A new research center based at the University of Glasgow is setting out to develop the ‘cognitive’ cities of the future which will revolutionize urban life. The Centre for Integrated Sensing and Communication Enabling Cognitive…
Amplifying — or removing — visual variation
Algorithms could offer new tools for graphics software or reveal structural defects. [caption id="attachment_6625" align="alignnone" width="603"] An example of the Non-Local Variations algorithm that automatically detects and visualizes small deformations between repeating structures in a…
UW- Madision spinoff handles grocery delivery for time-…
[caption id="attachment_6620" align="alignright" width="275"] GrocerKey is an online grocery-ordering-and-delivery service launched by alumnus JermeyNeren and several other recent graduates of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)[/caption] MADISON - When Jeremy Neren claims to…
Scratching the surface of skin disease
Full genomic sequencing of all 14 species of the Malassezia genus opens up possibility of new treatments for microbially-mediated skin diseases. [caption id="attachment_6617" align="alignright" width="300"] Malassezia furfur in skin scale.Copyright : Wikimedia[/caption] Singapore – An…
Drug protects fertility and many prolong life in…
[caption id="attachment_6610" align="alignnone" width="600"] Dexra illustration (credit Sana Salih): Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that a repurposed heart protection drug for adult cancer patients can, in much lower doses, protect the ovaries…