply observing them, without being told what to look...
People enhanced the environment, not degraded it, over past 13,000 years
New research shows that 13,000 years of repeated human occupation by British Columbia's coastal First Nations has enhanced temperate rainforest productivity. Credit: Will McInnes/Hakai...
Poof! The weird case of the X-ray that came out blank
An illustration shows what happens in a typical experiment with SLAC’s LCLS X-ray laser, top, versus what happened in this study with an especially...
Swelling obesity rates may be tied to childhood antibiotic use
As the threat of drug-resistant superbugs spreads, researchers are concerned that the overuse of antibiotics may cause another, even larger public health problem: childhood...
Dogs understand both vocabulary and intonation of human speech
Trained dogs are around the fMRI scanner.Credit: Enik Kubinyi
Dogs have the ability to distinguish vocabulary words and the intonation of human speech through brain...
‘Anthropocene’: Potential new geological time interval
The Working Group on the 'Anthropocene' (AWG), which includes University of Leicester geologists, will provide its summary of evidence and its provisional recommendations on...
Heart failure in the elderly set to triple by 2060
Heart failure in the elderly is set to triple by 2060, according to new data from the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility (AGES) -- Reykjavík study...
NASA Team Probes Peculiar Age-Defying Star
An age-defying star called IRAS 19312+1950 exhibits features characteristic of a very young star and a very old star. It is the bright red...
Year-long Mars isolation experiment in Hawaii ends
The HI-SEAS habitat on the northern slope of Mauna Loa in Hawaii where six people lived in isolation for a year in a NASA...
Alzheimer’s: Nicotinic receptors as a new therapeutic target
Representation of space in the nicotinic receptor.Credit:Institut Pasteur
Several scientific studies have indicated that nicotine may be beneficial for memory function. Scientists from the Institut...
Research outlines cellular communication processes that make life possible
Researchers have discovered a mechanism of intercellular communication that helps explain how biological systems and actions - ranging from a beating heart to the...
