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Machine Learning Speeds Up Vehicle Routing

Strategy accelerates the best algorithmic solvers for large sets of cities.

Fine Art and Fine Wine: UH Study Reveals Impact of Quality Wine Program on Museum Restaurant Success

From declining attendance to dwindling donations, many museums are still struggling to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Texas A&M-UTMB Team Identifies Potential Drug To Treat SARS-CoV-2

In a newly published study, researchers call for clinical trials of an FDA-approved heart medication.

Texas A&M Researchers Report Fastest Purification Of Cancer Therapy Isotope

Astatine-211, a candidate for targeted alpha-particle therapy, decays in hours. Researchers have delineated a purification process that can extract it in minutes, increasing the amount of the element available for use.

Systems Scientists Find Clues To Why False News Snowballs On Social Media

A new model shows that the more polarized and hyperconnected a social network is, the more likely misinformation will spread.

Nonsense Can Make Sense To Machine-Learning Models

Deep-learning methods confidently recognize images that are nonsense, a potential problem for medical and autonomous-driving decisions.

Hammerhead Sharks Hold Their Breath On Deep Water Hunts To Stay Warm

Scalloped hammerhead sharks hold their breath to keep their bodies warm during deep dives into cold water where they hunt prey such as deep sea squids.

Passing The Torch: Students Continue Mentor’s Fish Research

Two students from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources’ (CTAHR) Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences are furthering the research of their mentor.

New Study Adds More Evidence For Omicron Immune Evasion

(This article was updated on Dec. 23 when the study was published in Nature).

Giving Bug-Like Bots A Boost

A new fabrication technique produces low-voltage, power-dense artificial muscles that improve the performance of flying microrobots.

Texas A&M Researchers Discover Energy Drinks’ Harmful Effects On Heart

Popular energy drinks may give you a boost, but they may also contribute to possible serious heart conditions, findings show.

Q&A: Cathy Wu On Developing Algorithms To Safely Integrate Robots Into Our World

Assistant professor of civil engineering describes her career in robotics as well as challenges and promises of human-robot interactions.

Study: Juggling Multiple Young Children Hinders Vigorous Physical Activity for Parents

Adults with Multiple Kids Get 50-80 Fewer Minutes of Vigorous Physical Activity Each Week

Selective Separation Could Help Alleviate Critical Metals Shortage

A new way of processing rare-earth and other key metals to separate them from other materials could reduce environmental impact and cost.

Sensor Based On Quantum Physics Could Detect SARS-Cov-2 Virus

Mathematical simulations show the new approach may offer faster, cheaper, and more accurate detection, including identifying new variants.

Experimental Gene Therapy Reverses Sickle Cell Disease For Years

A study of an investigational gene therapy for sickle cell disease has found that a single dose restored blood cells to their normal shape and eliminated the most serious complication of the disease for at least three years in some patients.

MIT Engineers Test An Idea For A New Hovering Rover

A levitating vehicle might someday explore the moon, asteroids, and other airless planetary surfaces.

Scaling Audio-Visual Learning Without Labels

A new multimodal technique blends major self-supervised learning methods to learn more similarly to humans.