deepai Gravity feels reliable — stable and consistent enough to count on. But reality is far stranger than our intuition. In truth, the strength of gravity varies over the Earth’s surface. And it is weakest…
FDA Approves Heron Therapeutics Chemo Anti-Nausea Drug
Heron Therapeutics Inc.’s injectable therapy, Sustol (granisetron), for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Wednesday, August 11. Sustol is the first approved product that uses Heron’s Biochronomer drug-delivery technology,…
Simulating complex catalysts key to making cheap, powerful…
[caption id="attachment_9646" align="alignnone" width="775"] Modeling how methanol interacts with platinum catalysts inside fuel cells in realistic environments becomes even more complicated because distances between the atoms can change as molecules dance near the charged surface.…
Unraveling the jaw-dropping goblin shark
Goblin sharks have revealed a remarkable biting mechanism, named “slingshot feeding,” which involves high-speed manipulation of the species’ highly protrusible jaws. [caption id="attachment_9642" align="alignnone" width="604"] (Left) Video stills show a goblin shark’s protruding jaws (elapsed…
User-friendly language for programming efficient simulations
New language can speed up computer simulations 200-fold or reduce the code they require by 90 percent. [caption id="attachment_9638" align="alignnone" width="639"] Simulations written in Simit, a new programming language, were dozens or even hundreds of…