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Dr. Joseph S. Friedman and his colleagues created a computer prototype that learns patterns and makes predictions using fewer training computations than conventional artificial intelligence systems.
Researchers create magnetic neuromorphic computers that learn like the human brain while using far less energy.
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Haozhe Wang’s electrical and computer engineering lab at Duke welcomed an unusual new lab member this fall: artificial intelligence.
AIAI microscope autonomously performs tasks like a scientist, only much fasterMac Oliveau
Scientists have created a floating droplet electricity generator that turns rainfall into power using water as its own support and electrode.
Green ImpactFloating power: How scientists are turning raindrops into renewable energyRebecca Shavit
AI-driven lifestyle app can match human-led programs in helping people with prediabetes reduce their diabetes risk.
AIA new kind of coach: How artificial intelligence is helping people prevent diabetesShy Cohen
AI models can predict sepsis in children up to 48 hours early
AIAI helps doctors detect sepsis in kids before it becomes deadlyShy Cohen
A new dual-target antibody calms overactive immune cells in autoimmune diseases without weakening the body's natural defenses.
HealthScientists create special antibody that shuts down rogue T cells safelyMac Oliveau
Northwestern scientists turned a decades-old chemotherapy drug into a precision cancer killer
HealthNew nanodrug is 20,000x more lethal to leukemia while sparing healthy cellsJoshua Shavit
A new method using sugar-coated stem cells could improve liver disease treatments and reduce the need for organ transplants.
HealthSugar-coated stem cells heal damaged livers — replacing transplantsMac Oliveau
The proposed optical computing chip enables the high-speed, parallel processing for quantitative trading with unprecedented low latency, accelerating the crucial and demanding step of feature extraction.
AINew light-based computer chip revolutionizes AI — processes data millions of times fasterShy Cohen
Test subject entering the Ulmer Nest pod.
InnovationsLow-cost, smart shelters turn cold nights into safe havens for the homelessJoshua Shavit
Scientists find new compounds that help cells fight viruses by turning on stress defenses.
HealthA new way to stop viruses: Boosting your body’s natural defensesMac Oliveau
The thorium crystal. The core element of the experiment: a crystal containing thorium atoms.
InnovationsThe world’s first nuclear clock can detect changes in nature’s fundamental constantsJoshua Shavit
Researchers at the Picower Institute are exploring whether stimulating the brain’s natural 40-hertz “gamma” rhythm can slow or reverse Alzheimer’s disease
HealthNew study finds 40Hz sensory stimulation may benefit some Alzheimer’s patients for yearsRebecca Shavit
Partial electron ((a), in yellow) and hole (b), in blue) SNCDDs of YBCO7 predicted by PBE, viewed along c-axis, showing the double 2D tunnels in (a) parallel to the a-b plane and SODTs in (b) along a-axis.
InnovationsPenn State scientists found a new way to identify superconducting materialsJoshua Shavit
Electron microscope image of the superfluid wave tank (blue) coupled to an optical fibre which brings laser light in and out of the device.
InnovationsScientists built a microscopic ‘ocean’ on a silicon chip to study quantum wavesShy Cohen
The study is led by Professor Daniel Tornero and researcher Alba Ortega , from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona
HealthScientists engineer stem cells that help the brain heal itselfMac Oliveau
Retina E-paper can reproduce lifelike color images using pixels smaller than a single human photoreceptor.
InnovationsScientists develop retina E-paper display with 25k pixels per inch, matching human visionShy Cohen