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Latest articles

4 Dec 2023

The weird and wonderful world of Saudi Arabia’s microbiomes

29 Nov 2023

Electrical Engineering

Best thermal stability and efficiency in organic solar cells

Multicomponent mixtures could provide organic solar cells that defy heat and achieve record efficiency.

22 Nov 2023

Bioengineering

Safeguarding the right to be forgotten

An open-source software can help align artificial intelligence applications in healthcare with data privacy regulations.

16 Nov 2023

Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences

Neural networks give deeper insights

A “deep” many-layered neural network does the heavy lifting in calculating accurate predictions from large complex environmental datasets.

8 Nov 2023

Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences

Staying online in the high speed tube of the future

Solid-state radiofrequency reflectors will enable seamless wireless connectivity in the Hyperloop evacuated-tube transport system.

5 Nov 2023

Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences

Measuring the impact of desert greening

Long-term satellite data shows a significant cooling effect of vegetation on land surface temperature.

31 Oct 2023

Electrical Engineering

Seeking stability to support sustainable outdoor solar cells

The molecular structure of organic semiconductors is key to the outdoor stability of organic solar cells.

25 Oct 2023

Bioscience

Malaria protein discovery offers path for novel antimalarial intervention strategies

Uncovering PfAP2-P’s role in parasite’s immune evasion and development, opening doors to innovative anti-malaria approaches.

23 Oct 2023

Marine Science

Microbiomes shaped by enzymes’ responses to ocean temperatures

The ability of marine microbiomes to respond to thermal variations in their habitats is controlled by enzyme adaptation.

22 Oct 2023

Statistics

Real-time modeling a step closer to reality

An efficiency upgrade for an already fast approximation method enables accurate near-real-time modeling of complex systems and large datasets.

19 Oct 2023

Mechanical Engineering

Underwater air pockets smooth out the bumps

Air cavities forming around skipping buoyant objects could help reduce drag and enhance underwater maneuverability.

12 Oct 2023

Bioengineering

Lab-grown skin helps unlock secrets of mpox virus infection

Skin organoids offer a powerful platform for drug discovery in the ongoing fight against the virus formerly known as monkeypox.

12 Oct 2023

Bioscience

Picking the best methods for metabolomics research

Comparison of different nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy methods has helped to identify the most robust approach for studying different types of biomolecules.

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10 Oct 2023

Bioengineering

A new approach to rare disease diagnosis

An innovative AI-based tool leverages varied symptom descriptions, along with evidence from the scientific literature and genomic datasets, to pinpoint disease-associated gene variants.