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Researchers Develop The First AI-Based Method For Dating Archeological Remains

By analyzing DNA with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), an international research team led by Lund University in Sweden has developed a method that can accurately date up to ten-thousand year-old human remains.

Researchers Find Ten Billion-Year Old “Ghost Stars” From Swallowed Galaxy

Astronomers at Lund University in Sweden have found a group of stars in the Milky Way disk, that are most likely remnants from an unknown baby galaxy that was swallowed by the Milky Way over 10 billion years ago.

Blood Test Detects Alzheimer’s In People With Down Syndrome

Around 80% of people with Down syndrome develop Alzheimer’s disease, often when they are between 40 and 50 years old.

WSU-Designed, Nano-Engineered Sealer Leads to More Durable Concrete

Comparison of a concrete sample coated with nano-modified sealer (left) versus untreated concrete (right)

New Treatment Could Result In More Donor Lungs

A large amount of lungs donated cannot be used for transplantation.

Study Reveals Flaws In Popular Genetic Method

The most common analytical method within population genetics is deeply flawed, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden.

Strawberries Were Smaller When Bees Ingested Pesticides

Solitary bees that ingested the pesticide clothianidin when foraging from rapeseed flowers became slower

A Programming Language For Hardware Accelerators

Researchers created Exo for writing high-performance code on hardware accelerators.

Better Living Through Multicellular Life Cycles

Researchers reveal how an algae-eating bacterium solves an environmental engineering challenge.

Researchers Provide First Step Toward Optimal Biofuels Production

A long-overlooked first step in developing sustainable aviation fuels is to begin with the right configuration of molecular ingredients.

Rapid adaptation in fruit flies has evolutionary implications

Think evolution is a slow, gradual process? Tell that to fruit flies.

Honey Holds Potential for Making Brain-Like Computer Chips

Honey might be a sweet solution for developing environmentally friendly components for neuromorphic computers, systems designed to mimic the neurons and synapses found in the human brain.

Researchers Find a New Way to Measure Flying Baseballs

As the Major League Baseball season gets underway, a burning question for many fans of the third most popular sport in the United States is how many home runs they will see this season.

Mysterious Ripples In The Milky Way Were Caused By A Passing Dwarf Galaxy

Using data from the Gaia space telescope, a team led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden has shown that large parts of the Milky Way's outer disk vibrate

From Computer to Benchtop: Wsu Researchers Find Clues to New Mechanisms for Coronaviruses Infections

A group of bat viruses related to SARS-CoV-2 can also infect human cells but uses a different and unknown entryway.

Astronomers Identify Likely Location of Medium‑sized Black Holes

Intermediate-mass black holes are notoriously hard to find, but a new study indicates there may be some at the center of dense star clusters located throughout the universe.

Lignin-Based Jet Fuel Packs More Power for Less Pollution

A Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientist at Richland, Wash., helps develop a sustainable fuel component as part of research into bio-based jet fuels.

Aggressively Patriarchal Worldview Attracted Swedish Women To IS

Contrary to popular belief, Swedish women who have joined IS were not simply passively manipulated by men.

Hands In People With Diabetes More Often Affected By Trigger Finger

Locked fingers, known as trigger finger, are more common among people with diabetes than in the general population

Less Bird Diversity In City Forests

A new study led by Lund University in Sweden shows that cities negatively affect the diversity of birds