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Machine Learning Helps To Identify Climatic Thresholds That Shape The Distribution Of Natural Vegetation

A new study explores large-scale relationships between vegetation and climatic characteristics using machine learning. The findings highlight the importance of climatic extremes in shaping the distribution of several major vegetation types

UH Assistant Professor Named ‘Emerging Leader’ by Offshore Technology Conference

Xingpeng Li Recognized for Work Focused on Improving Critical Power Systems.

Black Lives Matter Movement Had Significant Impact on Black Entrepreneurs’ Crowdfunding Efforts

New research conducted by the University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership suggests the Black Lives Matter movement had a significant, positive impact on the fundraising efforts of Black restaurateurs.

A New Approach To Curbing Cocaine Use

MIT researchers find activating a specific acetylcholine receptor in the brain reduces cocaine use in rodents.

Going beyond English is critical for conservation

Research in languages other than English is critically important for biodiversity conservation and is shockingly under-utilised internationally, according to an international research team.

Dendrites May Help Neurons Perform Complicated Calculations

Different types of these branch-like projections process incoming information in different ways before sending it to the body of the neuron.

A Study Uncovers The ‘Grammar’ Behind Human Gene Regulation

A research group at the University of Helsinki has discovered the logic that controls gene regulation in human cells. In the future, this new knowledge can be applied to, for example, investigating cancers and other genetic diseases.

A Cellular Stress State Predicts A Poor Chemotherapy Response In Ovarian Cancer Patients

A discovery made in a new study helps to identify poor response tumours already prior chemotherapy is applied and opens new avenues for the development of combination therapies.

New Research Highlights Clinical Importance Of Interaction Between Immune Cells In The Lymphoma Microenvironment

The efficacy of immunotherapies in the most common lymphoid malignancy, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, has been modest. New findings on how immune cells communicate could inform a more accurate way to group patients for treatment.

Switching To A More Plant-Based Diet Affects Nutrient Intake

A study conducted at the University of Helsinki demonstrated that the partial replacement of animal protein sources in the diet with plant-based protein sources resulted in an increase in folate and iron intake, but a decrease in vitamin B12 and iodine intake.

Protein Structure Offers Clues To Drug-Resistance Mechanism

A new study sheds light on how a protein pumps toxic molecules out of bacterial cells.

A Breakthrough in Big Data Processing Helps Trace Chemicals in Complex Mixtures

An international team of scientists led by Tomáš Pluskal from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IOCB Prague) has introduced a new generation of software enabling scientists to analyse large volumes of data from mass spectrometry, a technique that separates chemicals by their weights. The open-source project MZmine provides a new window into the chemical space that surrounds us and lives within. The latest advances in MZmine 3 are now published in a Nature Biotechnology paper.

On A Mission To Alleviate Chronic Pain

Fan Wang’s studies of how the brain controls pain may one day lead to new treatments that could help millions of people.

A “Hot Jupiter’s” Dark Side Is Revealed In Detail For First Time

The planet’s night side likely hosts iron clouds, titanium rain, and winds that dwarf Earth’s jetstream.

Can Machine-Learning Models Overcome Biased Datasets?

A model’s ability to generalize is influenced by both the diversity of the data and the way the model is trained, researchers report.

Singing In The Brain

MIT neuroscientists have identified a population of neurons in the human brain that respond to singing but not other types of music.

Physicists Observe An Exotic “Multiferroic” State In An Atomically Thin Material

Discovery shows for the first time that multiferroic properties can exist in a two-dimensional material; could lead to more efficient magnetic memory devices.

Assessing Connections In The Brain’s Reading Network

State-of-the-art analysis of brain images from nearly 700 children has turned up surprisingly few links between white matter structure and reading ability.

Study Finds Sulfate Pollution Impacts Texas Gulf Coast Air

Shipping Emissions, Humidity and Strong Sea Breeze Contribute to Hazy Conditions