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Object Recognition For Free

System designed to label visual scenes according to type turns out to detect particular objects, too.

Model Sheds Light On Purpose Of Inhibitory Neurons

Study suggests computational role for neurons that prevent other neurons from firing.

Explained: Neural Networks

Ballyhooed artificial-intelligence technique known as “deep learning” revives 70-year-old idea.

Human Dispersals During the Holocene

Genomic evidence from ancient and modern human DNA indicates a complex history for human migrations

3 Questions: Investigating A Long-Standing Neutrino Mystery

Graduate student Nicholas Kamp describes the MicroBooNE experiment and its implications for our understanding of fundamental particles.

Meet the First Neandertal Family

Ancient genomes of thirteen Neandertals provide a rare snapshot of their community and social organization

Taming The Data Deluge

A National Science Foundation-funded team will use artificial intelligence to speed up discoveries in physics, astronomy, and neuroscience.

Differences In T Cells’ Functional States Determine Resistance To Cancer Therapy

Researchers decipher when and why immune cells fail to respond to immunotherapy, and suggest that T cells need a different kind of prodding in order to re-engage the immune response.

Voles Cut Grass to Watch Flying Predators

A tiny rodent trims tall grasses so it can watch the skies for flying predators, new research shows.

Half Century of Protection Pays Off for Sea Turtles

Green turtle numbers continue to rise on a group of islands where the species has now been protected for more than 50 years, new research shows.

Whole-Genome Sequencing Reveals New Secrets About Killer Fungus

New research from the University of Exeter reports the largest ever whole-genome sequencing project for the potentially fatal yeast infection Candida glabrata from hospitals across Scotland.

Female Chimpanzees Avoid Humans

Female chimpanzees are less likely than males to go near villages and farmland used by humans, new research shows.

Your Pet Could Protect Your Child Against Allergy

ASTHMA For a long time, scientists have debated whether or not growing up with a cat or a dog would influence either the risk of allergy or an asthmatic condition. A new study from the University of Copenhagen brings answers to the table.

Study Links Gene To Cognitive Resilience In The Elderly

The findings may help explain why some people who lead enriching lives are less prone to Alzheimer’s and age-related dementia.

Scientists Project Increased Risk To Water Supplies In South Africa This Century

Study underscores need for aggressive climate mitigation and adaptation policies to prevent future “Day Zero” droughts in dry, populated regions around the world.

Huge Study Unveils The Consumption Of Drugs By Danes

MEDICATION Researchers at the University of Copenhagen and Statistics Denmark have analysed more than one billion prescriptions issued by general practitioners. In the long term, the analysis may help to optimise prescription trajectories, but there are still many things we do not know about the associations between diseases and treatment patterns, explains Professor Søren Brunak who has been in charge of the study.

Study Finds A Striking Difference Between Neurons Of Humans And Other Mammals

Human neurons have fewer ion channels, which might have allowed the human brain to divert energy to other neural processes.

Radio-Frequency Wave Scattering Improves Fusion Simulations

By incorporating the scattering of RF waves into fusion simulations, MIT physicists improve heating and current drive predictions for fusion plasmas.

A Key Brain Region Responds To Faces Similarly In Infants And Adults

Study suggests this area of the visual cortex emerges much earlier in development than previously thought.