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The Downside Of Machine Learning In Health Care

Assistant Professor Marzyeh Ghassemi explores how hidden biases in medical data could compromise artificial intelligence approaches.

Food Insecurity Risk Related to Diabetes Later in Life

Young adults who were at risk of food insecurity had increased incidence of diabetes 10 years later, according to a Washington State University study.

Intense Exercise While Dieting May Reduce Cravings for Fatty Food

In a study that offers hope for human dieters, rats on a 30-day diet who exercised intensely resisted cues for favored, high-fat food pellets.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Helps Treat Opioid Addiction

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may help people being treated for opioid addiction reduce their methadone dose and better manage pain and withdrawal symptoms, according to a pair of studies led by Washington State University scientists.

Engineers Develop Surgical “Duct Tape” As An Alternative To Sutures

The sticky patch could be quickly applied to repair gut leaks and tears.

Fish Cannibalism Rare in Wild, Study Finds

Mosquitofish and guppies, though known to be cannibalistic in captivity, are extremely unlikely to be cannibals in wild settings, and the rare instances of cannibalism in these fish are likely due to strong competition for food.

Invasive Insect That Kills Grapes Could Reach California Wine Region by 2027

The spotted lanternfly, an invasive insect that can kill grapevines and damage other crops, has a chance of first reaching the wine-producing counties of California in five years, according to a new analysis from North Carolina State University researchers.

Shorter, Wider Flowers May Transmit More Parasites to Bees

North Carolina State University researchers show that the shape of flowers has the biggest effect on how parasites are transmitted to bees, an important consideration for declining populations of our prodigious pollinators.

Natural Gas Flares Likely Source of Respiratory Illness Spike

Researchers found evidence of a causal link between natural gas flaring and increases in hospital visits for respiratory health.

Epigenetic Biomarkers Found That Potentially Predict Preterm Birth

A signature found in the cheek cells of mothers and fathers of preterm infants may help develop a test to determine whether a pregnancy may end too early. Such a test could help prevent premature births and the many resulting health impacts on infants by alerting medical providers to the need for early intervention measures.

Run Not Just Fun for Rice Students, Elementary Partners

Kinesiology program shows physical, mental benefits all around in small study

Closer Look Helps Rice Lab Ponder When a Protein’s Prone to Wander

University chemists find surface interactions could be tunable at the single-protein level

‘Drug Factory’ Implants Eliminate Ovarian, Colorectal Cancer in Mice

Rice immunotherapy treatment could begin human clinical trials this year

Physicists Harness Electrons to Make ‘Synthetic Dimensions’

Rice University lab manipulates ultracold Rydberg atoms to mimic quantum interactions

Cprit Supports Work on Combo Cancer Therapy

Bioengineer Gang Bao wins grant to reach deep tumors with three-pronged strategy

Strong Magnets Put New Twist on Phonons

Rice lab’s RAMBO reveals unexpected influence on compound’s crystal lattice

Clearly, This Heart Beats Strong

Rice and Waseda engineers’ sophisticated simulation shows how blood flows through the heart

Rare Earth Elements Await in Waste

Rice lab’s flash Joule heating extracts valuable elements from fly ash, bauxite residue, electronic waste

Rice Team’s Mask Strategy Passes Muster

Tests show harness makes surgical masks just as good as N95 in stopping aerosol droplets

Machine Learning Fine-Tunes Flash Graphene

Rice University lab uses computer models to advance environmentally friendly process