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The World's Most Valuable AI Companies, and What They're Working On
Singularity Hub - 27 Feb 2019 17:00
It recognizes our faces. It knows the videos we might like. And it can even, perhaps, recommend the best course of action to take to maximize our personal health. Artificial intelligence and its subset of disciplines--su...
3D printed tool cuts through titanium, wins innovation prize
EurekAlert! - 27 Feb 2019 07:00
(RMIT University) High quality cutting tools can now be 3D printed, potentially saving time and money for aerospace and Defence manufacturers.
Ripples in Space-Time Could Help Solve Cosmic Mystery of How Fast Universe Is Expanding
Live Science - 27 Feb 2019 16:38Fast, flexible ionic transistors for bioelectronic devices
Science Daily - 27 Feb 2019 21:27
Researchers have developed the first biocompatible internal-ion-gated organic electrochemical transistor (IGT) that is fast enough to enable real-time signal sensing and stimulation of brain signals. The IGT provides a m...
Smoking and alcohol: Double trouble for the brain?
Science Daily - 27 Feb 2019 21:00
Along with many other harmful health consequences, smoking tobacco causes chemical changes, oxidative stress and inflammation in the brain. Excessive alcohol use can have similar effects. Surprisingly, however, very few ...
A new method for precision drug delivery: Painting
Science Daily - 27 Feb 2019 21:00
Researchers are one step closer to delivering precise amounts of medication to exact location, repurposing an existing imaging ''painting'' method.
Thirty years of fast food: Greater variety, but more salt, larger portions, and added calories
Science Daily - 27 Feb 2019 21:00
Despite the addition of some healthful menu items, fast food is even more unhealthy for you than it was 30 years ago. An analysis of the offerings at 10 of the most popular US fast-food restaurants in 1986, 1991, and 201...
Infant sleep duration associated with mother's level of education and prenatal depression
Science Daily - 27 Feb 2019 21:00
A new study analyzing data from Canadian parents has found that babies sleep less at three months of age if their mothers do not have a university degree, experienced depression during pregnancy or had an emergency cesar...
Infectious diseases could be diagnosed with smartphones in sub-Saharan Africa
Science Daily - 27 Feb 2019 20:18
A new review has outlined how health workers could use existing phones to predict and curb the spread of infectious diseases.
Yeast produce low-cost, high-quality cannabinoids
Science Daily - 27 Feb 2019 20:18
Synthetic biologists have created an enzymatic network in yeast that turns sugar into cannabinoids, including tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol, but also novel cannabinoids not found in the marijuana plant itself. The...
Medicating mosquitoes to fight malaria
Science Daily - 27 Feb 2019 20:18
Mosquitoes that landed on surfaces coated with the anti-malarial compound atovaquone were completely blocked from developing Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite that causes malaria, according to new research.
Scientists devise strategies to counteract T cell exhaustion in CAR T cancer therapies
Science Daily - 27 Feb 2019 20:18
CAR T-cell therapies have saved lives in patients with blood cancers, but there has been a downside: T cells that enter solid tumors can stop working due to a phenomenon called T cell exhaustion. Now scientists have foun...
New mechanism of bone growth discovered
Science Daily - 27 Feb 2019 20:17
Researchers report that bone growth in mice takes place in accordance with the same principles as when new cells are constantly produced in blood, skin and other tissue. This contradicts the previous understanding that b...
Latest anti-retroviral drug regimens provide 'Lazarus Effect' for HIV patients
Science Daily - 27 Feb 2019 19:48
Frailty related to HIV infection 'is rapidly becoming a specter of the past' and today it 'is possible to control HIV infection in all patients,' according to a perspective article.
What controls the tips of our chromosomes?
Science Daily - 27 Feb 2019 19:48
The tips of our chromosomes have structures called telomeres that prevent our genetic material from unfolding. When they do not work properly, it can lead to the total erosion of our genetic material and can trigger canc...
Comparing antioxidants levels in tomatoes of different color
Science Daily - 27 Feb 2019 19:48
Greater levels of specific antioxidants were associated with particular colorations of tomato fruit. These genotypes could be used either directly as food or in breeding programs to recover greater levels of functional c...
How nerve fibers enter spinal cord during early development
Science Daily - 27 Feb 2019 19:48
New research could lead to regenerative therapies for people with injuries to their brachial plexus, a group of nerves that starts at the spinal cord and goes into the arm.
New mothers reduce their alcohol intake, but this change is short-lived
Science Daily - 27 Feb 2019 18:12
Most women dramatically reduce their alcohol intake on learning they are pregnant, but by the time their child is five they are back to their pre-pregnancy drinking levels, a new international study has found. The resear...
Reprogramming the wonder drug rapamycin allows creation of new small-molecule drugs
Science Daily - 27 Feb 2019 18:11
In the new study, the authors aimed to reprogram rapamycin by keeping the parts of rapamycin and tacrolimus that bind FKBP12 and changing the remaining half of the molecule in order to target completely new disease-assoc...
Study Reveals Structure of the Second Human Cannabinoid Receptor
Neuroscience News - 27 Feb 2019 23:12
Researchers have identified the structure of the human type 2 cannabinoid receptor. The findings, researchers say, can help in the development of new treatments for inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases.
Not All Sleep is Equal When it Comes to Cleaning the Brain
Neuroscience News - 27 Feb 2019 22:56
Study reinforces and explains the links between sleep deprivation and neurodegenerative diseases, researchers say.
First Common Risk Genes for Autism Discovered
Neuroscience News - 27 Feb 2019 22:47
Researchers have identified the first common genetic risk variants for ASD. The study, which also reveals specific genetics differences in clinical subgroups of autism, may help in providing more precise diagnoses for th...