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Advanced cardiac MRI guides treatment for stiff heart syndrome
For the first time, doctors can measure the effectiveness of chemotherapy for “stiff heart syndrome”, using an advanced form of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging...
Bill Gates-backed Triangle startup targeting Alzheimer’s treatment raises $6M
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – An RTP based drug development firm backed by a Bill Gates-linked foundation has raised more than $6 million as it...
Why we need to tackle university degree inflation
With more physics students than ever before getting top grades, Peter Main calls for new ways of measuring university performance to avoid “grade inflation”
Graduation...
Boosting physical activity levels and curbing sitting time are highly likely to lower breast cancer risk
Although sedentary lifestyles and physical inactivity have been associated with an increased risk of breast cancer in observational studies, their causality has yet to...
A pioneering mathematical formula could transform the health, energy, and food industry
Scientists have had to rely on approximations or limited viewpoints up until now to analyze particle motion through porous materials like biological tissues, polymers,...
BD to invest at least $25M, hire 22 workers in Johnston County
JOHNSTON COUNTY – Medical device company Becton, Dickinson & Company, or BD, will expand its footprint in Johnston County with the addition of a...
Road to Teslabot and Last Mile Delivery Robots
The last mile of a package delivery is the most difficult due to dynamic, uncertain environments both inside and outside of the vehicle. A...
Multi-Fingered Active Grasp Learning
This is a review of a 2020 academic paper about using learning systems to train robotics arms and hands to grasp objects.
Learning-based approaches to...
NASA’S Webb captured thousands of never-before-seen young stars
Thousands of never-before-seen young stars are spotted in a stellar nursery called 30 Doradus, captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Nicknamed the...
Hertha Ayrton: ‘An advocate for interdisciplinarity’
Hertha Ayrton (1854–1923) was a woman of formidable intellect and skill – and many labels. She was scientist, inventor, mathematician, engineer and suffragette, and...
Scientists successfully coupled two types of electron-hole pairs
Two-layered molybdenum disulfide is a van der Waals material, where electrons can be excited using a suitable experimental setup. These electrons later leave their...
Hertha Ayrton: pioneering inventor and suffragette
Physicist, mathematician, engineer, inventor and suffragette – Hertha Ayrton was many things at a time when women were expected to simply keep house and...