by Ken Chiacchia | Aug 17, 2023 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Left: Microscope image of the healthy neuromuscular junction (NMJ). Bright spots are where a fluorescent-label has stuck to muscle-cell-surface proteins that respond to neurotransmitters. Upper Right: MCell model of healthy mouse NMJ active zones (AZs). Six AZs are...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 14, 2023 | AI, Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Initial Work With PSC System Pilots AI That Went On to Predict Colorectal Cancer Genetic Status That Would Otherwise Require Lengthy Lab Testing Diagnosing cancer relies heavily on human expertise and lengthy genetic testing, which aren’t always available. A team from...
by Ken Chiacchia | May 10, 2023 | AI, Science Highlights
Predictions made by the BirdFlow AI on how the American woodcock migrates in North America between eBird “snapshots.” From Fuentes, M., Van Doren, B. M., Fink, D., & Sheldon, D. (2023). BirdFlow: Learning seasonal bird movements from eBird data. Methods in Ecology...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 26, 2023 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Proof-of-concept work suggests applications in industrial processes, environmental monitoring, and medicine Polymer brushes are forests of molecular-sized chains extending from a surface. If they can be made to behave properly in the real world, they could form the...
by Ken Chiacchia | Feb 15, 2023 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
The two, massive neutron stars merge with a great gravitational clang — but little electromagnetic signal gets out. Scientists had not predicted absence of electromagnetic signal in 2019 detection A collision of two massive neutron stars detected by gravity-wave...
