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New Algorithm Keeps Drones From Colliding In Midair

Researchers create a trajectory-planning system that enables drones working together in the same airspace to always choose a safe path forward.

A Method For Designing Neural Networks Optimally Suited For Certain Tasks

With the right building blocks, machine-learning models can more accurately perform tasks like fraud detection or spam filtering.

A Shot In The Arm

Researchers develop new, patient-friendly hydrogel platform for administering lifesaving biologics.

Speeding Up Drug Discovery With Diffusion Generative Models

MIT researchers built DiffDock, a model that may one day be able to find new drugs faster than traditional methods and reduce the potential for adverse side effects.

A Four-Legged Robotic System For Playing Soccer On Various Terrains

“DribbleBot” can maneuver a soccer ball on landscapes such as sand, gravel, mud, and snow, using reinforcement learning to adapt to varying ball dynamics.

Spinal cord cells surprise researchers: “I hope this will lead to a lot of new ideas and studies”

Damage to the spinal cord can be extremely disabling. Now research from the University of Copenhagen shows that the cells of the spinal cord do not behave as expected – a discovery that may prove important in connection with future treatment.

An Easier Way To Get Bugs Out Of Programming Languages

Developed at MIT, D2X is a new tool that makes it easy to debug any domain-specific programming language.

A New Microneedle-Based Drug Delivery Technique For Plants

Developed at SMART, the device can deliver controlled amounts of agrochemicals to specific plant tissues for research and could one day be used to improve crop quality and disease management.

Early Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Affects Genes Involved In Embryonic Development

Alcohol exposure in early pregnancy can change gene function during the tightly regulated embryonic development, and consequently cause developmental disorders - especially neurodevelopmental disorders.

A New Genetic Test Improves Ovarian Cancer Treatment

Researchers have developed an optimized genetic test for ovarian cancer, which helps accurately target an effective but expensive medication. The drug has significantly improved the prognosis of ovarian cancer patients.

Ceramides Accumulate In The Aged Muscle – Researchers Identify A New Hallmark Of Ageing

Researchers have uncovered sphingolipid accumulation as a new mechanism that affects ageing. Ceramides, the best-known class of sphingolipids, accumulate in aged muscle, impairing its function while also affecting functional capacity in older adults.

Singing Supports Stroke Rehabilitation

Language function and the psychosocial wellbeing of patients and their families can be promoted with singing-based rehabilitation. Group intervention provides opportunities for peer support while being simultaneously cost effective.

Psychological Symptoms In Middle Age May Increase The Risk Of Dementia

According to a recently completed study, the risk of dementia is one-fifth higher in people who report more perceived stress or depression, nervousness or exhaustion.

Ants Shed Light To Predicting Evolution After Hybridisation

Researchers at the University of Helsinki found that after multiple hybridisation events between two wood ant species distinct hybrid populations evolved independently towards the same direction, suggesting hybridisation is predictable.

Why Humans Get Infected With Rodent-Borne Diseases

In a global study, researchers have identified that most reservoirs of rodent-borne diseases tend to live exclusively or occasionally in or near human dwellings, show large fluctuations in their numbers, and/or are hunted for meat or fur.

People With Depression Are Less Likely To Have Children

Women are at their greatest risk for depression during their childbearing years, and according to a recent study published in the prestigious American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, depression is indeed associated with a lower likelihood of having children among men and women.

Excessive Brain Fluid Can Lead to Risky Surgery. New Research Seeks to Change That

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered that fluid does not necessarily enter the brain the way one thought. According to one of the researchers behind the study, the result may lead to fewer major brain operations.

Scientists Uncover The Amazing Way Sandgrouse Hold Water In Their Feathers

The structure of the desert birds’ belly feathers enables males to carry water over long distances to their chicks.

Scientists Track Evolution Of Microbes On The Skin’s Surface

A new analysis reveals how Staphylococcus aureus gains mutations that allow it to colonize eczema patches.

Dopamine Makes You Feel Happy. but We Probably Have to Be Rewrite the Textbooks

A team of researchers at the University of Copenhagen has discovered a new piece in the puzzle of the brain’s ‘feel good’ substance, dopamine. According to one of the researchers behind the new study, the discovery may facilitate the development of drugs for i.e. cocaine addiction and ADHD and is most likely to change the general notion of how dopamine is removed from the brain.