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Could AI play a role in locating damage to the brain after stroke?

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Artificial intelligence (AI) may serve as a future tool for neurologists to help locate where in the brain a stroke occurred. In a new study, AI processed text from health histories and neurologic examinations to locate lesions in the…

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Astronomers conduct first search for forming planets with new space telescope

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Planets form in disks of dust and gas called protoplanetary disks that whirl around a central protostar during its final assembly.

Wednesday, Mar 27

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Artificial reef designed by MIT engineers could protect marine life, reduce storm damage

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Engineers designed an 'architected' reef that can mimic the wave-buffering effects of natural reefs while providing pockets for marine life. The sustainable and cost-saving structure could dissipate more than 95 percent of incoming wave…

A solar cell you can bend and soak in water

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Researchers have developed an organic photovoltaic film that is both waterproof and flexible, allowing a solar cell to be put onto clothes and still function correctly after being rained on or even washed.

A tiny spot leads to a large advancement in nano-processing, researchers reveal

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Focusing a tailored laser beam through transparent glass can create a tiny spot inside the material. Researchers have reported on a way to use this small spot to improve laser material processing, boosting processing resolution.

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Persistent hiccups in a far-off galaxy draw astronomers to new black hole behavior

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Astronomers have found that a previously quiet black hole, which sits at the center of a galaxy about 800 million light years away, has suddenly erupted, giving off plumes of gas every 8.5 days before settling back to its normal, quiet…

A new type of cooling for quantum simulators

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Quantum simulators are quantum systems that can be controlled exceptionally well. They can be used to indirectly learn something about other quantum systems, which cannot be experimented on so easily. Therefore, quantum simulators play an…

Astronomers unveil strong magnetic fields spiraling at the edge of Milky Way's central black hole

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A new image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration has uncovered strong and organized magnetic fields spiraling from the edge of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). Seen in polarized light for the first time,…

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Distant 'space snowman' unlocks mystery of how some dormant deep space objects become 'ice bombs'

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Researchers found that the double-lobed object, which is officially named Kuiper Belt Object 486958 Arrokoth and resembles a snowman, may have ancient ices stored deep within it from when the object first formed billions of years ago.

Evolution of the most powerful ocean current on Earth

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The Antarctic Circumpolar Current plays an important part in global overturning circulation, the exchange of heat and CO2 between the ocean and atmosphere, and the stability of Antarctica's ice sheets. An international research team has…

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Sweet success: Sugarcane's complex genetic code cracked

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Scientists created a highly accurate reference genome for one of the most important modern crops and found a rare example of how genes confer disease resistance in plants. Exploring sugarcane's genetic code could help researchers develop…

Implantable batteries can run on the body's own oxygen

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From pacemakers to neurostimulators, implantable medical devices rely on batteries to keep the heart on beat and dampen pain. But batteries eventually run low and require invasive surgeries to replace. To address these challenges,…

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New genetic analysis tool tracks risks tied to CRISPR edits

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While CRISPR has shown immense promise as a next-generation therapeutic tool, the gene editing technology's edits are still imperfect. Researchers have developed a new system to test and analyze CRISPR-based DNA repair and related risks…

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Researchers show that introduced tardigrade proteins can slow metabolism in human cells

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Tardigrade proteins are potential candidates in technologies centered on slowing the aging process and in long-term storage of human cells.

Tuesday, Mar 26

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Sleeping supermassive black holes awakened briefly by shredded stars

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Astronomers have concluded that an obscure class of galaxies known as Compact Symmetric Objects, or CSOs, are not young as previously thought but rather lead relatively short lives.

Monday, Mar 25

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Engineering household robots to have a little common sense

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Engineers aim to give robots a bit of common sense when faced with situations that push them off their trained path, so they can self-correct after missteps and carry on with their chores. The team's method connects robot motion data with…

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Citizen scientists contribute vital information about 35 seahorse species

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Thanks to diligent observers, seahorses, those enigmatic and charismatic fish, are not only being discovered in new habitats and expanded geographic ranges, they are also being found at new ocean depths. While their capacity for male…

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The world is one step closer to secure quantum communication on a global scale

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Researchers have brought together two Nobel prize-winning research concepts to advance the field of quantum communication. Scientists can now efficiently produce nearly perfect entangled photon pairs from quantum dot sources.

Quantum interference could lead to smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient transistors

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Scientists made a single-molecule transistor using quantum interference to control electron flow. This new design offers high on/off ratio and stability, potentially leading to smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient devices. Quantum…

Astronomers discover 49 new galaxies in under three hours

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New work aimed to study the star-forming gas in a single radio galaxy. Although the team didn't find any star-forming gas in the galaxy they were studying, they instead discovered other galaxies while inspecting the data. In total, the gas…

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Persian plateau unveiled as crucial hub for early human migration out of Africa

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A new study combining genetic, palaeoecological, and archaeological evidence has unveiled the Persian Plateau as a pivotal geographic location serving as a hub for Homo sapiens during the early stages of their migration out of Africa. It…

Saturday, Mar 23

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Stem cell model offers first glimpse of early human embryonic development

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The new platform's ethically grounded approach promises to reveal much about how human embryos form during the earliest stages of pregnancy.

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James Webb Space Telescope captures the end of planet formation

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How much time do planets have to form from a swirling disk of gas and dust around a star? A new study gives scientists a better idea of how our own solar system came to be.

Enormous ice loss from Greenland glacier

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Ground-based measuring devices and aircraft radar operated in the far northeast of Greenland show how much ice the 79 N-Glacier is losing. According to recent measurements, the thickness of the glacier has decreased by more than 160 meters…

Friday, Mar 22

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Signs of life would be detectable in single ice grain emitted from extraterrestrial moons

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Could life be found in frozen sea spray from moons orbiting Saturn or Jupiter? New research finds that life can be detected in a single ice grain containing one bacterial cell or portions of a cell. The results suggest that if life similar…

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Downscaling storage devices: Magnetic memory based on the chirality of spiral magnets

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A team of researchers has proposed a new concept for magnet-based memory devices, which might revolutionize information storage devices owing to their potential for large-scale integration, non-volatility, and high durability.

Researchers invent artificial intelligence model to design new superbug-fighting antibiotics

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Researchers at McMaster University and Stanford University have invented a new generative artificial intelligence model which can design billions of new antibiotic molecules that are inexpensive and easy to build in the laboratory.

Thursday, Mar 21

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High-resolution brain created with 3D printer

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A 3D-printed 'brain phantom' has been developed, which is modeled on the structure of brain fibers and can be imaged using a special variant of magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI). The scientific team has now shown in a study, these brain…

Rays were more diverse 150 million years ago than previously thought

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Scientists have explored the puzzling world of rays that lived 150 million years ago and discovered a previously hidden diversity -- including a new ray species. This study significantly expands the understanding of these ancient…

Secrets of the Van Allen belt revealed in new study

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A challenge to space scientists to better understand our hazardous near-Earth space environment has been set in a new study.