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Stanford technology predicts the slow death of a lithium-ion battery

A new model offers a way to predict the condition of a battery’s internal systems in real-time with far more accuracy than existing tools. In electric cars, the technology could improve driving range estimates and prolong battery life.

UC DAVIS HEALTH: New dopamine sensors could help unlock the mysteries of brain chemistry

Researchers develop a wider spectrum for dLight1 sensor, allowing multiplex imaging of neurotransmitters

EMORY UNIVERSITY: High antiviral antibody levels may herald pediatric COVID-19 complication

Measuring blood antibody levels against SARS-CoV-2 may distinguish children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C), which appears to be a serious but rare complication of viral infection, say researchers at Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

YALE UNIVERSITY: Portable MRI can detect brain abnormalities at bedside

A new portable MRI device detected specific brain abnormalities in 29 of 30 patients taken to Yale New Haven Hospital’s neuroscience intensive care unit after presenting with symptoms of stroke and other neurological disorders, according to a new study published Sept. 8 in the journal JAMA Neurology.

UC BERKELEY: How we sleep today may forecast when Alzheimer’s disease begins

What would you do if you knew how long you had until Alzheimer’s disease set in?

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: Scientists discover warped disk ‘torn apart by stars’

Pioneering new research has revealed the first direct evidence that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disk, leaving it warped and with tilted rings.

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: Princeton plays major role in new $115 million quantum science center

Princeton University will have a major leadership role in a new Co-Design Center for Quantum Advantage, headquartered at Brookhaven National Laboratory and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.

UCLA: Single-use N95 respirators can be decontaminated and used again, study finds

Scientists hope new methods can mitigate the chronic shortage of personal protective equipment

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: Princeton researchers join collaboration of NSF Physics Research Center

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced funding for a new Physics Frontier Center, hosted at the University of Rochester, with Princeton co-principal investigators Adam Burrows, professor of astrophysical sciences, and Tom Duffy, professor of geosciences, to study the physics and astrophysical implications of matter under extreme pressures and temperatures.

NIH: Small set of genes may provide unique barcode for different types of brain cells in worms

NIH-funded study suggests specific combination of proteins determines neuron type.

UC BERKELEY: Programmable synthetic materials

Artificial molecules could one day form the information unit of a new type of computer or be the basis for programmable substances.

YALE UNIVERSITY: Stress and anger may exacerbate heart failure

Mental stress and anger may have clinical implications for patients with heart failure according to a new report published in the Journal of Cardiac Failure.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY: Inaugural AI research grants advance transformational projects in education, health care and government

The Hoffman-Yee Research Grant Program seeks to harness artificial intelligence to build a better future for humanity.

YALE UNIVERSITY: Anatomy of an acne treatment

Sarecycline, a drug approved for use in the United States in 2018, is the first new antibiotic approved to treat acne in more than 40 years.

UC BERKELEY: New understanding of CRISPR-Cas9 tool could improve gene editing

The 3D structure of a base editor, comprised of the Cas9 protein (white and gray), which binds to a DNA target (teal and blue helix) complementary to the RNA guide (purple), and the deaminase proteins (red and pink), which switch out one nucleotide for another. (UC Berkeley graphic by Gavin Knott and Audrone Lapinaite)

STANFORD UNIVERSITY: Stanford chemists craft molecular scalpels to clear unwanted proteins from cell surfaces

Stanford chemists have developed a new tool that shuttles unwanted cell surface proteins to their deaths.

UVA: Physicians Urge Hospitals to Become ‘Artificial Intelligence Ready’

Agroup of doctors and data scientists is calling on hospitals to create clinical departments devoted to artificial intelligence to harness the power of the technology to transform patient care.

UC BERKELEY: Desert mosses use quartz rocks as sun shades

Living under a translucent rock can be quite comfortable — if you’re a moss in the Mojave Desert.

UCLA: Natural gas flaring poses pregnancy risks

UCLA–USC study finds exposure is associated with a 50% greater risk for preterm birth

BERKELEY: Vision scientists discover why humans literally don’t see eye to eye

Study finds that people literally don’t always see things the same way, which can impact activities that require visual precision.