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…
Researchers’ new hardware and software system streamlines state-of-the-art…
By Dan Ackerman CAMBRIDGE, Mass (MIT News Office)-- Human language can be inefficient. Some words are vital. Others, expendable. Reread the first sentence of this story. Just two words, “language” and “inefficient,” convey almost the entire…
Working toward eradication of avian influenza
Yoshihiro Sakoda, DVM, Ph.D.Professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Research Center for Zoonosis Control (CZC)Research areas: Avian influenza, microbiology, disease controlResponsible Official of the OIE Reference Laboratory at Hokkaido University From April to…
Researcher finds how cancer cells spreads
In a study published in Nature Communications, cancer researchers at Kanazawa University identify mechanisms by which malignant tumor cells extend their toxicity to distinct cell types and in turn help them spread. Most tumors consist…
Machine-learning approach to finding treatment options for Covid-19
Researchers develop a system to identify drugs that might be repurposed to fight the coronavirus in elderly patients. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.(MIT News office) -- When the Covid-19 pandemic struck in early 2020, doctors and researchers rushed to…