Science & Technology
Researchers successfully train a machine learning model in outer space for the first time
Scientists have trained a machine learning model in outer space, on board a satellite. This achievement could revolutionize the capabilities of remote-sensing satellites by enabling real-time monitoring and decision making for a range of applications.
Imaging shows how solar-powered microbes turn CO2 into bioplastic
Researchers have developed a multimodal platform to image biohybrids — microorganisms that use solar energy to convert carbon dioxide into value-added chemical products — to better understand how they function and how they can be optimized for more e…
Novel Raman technique breaks through 50 years of frustration
Researchers have developed a new technique that vastly improves readings of protein-to-ligand interactions through Raman spectroscopy.
Unique Mexican black and pinto bean varieties are high in healthy compounds
Common beans are important food sources with high nutritional content. Bean seeds also contain phenolic compounds, which have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that promote health. A study explored the composition of seed coat extracts from …
A wearable ultrasound scanner could detect breast cancer earlier
In hopes of improving the survival rate for breast cancer patients, researchers designed a wearable ultrasound device that could allow women to detect tumors when they are still in early stages.
Mutation accessibility fuels influenza evolution
Scientists showed that fixed mutations within a viral population most likely stem from how easy it is to acquire that mutation (i.e., mutation accessibility) rather than just its benefit.
Billions in conservation spending fail to improve wild fish stocks in Columbia Basin
Four decades of conservation spending totaling more than $9 billion in inflation-adjusted tax dollars has failed to improve stocks of wild salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River Basin.
Astronomers shed new light on formation of mysterious fast radio bursts
International team reports on a radio pulsar phase of a Galactic magnetar that emitted a fast radio burst in 2020; observations suggest unique origins for ‘bursts’ and ‘pulses,’ which adds to FRB formation theory.