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Mar 20, 2024

Self-heating concrete is one step closer to putting snow shovels and salt out of business

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There’s a patch of concrete on Drexel University’s campus that could portend a frost-free future for sidewalks and highways in the Northeast.

Mar 20, 2024

Medics design AI tool to predict side-effects in breast cancer patients

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Trials in UK, France and the Netherlands indicate tool can predict if patient will experience problems from surgery and radiotherapy.

Mar 20, 2024

Surgical Management and Predictors of Postoperative Complications of Retrosternal Goiters: A Retrospective Study

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Background: The preferred standard treatment for retrosternal goiter (RSG), a slow-growing, often benign tumor, remains thyroidectomy. An alternative strategy may be required when the goiter is intrathoracic. Data on the results of RSG procedures are rarely reported. Careful patient selection and assessment are critical to avoiding an unexpected sternotomy during surgery and postoperative complications. This study aims to examine the clinical findings and treatment outcomes of RSG and to identify the variables affecting postoperative complications in a resource-limited setting.

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Mar 20, 2024

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 379, No 1901

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical

The advent of CRISPR gene editing, along with nanopore genome sequencing and single-cell RNA sequencing, has allowed the study of host-microbe interactions with newfound accuracy and power. The studies taking advantage of these tools have provided insights with never-before seen precision and, excitingly, have revealed surprising findings on principles of host-microbe interactions. This special issue reviews and interprets host immunological and developmental interactions with the resident microbiome. The articles reflect on evolutionary principles guiding how hosts interact with their commensal microbiota and offer new techniques and directions for research that we hope will advance the field in the years to come.

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Mar 20, 2024

Why Does Your ADHD Make Things So Hard?

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We made Dr. K’s Guide to ADHD and Doing Stuff so you can focus on the things you actually want to. It is full of lectures, neuroscience, worksheets, meditation, and more. Check it out today: https://bit.ly/3qvHKBr.

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Mar 20, 2024

Scientists Gave AI an “Inner Monologue” and Something Fascinating Happened

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Researchers taught an AI to think before it speaks like a human’s inner monologue — and found that it made the model smarter.

Mar 20, 2024

Astrocytes Remember: A New Layer of Immune Memory Uncovered

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Researchers have made a pioneering discovery that astrocytes, cells within the central nervous system traditionally not associated with immune functions, are capable of developing what’s being called an “immune memory.” This capability…


Summary: Astrocytes, traditionally non-immune cells within the central nervous system, possess the ability to develop an immune memory, responding more vigorously to subsequent immune challenges. This groundbreaking study reveals that through an epigenetic mechanism involving the enzymes p300 and ATP-citrate lyase (ACLY), astrocytes enhance their pro-inflammatory responses, a trait similar to the immune memory seen in adaptive immunity.

The findings, which have been observed in both mouse models of multiple sclerosis (MS) and human cell samples, suggest that astrocyte immune memory may play a significant role in chronic neurological disorders, offering new insights into disease pathology and potential therapeutic targets to mitigate CNS inflammation.

Mar 20, 2024

Stability AI Is Falling Apart

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AI image generation company Stability AI is in big trouble.

Several key AI developers who worked on Stable Diffusion, the company’s popular text-to-image generator, have resigned, Forbes reports.

Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque announced the news during an all-hands meeting last week, per Forbes, revealing that three of the five researchers who originally created the foundational tech that powers Stable Diffusion at two German universities, had left.

Mar 20, 2024

Research team establishes synthetic dimension dynamics to manipulate light

Posted by in categories: physics, space

In the realm of physics, synthetic dimensions (SDs) have emerged as one of the frontiers of active research, offering a pathway to explore phenomena in higher-dimensional spaces, beyond our conventional 3D geometrical space. The concept has garnered significant attention, especially in topological photonics, due to its potential to unlock rich physics inaccessible in traditional dimensions.

Mar 20, 2024

What is a white hole? — with Carlo Rovelli

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Journey into the enigmatic depths of a black hole, with beloved physicist Carlo Rovelli. Buy Carlo’s book here: https://geni.us/nNB6xAsBecome one of our YouTu…