In conversation with Dr Eric Ma, Senior Principal Data Scientist at Moderna, Dr Raminderpal Singh examines what AI agents are actually good for, where the lock-in hides and why expertise has become more valuable rather than less. Model releases now arrive weekly, each claiming a step change. Meanwhile the software is converging. Across chat [...]
A study led by researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and University of California, Riverside (UCR) School of Medicine has identified new targets for antiviral drugs against coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. These new targets could help scientists discover treatments that are less vulnerable to the [...]
After more than six decades of failed attempts, chemists have achieved a breakthrough involving a class of molecules long considered too unstable to isolate. Chemists have succeeded in isolating a group of molecules that researchers have struggled to capture for more than 60 years. Known as oxoboranes, these compounds contain an unusual triple bond [...]
A single dose of psilocybin produced rapid antidepressant effects in a small Swedish clinical trial, with improvements lasting for weeks. A single dose of psilocybin, the psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms, produced rapid improvements in depression symptoms in a small Swedish clinical trial. After six weeks, 53% of participants who received psilocybin were [...]
From the preface of the book Global Health Care Equivalency in the Age of Nanotechnology, Nanomedicine and Artificial Intelligence, Edited by Frank Boehm: Since the publication of my first book (Nanomedical Device and Systems Design: Challenges, Possibilities, Visions – CRC Press, 2013), it became increasingly evident that synergies between the concurrently rapid advances in [...]
A new study reveals that the amount of carbon dioxide produced by human metabolism has increased dramatically over three decades. The carbon dioxide produced by human bodies as they convert food into energy increased by 74% over three decades, according to a University of Bath-led study. By 2015, the global total had reached an [...]
Researchers have identified an unexpected molecular vulnerability in cancers carrying BAF mutations. Mutations found in roughly 20% of human cancers may promote tumor growth by changing how DNA is organized inside cells. Researchers have identified a mechanism that allows a regulatory protein to reshape the genome’s three-dimensional structure, altering the activity of genes involved [...]
Africa’s latest Ebola outbreak has killed nearly 5,400 people, the vast majority of them in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to the continent’s top health agency. Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) told the AFP on Monday that the outbreak, which has spread to other countries on the continent, [...]
Chinese researchers are testing whether focused ultrasound can help restore consciousness in patients with severe brain injuries, adding to a growing international effort to use sound waves to stimulate deep brain structures without surgery. A team involving the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology has used targeted ultrasound pulses to stimulate [...]
At the EPFL, micro-drones have been developed that can be moved without a motor or battery.No motors, no batteries, no electronics on board, just small cavities that convert sound waves into thrust: this is the surprising propulsion technology for drones, developed at the Laboratory for Micro-Biorobotic Systems (Microbs) at the Swiss Federal Institute of [...]
