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Jan 5, 2024
Understanding the role of a new enzyme in the development of autism spectrum disorder
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, neuroscience
Over the past decades, scientists have made substantial progress unveiling the underlying mechanisms behind many psychiatric disorders. Every year, new genetic mutations or protein dysregulations are identified as potential culprits for the symptoms and sometimes even the root causes of complex neurological diseases, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), schizophrenia, and Alzheimer’s.
Despite these efforts, the precise roles of several proteins involved in brain function remain obscure. Such is the case for indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 2 (IDO2), an enzyme expressed in the brain and metabolized by the tryptophan–kynurenine pathway (TKP).
Changes in the metabolites of this pathway have already been linked to many psychiatric disorders, and genetically modified mice have been invaluable tools in such studies. However, the detailed functions of IDO2 in the brain are not known.
Jan 5, 2024
An mRNA Vaccine Joins the Fight Against RSV
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: biotech/medical
There are many ways in which humans may one day be able to reach the icy and exotic moon of Saturn known as Titan in just two years, This direct fusion drive holds the most promise.
Jan 5, 2024
High‐Strength Amorphous Silicon Carbide for Nanomechanics
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: materials
Advanced Materials, one of the world’s most prestigious journals, is the home of choice for best-in-class materials science for more than 30 years.
Jan 5, 2024
Cosmic Chemistry: Unlocking the Unexpected Secrets of Early Universe’s Star Factories
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: chemistry, space
A groundbreaking study by Chalmers University scientists reveals unprecedented molecular details in two early-universe galaxies, advancing our understanding of their star-formation activities.
Two galaxies in the early universe, which contain extremely productive star factories, have been studied by a team of scientists led by Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. Using powerful telescopes to split the galaxies’ light into individual colors, the scientists were amazed to discover light from many different molecules – more than ever before at such distances. Studies like this could revolutionize our understanding of the lives of the most active galaxies when the universe was young, the researchers believe.
Unveiling the nature of early galaxies.
Jan 5, 2024
Janitor Attempts to Turn Off Beeping Noise, Destroys Research
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in category: futurism
In an apparent attempt to turn off a beeping noise he allegedly deemed annoying, a janitor turned off the breaker to a freezer that contained extremely valuable cell cultures, samples, and other research.
The freezer, which was set to minus-112 degrees Fahrenheit, as the Times Union reports, warmed up to a catastrophic minus-25.6 degrees, damaging and destroying much of the decades of work.
At least, that’s what happened according to a lawsuit filed by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute lab against the janitor’s employer.
Jan 5, 2024
LLaMA Pro: Progressive LLaMA with Block Expansion
Posted by Cecile G. Tamura in category: futurism
Tencent presents LLaMA Pro.
Progressive LLaMA with Block Expansion.
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Jan 5, 2024
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Improve Accuracy of Lung Cancer Screening
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: biotech/medical, health, information science, robotics/AI
How can artificial intelligence help to improve the accuracy of lung cancer screening among people at high risk of developing the disease? Read to find out.
Lung cancers, the vast majority of which are caused by cigarette smoking, are the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Lung cancer kills more people than cancers of the breast, prostate, and colon combined. By the time lung cancer is diagnosed, the disease has often already spread outside the lung. Therefore, researchers have sought to develop methods to screen for lung cancer in high-risk populations before symptoms appear. They are evaluating whether the integration of artificial intelligence – the use of computer programs or algorithms that use data to make decisions or predictions – could improve the accuracy and speed of diagnosis, aid clinical decision-making, and lead to better health outcomes.
Jan 5, 2024
Scientists Just Proved the Human Brain Can Support an Extra Body Part
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: robotics/AI
Human brains can adapt to an extra body part! Check out a 3D-printed and robotic ‘Third Thumb.’
Jan 5, 2024
Calculating How Atoms Scatter Off Surfaces
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: particle physics
The interactions of helium atoms with crystalline surfaces are so gentle and subtle that it has been challenging to describe them from first principles.