Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a way to accurately measure and display uncertainty in computer vision algorithms that can be understood by the average person, according to a news release.
Research collaboration teases out cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie one of pandemic’s signature symptoms, with implications for other health conditions
With the new method, scientists can explore many cancer mutations whose roles are unknown, helping them develop new drugs that target those mutations.
A new study shows the carbon-capturing phytoplankton colonized the ocean by rafting on particles of chitin.
Columbia psychiatrist’s groundbreaking book returns to the best-seller list 11 years after publication as attachment theory gains popularity on social media
The method could enable a rapid test to determine whether individuals are producing antibodies that help protect against Covid-19.
Researchers identify a property that helps computer vision models learn to represent the visual world in a more stable, predictable way.
A common virus that causes no harm in most people may be a danger to organ transplant recipients and other immunocompromised people, say researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Columbia Mailman School of Public Health.
Faulty versions of the Foxp2 gene disrupt neurons’ ability to form synapses in brain regions involved in speech, a new study shows.
In a new study, PhD students Gabriel Bridges and Shifra Mandel help show that both poles of Jupiter are aglow with high-energy light.
Did you know that more than 26,500 Canadians died from opioid intoxication between January 2016 and September 2021?
Everyone knows the human brain is extremely complex – but how does it learn, exactly? Well, the answer may be a lot simpler than commonly believed.
Heart attacks are damaging, and the severity depends on how long blood flow has been interrupted; when temporarily deprived of oxygen, heart cells die.
Is the grief experience different for individuals who have lost a loved one by medical assistance in dying (MAiD) compared to natural death with palliative care (NDPC)?
Earth will meet a similar fate in 5 billion years.
SoftZoo is a soft robot co-design platform that can test optimal shapes and sizes for robotic performance in different environments.
Following cataract removal, some of the brain’s visual pathways seem to be more malleable than previously thought.
The event was spotted in infrared data — also a first — suggesting further searches in this band could turn up more such bursts.
Darwin’s theory of evolution probably isn’t the full explanation for the emergence of life.
It’s not every day that someone comes across a new state of matter in quantum physics, the scientific field devoted to describing the behaviour of atomic and subatomic particles in order to elucidate their properties.