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Phys.org / High-precision blood glucose level prediction achieved by few-molecule reservoir computing

A collaborative research team from NIMS and Tokyo University of Science has successfully developed an artificial intelligence (AI) device that executes brain-like information processing through few-molecule reservoir computing. ...

17 hours ago in Nanotechnology
Phys.org / Study suggests host response needs to be studied along with other bacteriophage research

A team of micro- and immunobiologists from the Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Yale University, and the University of Pittsburgh has found evidence suggesting that future research teams planning to use bacteriophages ...

19 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Research investigates radio emission of the rotating radio transient RRAT J1854+0306

Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), Chinese astronomers have investigated radio emission from a rotating radio transient known as RRAT J1854+0306. Results of the study, published April ...

21 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Optical barcodes expand range of high-resolution sensor

The same geometric quirk that lets visitors murmur messages around the circular dome of the whispering gallery at St. Paul's Cathedral in London or across St. Louis Union Station's whispering arch also enables the construction ...

15 hours ago in Physics
Phys.org / Florida dolphin found with highly pathogenic avian flu: Report

The case of a Florida bottlenose dolphin found with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, or HPAIV—a discovery made by University of Florida researchers in collaboration with multiple other agencies and one of the first ...

16 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Researchers reconstruct landscapes that greeted the first humans in Australia around 65,000 years ago

Seventy thousand years ago, the sea level was much lower than today. Australia, along with New Guinea and Tasmania, formed a connected landmass known as Sahul. Around this time—approximately 65,000 years ago—the first ...

16 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Did Vesuvius bury the home of the first Roman emperor?

A group of archaeologists, led by researchers from the University of Tokyo, announce the discovery of a part of a Roman villa built before the middle of the first century. This villa, near the town of Nola in southwestern ...

16 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Ridesourcing platforms thrive on socio-economic inequality, say researchers

Platforms that offer rides to passengers, such as Uber and DiDi, thrive on socio-economic inequality. By modeling the behavior of passengers and self-employed drivers, researchers of TU Delft simulated the market for ridesourcing ...

15 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Large Hadron Collider experiment zeroes in on magnetic monopoles

The late physicist Joseph Polchinski once said the existence of magnetic monopoles is "one of the safest bets that one can make about physics not yet seen." In its quest for these particles, which have a magnetic charge and ...

18 hours ago in Physics
Phys.org / New algorithm cuts through 'noisy' data to better predict tipping points

Whether you're trying to predict a climate catastrophe or mental health crisis, mathematics tells us to look for fluctuations.

16 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Scientists discover safer alternative for an explosive reaction used for more than 100 years

The chemical industry has been using a reaction with explosive chemicals for more than 100 years—now Mülheim scientists have discovered a safer alternative. The Ritter Group of the Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung ...

19 hours ago in Chemistry
Phys.org / Researchers advance detection of gravitational waves to study collisions of neutron stars and black holes

Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering co-led a new study by an international team that will improve the detection of gravitational waves—ripples in space and time.

17 hours ago in Astronomy & Space