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MRIs for fetal health
A team led by Polina Golland’s group at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory has made a new algorithm for identifying organs in...
Automating big-data analysis
“The goal of all this is to present the interesting stuff to the data scientists so that they can more quickly address all these...
Structure of hydrogen-stuffed, quartz-like form of ice revealed
Image Credit: Carnegie Institution for Science
Did you know that there are at least 17 crystalline forms of ice, many of them formed under extreme...
Science sheds light on 250-year-old literary controversy
In the social network underlying the Ossianic epic, the 325 nodes represent characters appearing in the narratives and the 748 links represent interactions between...
Leisure activities, job crafting can make company ‘misfits’ more productive
Image Credit: Flickr/Stephen Ritchie
Finding meaning outside of work and proactively tailoring duties on the job may help people who fail to gel with a...
Mapping the elephant ivory trade: new evidence revealed
(credit: Ashley Coutu)
Archaeologists from the University of York have conducted pioneering analysis on historic ivory, revealing where East African elephants roamed and where they...
Designing the Future Internet
This century, our world will be flooded with hundreds of billions of smartphones, gadgets, sensors and other smart objects connected to the internet.
They will...
Researchers release virtual reality simulation that transports users to ocean of the future
Wearing a virtual reality headset, a researcher tries out the Stanford Ocean Acidification Experience, a new VR science education tool. (Image credit: Stanford Virtual...
Ancient proteins shown to control plant growth
This model shows that a cryptochrome exists as a single protein in the dark, and becomes two proteins bound together that regulate plant growth,...
ALS study reveals role of RNA-binding proteins
Donated human skin samples were used to produce first induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), then ultimately the healthy, donor-specific motor neurons shown here.Credit: UC...
Turning biofuel waste into wealth in a single step
This image shows lignin extraction with (left) and without formaldehyde (right).Credit: Alain Herzog/EPFL
Lignin is a bulky chain of molecules found in wood and is...
