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MIT creates devices for artificial brain synapses

Engineers have put thousands of artificial brain synapses on a chip that is smaller than a piece of confetti, MIT News reported.

Study delves into sleep deprivation, role of gut

A study looked at prolonged sleep deprivation and the gut's role in fruit flies, according to the Havard Gazette.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: U-M researchers identify new approach to turning on the heat in energy-burning fat cells

Researchers have discovered a new set of signals that cells send and receive to prompt one type of fat cell to convert fat into heat.

Boston University investigates distribution of light in galaxies

Astronomers have started to look towards light from other galaxies, believing that the light quality being emitted may hold answers about the galaxies themselves.

Bacteria discovered uses magnetic properties to navigate

Two of Berkeley's fellows are investigating a certain type of aquatic bacteria that seems to use iron to travel on a magnetic field.

Researchers use genetics to reveal people mixed before cities rose

Genetic research shows the mix of ideas and material culture, with people intermingling, came before cities began to rise, which is the opposite of previous assumptions.

Machine learning helps researchers categorize the ocean's ecology

Scientists at MIT used machine learning to find distinct points enabled them to split the world’s oceans into different “provinces” based on ecological makeup.

UC BERKELEY: Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hardened arteries

Disrupted nightly sleep and clogged arteries tend to sneak up on us as we age. And while both disorders may seem unrelated, a new UC Berkeley study helps explain why they are, in fact, pathologically intertwined.

EMORY UNIVERSITY: Emory doctors study link between thickness of blood, clotting and inflammation in COVID-19 patients

After noticing unusual blood clotting in many patients diagnosed with COVID-19, doctors at Emory University believe there may be a connection to the thickness of their blood, known as hyperviscosity, with inflammation and clotting.

Scientists create new technology to rapidly generate synthetic proteins

MIT chemists have developed a protocol to reduce the time it takes to generate synthetic proteins.

Scientists discover massive galaxy in young universe

A massive rotating disk galaxy that was well-formed when the universe was 10% of its current age was discovered by the National Science Foundation.

Study finds tectonic plates are older than believed

Geophysicists at Yale University have found that the earth's tectonic plates are more than 4 billion years old, YaleNews reported.

COVID-19 fatality rates may be lower than initially reported, higher than influenza

The data on COVID-19 changes from day-to-day, and researchers say that initial estimates of the number of novel coronavirus infections that led to death from COVID-19 may have been overestimated, because of the small sample size they obtained data for early in the outbreak.

JOHNS HOPKINS: Releases Comprehensive Report on Digital Contact Tracing to Aid COVID-19 Response

Johns Hopkins University issued the following announcement on May 26.Johns Hopkins University on May 26 released a comprehensive report to help government, technology developers, businesses, institutional leaders and the public make responsible decisions around use of digital contact tracing technology (DCTT), including smartphone apps and other tools, to fight COVID-19.Digital Contact Tracing for Pandemic Response – a report led by the Berman Institute for Bioethics in collaboration with the Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins, as well as leading experts worldwide – highlights the ethical, legal, policy and governance issues that must be addressed as DCTT are developed and implemented.

NIH: Study shows markers in blood can help identify risk for complications after mild TBI

Molecules released into the blood following mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) may be indicators of neuronal damage associated with conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, researchers from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), part of the National Institutes of Health, have found.

Despite pandemic, MIT undergrads develop next-generation intelligence tools

Despite the ongoing pandemic, undergraduates at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed what's being called "next-generation intelligence tools."

Stanford researchers create satellite imagery, AI tool to help fight poverty in Africa

A team of researchers from Stanford University are using satellite imagery and artificial intelligence to map poverty in Africa.

Where did a billion years of geological history go?

Geologists look at the formations they study as similar to an encyclopedia, a record that explains things that have happened.

Cape honeybee gives researchers insight to asexual reproduction

Researchers have found that honeybees, native to South Africa, have a single gene that allows them to reproduce without sexual activity.