Category: Science
A new AI tool can predict mosquitoes’ ages with 98% accuracy to speed malaria research
A schematic representation of a deep learning models that uses mosquito spectra as input to predict mosquito age classes. A CNN—no dimensionality reduction is applied: ... Read More
Pioneering approach advances study of CTCF protein in transcription biology
L to R: Beisi Xu, Ph.D., Chunliang Li, Ph.D.; Judith Hyle; Mohamed Nadhir Djekidel, Ph.D. Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital CTCF is a critical ... Read More
NASA plans to fly its X-57 electric plane this year
Sometime later this year—perhaps this summer, perhaps this fall—an electric aircraft from NASA, the X-57, is set to take flight in California. It’s what NASA ... Read More
Study: Dietary Nitrate Supplementation Increases Muscle Force during Exercise
Supplementation of dietary nitrate — commonly found in beetroot juice — increases nitric oxide bioavailability and can enhance exercise performance. In new research, scientists from ... Read More
Research reveals protein plaques associated with Alzheimer’s are stickier than thought
A researcher in the lab of Rice's Angel Martí holds a vial of fluorescent dye molecules in solution. Using time-resolved spectroscopy, which tracks the fluorescence ... Read More
Watch this material melt like the T-1000 in ‘Terminator 2’
Sci-fi film fans are likely very familiar with that scene in Terminator 2 when Robert Patrick’s slick, liquid metal T-1000 robot easily congeals itself through ... Read More
Humans Will Likely Not Have Ability to Visit Nearby Exoplanets Anytime Soon, Expert Says
Astronomers recently announced the discovery of TOI-700e, a habitable-zone, Earth-sized planet some 102 light-years away in the southern constellation of Dorado. Could this new discovery ... Read More