Chestnut Hill, Mass – Obtaining clearer functional MRI data about the brain and its disorders is possible using artificial intelligence, according to Boston College researchers who reported recently in Nature Methods that they developed an AI-assisted method…
A schematic diagram showing the underlying dynamics of polaritons at resonant excitation. SCP Scientists have reported the first direct evidence that coherence from an external laser field can be transferred to microcavity exciton–polaritons, a hybrid…
[caption id="attachment_12731" align="alignnone" width="775"] A young ear of corn’s developing silks and seeds are revealed. PHOTO: JEFF MILLER[/caption] “Having the sequence of a genome is like having the blueprint of a house,” says Natalia de Leon,…
Results may help surgeons determine when and how to treat heart attacks. [caption id="attachment_12728" align="alignnone" width="639"] Graduate student Anthony McDougal has developed a model that predicts a single heart cell’s response to dwindling supplies of…
A new method that leads to the formation of specialized tissue cells could improve the understanding of neurodegenerative diseases, inflammatory diseases and cancer. [caption id="attachment_12723" align="alignright" width="404"] The image depicts iPSC-derived macrophages (iMacs, green)…
Bonded layers of rubber and hydrogel yield tough, slippery, and impermeable coatings. [caption id="attachment_12719" align="alignnone" width="639"] MIT engineers have designed a gel-like material that can be coated onto standard plastic or rubber devices, providing a…